The spectacular weather here continued on Thursday and Friday, so we took advantage of more activities on the boat. Thursday we cruised over by 7 bridge and the molasses keys to scope out some new lobster spots. Found about 5 keepers and some nice new spots in the first few hours. The high tide slack current started around 2pm, so we headed over to snorkel around the bridge pilings. Conditions were pretty good, so i snorkeled first while Cindy and Steve reeled in a couple mangrove snappers for dinner. Steve and I then snorkeled down the old bridge pilings while Cindy drive the boat to stay near as we found keeper lobsters. Ended up finding about 9 more to bring home. amazing how much sea life hangs out around the pilings, especially at slack tide. Along the way, saw a couple good size lion fish and speared one to bring home to try for dinner. A little dicey filleting them, but tasty white meat.
Friday was Steve’s last day on the boat with us. Snorkeling at sombrero reef was first up on the agenda. Water clarity ended up being great with the lights winds all week letting the Gulf Stream flow closer over the reef. Spent a couple hours exploring the area on snorkel and regulator, ate some lunch and then off to the reef line for some more yellow tailing. By this point in the day, all the wind had disappeared so got to be quite toasty on the boat in the afternoon sun. We put up the umbrella to get some shade and proceeded to do quite well again on fishing. Ended the afternoon with 9 yellow tails and a cobia reeled in by Steve, which was a nice surprise! Took the last couple hours to cruise out to around 600 feet of water and check for any Mahi or tuna. We didn’t come across much, but the ride offshore in glassy conditions was amazing.
Yellow tailing in the shade on a beautiful afternoon
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