Just got back from the Keys... thought Id share.. *load warning*

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Well went to the Keys for 5 days with my Ichthy lab. The photos you see of me looking around and with measuring tape.. my partner and I were mapping out the territory of a sargent major... (we are having a face off in the first shot lol) I was measuring his territory, it was 6ft x 6ft... surpisingly. Anywho I threw in some other photos from while I was down there also. Obviously the ones I am in I didnt take, I also didnt take the shot of the Green Moray... but the rest of the photos are mine =p If the shot looks like nothing is there... look closley... something is in it (like a nurse shark or sea turtle) =] (The last shot in murky water was a sea grass bed... and the box a lobster trap. always fun swimming around when you cant see much buwha).

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Water was nice... I didnt have it on all the time.... but every day we were in the water for to ~2 hours or so at a time and it gets chilly after awhile. We would usually be out with the boat from 8am-2ish pm.
 
Gotcha..

I went offshore last weekend here out of Pensacola, water temp was about 76F but we got drenched and with an air temp in the 50's we got COLD! Teeth chattering and all, it sucked, but warmed up fast and the fishing was good.

Man, I want to go to the Keys so BAD! Too bad Pensacola is so far away. :(
 
Yeah it was really nice out down there... at least untill this morning (weather was ehh)... I know it gets cold a night in Tampa but its just all warm down there =] Glad the fishing was good... thats cold to be out in!! Yeah thats like double the drive from there.
 
Great shots! makes me wanna go jump in the lake or the ocean..:D

Was that a pork fish in the 8th pic down just below the pier walkway? That's my favorite saltwater fish for dinner. Time to go fishing on Channel 5.......:drool:
 
wow, that looks great! the second to last pic looks so surreal, I'd love to go there.
 
GudEnuf;4573967; said:
Great shots! makes me wanna go jump in the lake or the ocean..:D

Was that a pork fish in the 8th pic down just below the pier walkway? That's my favorite saltwater fish for dinner. Time to go fishing on Channel 5.......:drool:

Its a female hogfish, its one of my favorite fish (not speaking food wise). Yes they are good to eat lol. On a sidenote... if you ever happen to catch a spade fish... give it a try they taste really good.
 
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