PB Mutton

[tuffstuff]

I saw my buddy waving and refusing to return to the boat after I signalled him to come back. So I

went to go assist him knowing something had probably rocked up and it was going to be a team effort. That is when I saw

him from the surface and put my buddy's rocked up fish on the waiting list. When I spotted he was moving fast so I grunted

at the surface to get his attention as I dove down. The fish then slowed down and made a circle around a ledge and went

into a coral head. I waited for him to get comfortable in the coral head while I had my breathe up for my next dive. I went

down and laid out on the bottom and shot him in the spine about 4" back from the eye with my 110cm Rabitech. I shot then

I ditched the gun and went to the surface to catch my breath for my final dive. I didn't even know I had stoned him until I

went to pull him out. I dove down and noticed a soccerball sized pair of lionfish to the side which made me nervous to stick

my hand in the ledge so I removed him really fast.
The picture is terrible but that fish would cover pretty much the entire surface area of that fin and that fin is as long as a
DiveR without the flap

 

[1shot2kills]

damn matt, how deep?

 

[Old Man Dave]

Well done. Great catch. What did it weigh?

Dave

 

[tuffstuff]

45ftish deep and I'm guessing 20lbs with guts. I have seen 16lb gutted snappers and they were definitely a fair bit smaller than this.

 

[agbiv]

Well done and thanks for the report allowing us to live vicariously.:friday

 

[settingsteel]

Congrats, solid fish!