Hey family,
I figured it was about time to actually post some stuff. This report is from 6/9/14
Last Monday I had my mind set on diving. After all the setup and grabbing my brother from deerfield, the kayak hit the water at about 12:30. the current was strong, but the waves were negligable. 0-1 ft avg. We paddled out to the second reef where an angler was attached to one of the mooring buoys. What I didn't know at the time was the reef/ledge is right below the buoys, and after speaking with the angler he directed us back in, saying the reef was inside the buoys. :nono: This turned out to not be the case haha. I now know for future reference. Needless to say, we ended up back around the first reef sections and began diving. The vis was pretty good, at about 30-40. I kept seeing smaller spanish hogs so I was pretty certain a big guy was around. After quite a bit of stalking I followed this spanish hog back to an overhanging ledge where the last thing I see on my way back up to the surface is a glance at a large tail. I didn't know what it was, only by the size of the tail could I tell it looked pretty darn big.
I rest at the surface for a couple minutes, my eyes honed in on this ledge. I take my last couple breaths and head down the 25-30' to the bottom. Pretty much as soon as i get within about 5 feet of the ledge the image of this fish starts appearing and it is what I consider a flipping large hog, probably the second largest I've ever actually seen. Pole spear already nocked and ready to go I align and place a decent shot.
The rest of the day was good diving, but not very eventful. I saw a nice size triggerfish and missed I also found a nice coral head with 4 nice size bugs under it
I know the seond pic is blurry, but he came out to 20.5" at the fork.