Gag season came and went

[sharpshooter]

Felt like I closed my eyes for a short nap and gag season came and went this year. Watch next year how short the season will be. You'll blink once and its gone. Wasn't like we had a lot of perfect boating weather either during this season.

[Spear One]

I hear ya, weather was mostly terrible for the entire opening yet they say the quota was still caught in1/2 the time, I claim BS. This is why I have never trusted their recreational data collection methods. Especially in light of their recent admissions about the Red Snapper biomass being at least 3 times larger than they previously reported. Also there is recent reporting that NMFS has over estimated the recreational catch by at least 30 to 40% for the past 10 years or so. Hopefully one day we will get truly unbiased/competent people to run NMFS or at least get some unbiased/competent folks to act as a trusted auditor of NMFS data. Until then we are gonna continue to get screwed……

[CatDiver]

Quick edit of the two trips I made during gag season. Got 3 (should have had 4 as you'll see). And for the anti-music crew, this one is for you. Just bubbles.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/2V8dNM5AeEw

[Gary Schulte]

Damn, four engines?

[sharpshooter]

Originally Posted by Gary Schulte

Damn, four engines?

If you run to the MG on a regular basis you'll be glad the boat has at least 3 engines. Rob, does a couple MG trips a year depending of course on weather and sea conditions. Years ago, a friend of mine on his first MG trip ran out about 80-85 miles. Flat calm seas. He shut down both engines while two divers geared up. The divers got ready to hit the water. He fired up 1 engine and no matter what they tried. Couldn't get the 2nd engine to start . It was almost an 11 hour return trip on 1 engine. What sucked too. Nobody did a dive . They turned around and headed right back.

[sharpshooter]

Rob, what a difference in the vis between the 2 trips. At least you got a few gag fillets in the freezer. Next year is going to be a "really, really, really" short season.

[CatDiver]

Funny copy paste of the wording of each dive didn't let me change days and depth. First two dives were 10/6 in 65 then 85 feet. Second two dives were 10/10 in 45 then 75 feet.

[Spear One]

Great video CatDiver. Shooting Go’s can be very challenging but it looks like you have your skills dialed in.

[sharpshooter]

Looks like the hogs and goes are major targets now with just about everything else closed. Next year, I'm sure there will be people using PTO/vacation days for the short gag season. Just like deer hunters for the rut.
After today, one more month of weekend ARS left. The fall/winter fronts are now coming to make for rough seas and stirred up vis.
Also, I'm missing the great Headhunter videos. Another era come and gone.