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Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 05-06-2020, 07:12 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

5/5 out of tarpon springs -

Rj Thompson wreck 76* was almost ttb! You could see the stringers of the boat in the lowest portion of the wreck. Seen and took 1 keeper AJ (36”) and an anchor! Seen...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 04-01-2019, 09:26 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Went out yesterday to a wreck west of Anna Maria.. 55’ temp 71 on top bait galore. Bonita, cobia, Kings, aj’s, Stud gags, snappers etc.... we missed everything legal but a king... about 30”... viz...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 03-20-2019, 08:36 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: 2 divers cardiac arrest in Clearwater

Hey guys, I don’t know too much, but here is what a well respected local Spearo had to say...

There’s been lots of questions, comments, rumors, and concerns, regarding the passing of our friend...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 03-18-2019, 07:18 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Out of Anna Maria Saturday...
30’ Viz was 6-8’
35’ viz was 15-20
40’ viz was 20-30. (Could see color changes on bottom)

Water temp was 74*
Bigger sheep’s were in closer. No hogs seen. A few...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 02-23-2019, 05:12 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Sounds like I should of went to anclote....
Today
Out of bean point sw
30' less then 6' of viz
40' less then 10' of viz shot a few sheeps not much else there
43' see above,
45-47' 20' of...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 02-20-2019, 09:40 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Pasco tanks - questions

I shoot a lot of fish off these tanks... when viz is bad, I hit these up because I can almost always pull a gag from under one... it gets sharky and there's usually a jew fish lurking around. In...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 12-26-2018, 12:25 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Christmas eve,,, 55' due west of Egmont... milk.. all the way in as well.... no more than 5-6 ' of viz. hook and line all day..
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 09-30-2018, 04:53 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

I don't have much.. just the public #s... I went about a mile north of bendickson, my bottom machine picked up some stuff while running and I turned back around and found rocks and bait. Happened to...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 09-29-2018, 09:17 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

20 miles west of hernando beach.... 23' viz was ttb! All day we could see the bottom. It did get pretty hazy by 2pm. Gags galore! Find the bait, find the gags. We shot several gags, hogs, mackerel,...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 09-17-2018, 05:01 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: New to Destin area, where to dive?

Hello, welcome to the gulf coast! Try looking up a strikelins fishing map pack! They are $200 and will get you coordinates to ledges and rocky areas. Good luck!!
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 08-19-2018, 06:29 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

30 miles north west of anclote sandbar- (crane area)
Viz was very hazy 15' lots of mackerel and small gags seena a fat ARS 10lbs
Moved in to 45 to 35' almost top to bottom had 30' of solid viz...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 07-18-2018, 11:22 AM
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Views: 2,791
Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Old guard new to area

Welcome! Bradenton is a good area to learn and spear in... trust me... I live in palmetto! I have a lot of stuff in the next few weeks to do... keys trip and work... we freedive mostly out to 50'...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 07-09-2018, 09:09 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Scallops: Clean on boat or clean back on shore?

We went out of bayport park ramp Saturday. We stopped just north of the chassowhitzkah... not much there. Then we went about a mile out and 2 miles north of homosassa channel marker in 6.5', and...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 07-04-2018, 09:46 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Today out of Egmont
38' 10-15
41'. 15-20
50' 30-40. Could see the outline of the ledges from the surface. No brown gumbo. Water was just hazy viz deteriorAted throughout the day.

Water temp...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-28-2018, 03:26 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: A little montage video

Wow... very angry!! I like it!!
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-27-2018, 06:45 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Strikelines Charts

So, I got the Anna Maria off shore map pack. So far 3 out 4 ledges were hits! They were not exactly where the pins and lines were. I had to drive around, but with my side-scan, I picked them up in...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-16-2018, 08:08 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Out of Anna Maria.
Fin barge... 22 miles from bean point. Viz 40' shot a gag, I was quick on the trigger, but those dam Jews were faster at scooping him up... seen kings, 1 permit and plenty of...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-13-2018, 05:43 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

We were at a couple of ledges in 45-50 for the red, then we went out to Docs barge and got the rest. There was a trawler less than 1/4 mile from us for a while. I assume the blackfin were following...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-11-2018, 07:00 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Went out of Anna Maria yesterday. Water looked real good all the way out. 45' was ttb 56' was even better. We could see a jewfish swimming on bottom from the boat!. Got 2 permit 1 king 1 gag and 1...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-10-2018, 12:16 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Today 30 miles NW off anclote island... was flat this morning, then there was a large storm that rolled in and waves picked up to 2-3 real quick. Viz was top to bottom in 52 feet, No gumbo. Seen an...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-04-2018, 09:44 AM
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Views: 1,965
Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Any TBSC Fish Stories?

It was a great tournament! Me and my boy ryan shot a total of 3 gags 2 red grouper, 5 hogs 10 mangos, 2 cudas. Could of had way more but we it wasn't in the category so we didn't chase other fish
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Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 06-02-2018, 10:18 PM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Out of anclote, pasco 2 hazy but top to bottom. Anything there on out to 50 was better! Got several gags, red grouper, hogs mango's, and Spanish mackerel. Good day! Wind picked up late pm. Viz...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 05-29-2018, 11:23 AM
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Views: 10,033
Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Friday June 1 roll call

Do you guys think it will be better viz 30 miles nw out of anclote or 15 miles west out of Egmont?
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 05-20-2018, 06:47 AM
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Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

Out of anclote:
35' - 25-30'. Light gumbo floating around
45' - 25-30 just hazy
52' - 30' hazy this was spot seemed a lot cooler then the others... forgot to check the gps for temp all day.
...
Forum: Florida Gulfcoast Spearfishing 05-13-2018, 09:17 AM
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Views: 1,585,009
Posted By Russell stalk
Re: Current Vis - Tampa Bay Region (Homosassa to Sarasota)

The whole day was less then 4 miles ( east north and west) of pasco 2 reef. The tiger was seen at pasco 2 by a tank
The king was shot on a ledge north east of pasco2
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