Well,
I must say that for the first time skipping class for a fishing trip it was sure worth it. I left for the Keys on tuesday night after a mad study session of Radiology. I figured that there was not a class worth going to on this particular wendsday.
Boy was I right! The ride to the keys was unventful. The road was empty and I was cruising aroung 80 mph. I got to the keys in record time 1hr 40 min. We fueled the boat and got ready for the next day.
No $hi_ there I was; it was still dark and I had not slept a wink all night. It was 6:00 am and i got that feeling that big fish were in my future. The weather had changed overnight, that was no problem that we could not handle.
There was one problem, as always we had left something. I left my damn weight belt at the dock. I could not make the guys go in. I figured that if we had some weight I could manage. We managed to find eight pounds of weight and I shoved them in my suit. Later we managed to make a weight belt out of a fighting belt. It was better, than having those weights bouncing around the precious jewels.
As day broke, we jumped in the water. I had fleeting glimpses of fish in the distance. A commercial boat started running in circles and chumming the area when it happened. I shot my first grouper. As I came up with it I heard another gun go off. Louis had shot a small mutton. Then came the school of kings. It was crazy we were surrounded by them. There must have been 10 snakes in the water. They ranged from 10 to thirty pounds. My gun was unloaded so I could not take a shot. Mario managed to take a shot and gave one of the kings a nice mohawk!
As soon as the action started it ended. We kept moving. We came up to the #14 marker and started to fish the outer reef. The depth was about 70 to 80 feet. We started to find yellow jacks and snappers on the bottom. I took aim on my first jack of the day and let the metal fly! It managed to skewer the fish all the way through. I hate this cause he can get lots of leverage. He kept trying to drag my spear "all over hell and breakfast"(Sven KK03) I kicked like hell to make it to the surface. When I finally subdued him I noticed that I was left with a bent spear and some uninvited guests.
Another charter boat noticed that we were on the fish and wanted to get in on the action. The boat was less than 75 feet from us and we could not do a thing. They threatend to run us over when we were the first ones on the spot. Damn I wish that I could have cut thier anchor line.
(Freeman KK03) Well we kept on drifting and managed to kill lots of fish. All the while my pals were suffering in class.
The weather was falling apart and we were under a small craft advisory. The waves were picking up to 3-5 and the the sky was closing up. We were surrounded by thunder clouds and lighning strikes. We could not see more than 50 feet in front of the boat! We tuned on the gps and made it to shore completely by instruments. What a great ending to a fun day. We were at port by 1:15. We managed to kill 6 muttons 3 bar jacks two grouper 1 cubera and a mackarel. that fish by 12 30. Lunch was great, this is probably cause we were just happy not to get fried by lightning. This has been the worst storm this spring. It rained for the next six hours.
Hope the story is entertaining
Aquiles
I must say that for the first time skipping class for a fishing trip it was sure worth it. I left for the Keys on tuesday night after a mad study session of Radiology. I figured that there was not a class worth going to on this particular wendsday.
Boy was I right! The ride to the keys was unventful. The road was empty and I was cruising aroung 80 mph. I got to the keys in record time 1hr 40 min. We fueled the boat and got ready for the next day.
No $hi_ there I was; it was still dark and I had not slept a wink all night. It was 6:00 am and i got that feeling that big fish were in my future. The weather had changed overnight, that was no problem that we could not handle.
There was one problem, as always we had left something. I left my damn weight belt at the dock. I could not make the guys go in. I figured that if we had some weight I could manage. We managed to find eight pounds of weight and I shoved them in my suit. Later we managed to make a weight belt out of a fighting belt. It was better, than having those weights bouncing around the precious jewels.
As day broke, we jumped in the water. I had fleeting glimpses of fish in the distance. A commercial boat started running in circles and chumming the area when it happened. I shot my first grouper. As I came up with it I heard another gun go off. Louis had shot a small mutton. Then came the school of kings. It was crazy we were surrounded by them. There must have been 10 snakes in the water. They ranged from 10 to thirty pounds. My gun was unloaded so I could not take a shot. Mario managed to take a shot and gave one of the kings a nice mohawk!
As soon as the action started it ended. We kept moving. We came up to the #14 marker and started to fish the outer reef. The depth was about 70 to 80 feet. We started to find yellow jacks and snappers on the bottom. I took aim on my first jack of the day and let the metal fly! It managed to skewer the fish all the way through. I hate this cause he can get lots of leverage. He kept trying to drag my spear "all over hell and breakfast"(Sven KK03) I kicked like hell to make it to the surface. When I finally subdued him I noticed that I was left with a bent spear and some uninvited guests.
Another charter boat noticed that we were on the fish and wanted to get in on the action. The boat was less than 75 feet from us and we could not do a thing. They threatend to run us over when we were the first ones on the spot. Damn I wish that I could have cut thier anchor line.
(Freeman KK03) Well we kept on drifting and managed to kill lots of fish. All the while my pals were suffering in class.The weather was falling apart and we were under a small craft advisory. The waves were picking up to 3-5 and the the sky was closing up. We were surrounded by thunder clouds and lighning strikes. We could not see more than 50 feet in front of the boat! We tuned on the gps and made it to shore completely by instruments. What a great ending to a fun day. We were at port by 1:15. We managed to kill 6 muttons 3 bar jacks two grouper 1 cubera and a mackarel. that fish by 12 30. Lunch was great, this is probably cause we were just happy not to get fried by lightning. This has been the worst storm this spring. It rained for the next six hours.
Hope the story is entertaining
Aquiles
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