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Old 07-15-2023, 12:41 PM   #1
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Out of Clwr. 7-14-23

Headed out in nice sea conditions and hot sun. Ended up off of New Port Richey. Depth :70' range. Vert. Vis: greenish/brownish tint. Maybe 25' vertical. Horz. Vis: 15'-20'. Some small jellyfish in the water column. Lots of small goes, hogs, red groupers and AJ's.. Saw a few nice closed season gags here and there . No sharks. Slight thermal layer about halfway down. Bottom temp.: 83F.. Fish box: 2 hogs and 2 goes. Didn't slay them. But, didn't get skunked. Either we were in the wrong area . Or everything inshore is getting hit hard. Except, for the closed season gags.
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Old 07-22-2023, 10:56 AM   #2
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Re: Out of Clwr. 7-14-23

We dove in about the same area on 7/15 and observed the same conditions, maybe a little better viz. We speared a large male hogfish as soon as we hit bottom in 72'. That immediately attracted a large bull shark which did a close fly by and disappeared. We were able to keep the hogfish away from the shark, but refrained from further spearing.
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Old 07-23-2023, 08:30 AM   #3
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Re: Out of Clwr. 7-14-23

No more spearing for the day? Or just on that spot? Glad you got your fish and the shark headed off.
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