We had another good day again in West Palm Beach this past Sunday. But as with my last post, it’s not the fish I got that made it so special (although I did get the 2nd biggest grouper I’ve ever shot in Florida) but rather the fish my friends got. One milestone of the day was that Angelos (AKA Frogman of DeeperBlue fame) shot a nice mutton snapper at the deepest depth he’s ever shot a fish at before. But the biggest highlight of the day was having my SCUBA diving buddy Jim Fyfe outshoot all of us. Jim also shot a fish the deepest he’s ever shot a fish before (on a small wreck in 90 feet, the same place Angelos shot his mutton) but unfortunately ended up losing it to a big jewfish (as I did earlier in the day with a nice cobia and to add insult to injury the jewfish also turned my shaft into a pretzel). Jim took a shot from above on a nice 20 lb cubera snapper and because the profile of the wreck was so small, Jim had to be at least at 80 feet when he pulled the trigger (it was 91 feet in the sand). Jim ended up with 2 groupers (one was a big 12 lb red which is very rare in our neck of the woods), a nice amberjack and 3 snappers, Angelos’ catch consisted of 3-4 snappers and a porgy, and I had 1 nice grouper (27.5 lbs) and a snapper. Jim’s been working hard training with me at the pool for awhile now and it looks like it’s finally starting to pay off for him. It was a pleasure to see him be top shooter of the day for once and to see him shoot a fish so deep. One more converted over from the dark side, only a million or so left to go!
Scott
Scott
