After being grounded for 3 months--due to a broken leg--wednesday was my home-coming
. Conditions weren't that good, calm seas, but a fresh temp, 21° on the surface and 18° below 12 m. Viz was soapy: eventough we could make out the bottom outline at 10 m, it was very blurred
. Buddies Luisinho, Marcelo (who I hadn't seen in 20 years) and I made a run to Rasa and Redonda Islands, off Rio.
Not much fish movement, but the dusky groupers were there
, hidden in dark and deep cracks around the thermocline level (13 m). I got a 9 kg dusky, that took me 1 hour to extract (with a little help from my friend... and a cut to the head after hitting a rock
) and a 1 kg comb grouper. Luisinho got another 8 kg/18 lb. dusky, a 800 g sargo, another comb of same size, 4 slipper lobsters and a couple of nice octopi. Marcelo got himself a 6 kg dusky, a 3 kg almaco jack and a stringer full of octopi.
Not bad at all. The grand finale was to have a late lunch at the club
with the some of our own catch
. That's me on black suit and Luisinho.
Merry Xmas to you all.
