Posts by LunkerBuster

  • EPIC Day off KB

    Yeah. I really sucked at grouper this weekend.


    Or my eyes were awesome and I just saw a lot more that we're normally long gone ??


    We all know it is the former hahahahha


    To answer your question, I saw three or four on Saturday one who was large. Plus 12-15lbs.


    Off Miami there were a LOT of small gags. Easily saw a dozen or more between the three divers. A few up to the low 20" range. And about four small blacks. Then the one massive one who mocks me


    Wow. That is a depressing recounting, damn. Haha oh well. It bodes well for the stocks

  • EPIC Day off KB

    That guy had me all twisted up. I really needed to calm down, try an aspetto and see if I could get him curious. Chasing and attacking was NOT working.

  • EPIC Day off KB

    God he is. I really have been torturing myself. I had really three chances and played all three wrong for different reasons. I kept just barely losing him as I would hit the murk on top and have to find him again. This usually consisted of me spooking him and trying to keep up enough to see where he stopped without showing so much interest that he would not stop


    One dive he double backed and I dove right on top of him. I must have had a quiet duck dive because I was right over him and saw him juuuuust before he saw me. On that drop I couldn't get the whole 120 extended and aimed and he did a hard bank. Next attempt the bastard was doing crazy Ivan's and kept givin me shots but I never knew which way he would juke. I finally guessed right and had a shot but it was about ten to fifteen feet from the gun which is really a very long shot and I thought of get a better shot
    The last opportunity was a real bitch. I had him in an area of reef but didn't know exactly where and I was just sealing one entrance when my buddy dives and spooks him right out at me. I swing the gun around and I have a half a second and boom he's back in the cave. This time I figured he was gonna flee hardcore so I yell to my boy to drop and I'm gonna scare him out in his direction. It works and my buddy whiffs on the shot!!!! Gone daddy gone, oh well, I'll find him next time

  • EPIC Day off KB

    This is really a tease as I have not done any work with the limited videos I took BUT....I did need to give a little report


    left KB at 10, headed to 333 ft of water and set out lines and drifted the wrecks in to 120ft.
    no action but 0-1 ft seas and amazing water. I have brought some BW gear incase we found any mahi so i jumped in the water and dropped my gun attached to 100' of floatline....I could see it clear as day hanging at the bottom of the line :@


    jumped off the boat over a wreck in 75 ft and I could see the whole wreck from the surface!! water was magical turquoise and the vis was over 100ft here too.


    made our way into about 45 -50 ft where ther eare more wrecks and drifted into the deepr reef line at 40.


    I did very well at this depth...there was a layer of WARM murk that was on the top 5-7 ft which made surface spotting a little more challanging but I finally broke my Mutton curse(18"er in the boat) found two beast mangroves in the 17" range, and a nice YJ for sashimi after a safety freeze :)


    caught an 11" mangrove H&L and my newb buddy shot a jolyhead porgy (great panfish) to round out the catch.


    I did have a really ammoying game of chase with a HUGE black in 35 fsw...for the second day in a row, I spotted one on the move and was a ble to track and follow to the point where i really should have taken a shot w my 120 but I knew that would be the last chance so I kept waitig and waiting hoping I'd get a little closer on the nect dive....D'oh! gone..I would estimate this black at 34" inches and in the 20+ lbs range..he was THICK.



    pics and weak vids to follow soon..I never seemed to have the camera on the right dives so I dont have really any good fish killing footage.


    I hope others got out yesterday off miami because it was a very special day on the water:thumbup:

  • Trip reports: Northern, Northern California

    awesome pics...i have to say I am super jealous of you NORCal divers..you dont just get the main course, you can get all the portions ofthe meal..abs and fish for main course...urchins for apps, shrooms for everything.


    very nice.


    i lvoe the view from your cleaning table..pretty amazing

  • bands

    no one is really mocking you Hank..you land a lot more fish these days than everyone else in this thread together :)


    I would go two 5/8 and tie them at 3:1 ration...the comparative reduction in force requiredto pull and the longer length will allow him to load them easier and still probably gain a little power

  • Lionfish Derby

    Well as a total scrub I would suggest we leave as late as you guys will permit so I can sleep hahaha


    I can be there whenever but I'd rather not be there too much before seven.