It was a good day. It was my first run in with a BIG shark.
AJ season was not open at the time.
Greetings from sunny Florida
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AJ season was not open at the time.
No amberjack season at all when that one was taken there was not near the restrictions. There are now that used to be great fishing there.
And some very large, true Reds
If they have never been diving or spearfishing, they just can't understand it's a whole Nother world down there!!
I bought a Snuba unit , but never got good at it , couldn't get the weight right or something , I sold it .
I have been as far as 105 at Bethel Shoals 96 was the average but my computer said I must've found a hole , if I remember correctly you only had 25 minutes bottom time until you went into decompression
Yes, with my wetsuit and everything I used to wear I believe 18 pounds of weight to be neutrally buoyant. If your weight isn't right, you can't stay on bottom and you're always struggling.
Exactly what I was doing , plus the wife would rather fish , so ...well you know how that works , LOL
I did 155' on compressed air at zero to 6" vis for some "exercises". Narcosis was apparent but I managed to tie my knot with my feet on the bottom. If I remember correctly, My computer was saying……you're dead! You're dead! You're dead!
I have a buddy who was a little more adventurous than myself his group of friends used to go deep diving and if I remember around 200 feet, but they were breathing tri-mix and you had to fill a vial with sand to prove you made it to the bottom!
Very sorry for the high jack. Thank you for allowing us "water dogs" the space to speak of better times.
