Hi Guys,
Here are a few pics from a dive 35 miles West of Key West.
The Lion Fish have established themselves, and are here to stay. (nothing new there, I know, but had not witnessed it myself to this extent.) I think the FWC should consider putting a modest bounty on them to keep their numbers in check. They were literally everywhere. From 7ft grass flats to 60'+ reefs. Not good.
On a different note, jewfish seem be becoming the most common grouper over 10 pounds on the reef. They were also present on almost every spot we dove.
Lobster population seems to be thriving, found lots of good size bugs in the shallows, and with a crew of 7, we got 40 keepers in little over 2 hours, from only 3 spots. Amazing when you take in consideration the ridiculous amount of traps we saw...
I'll post a separate report on the spearing later. Lots of nice fish were harmed during this trip, but I'm still sorting through the pics.