That should have been "pays off":rolleyes1:
I have been waiting for a break in the weather and time to take off to go do some diving with a new friend from work. The stars finanlly aligned and we made our way this morning, after telling the boss that three of us weren't going to be at work today...
We were hoping to get into the Red Snapper as our Government graciously took pity upon our poor souls for the oil spill disaster and allowed a late red snapper season for the one we missed on this summer.
Our expections were high for the snapper but what actually happened was one of the best displays of cobia anyone had ever seen in the area we dove today. They were on every rig we dove and they were in big numbers:@
We easily filled our alloted numbers with fish in the 25-45 range. I managed a new personal best cobia which also happened to be the biggest one of the day:D
We did find a few Red Snapper, We thought we would have seen a lot more, but the lack of quantity was made up for in quality. The fish that were around were nice ones, but very skittish. 2 divers managed a limit. The big one went about 18-19 lbs.
The abundance and diversity of species we saw today was simply awesome. I also managed a couple of rainbow runner, a very nice Spanish and very nice Florida Pompano. My buddy also got a nice gag.
Took a few pics. I'll post when I get them.