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Went Fishing Out of Fourchon This Weekend
Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:09 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:09 am
We left early in the morning, 3 AM, and headed out for a great day of spearfishing. Got to the platform around 8:30 and started diving. Flat calm seas, not a cloud in the sky! We hit 3 platforms before we lost our port engine and had to head back in on only one. 8 hour trip home! Not the way we expected it to go 
The water was really murky, from the storms recently I'm guessing. The rigs were full of life! Snapper and bait fish everywhere!!
We did see some surface oil sheens on the way in. Really depressing to see. About 10 miles or so thick. (25-15 miles from land) This wansn't thick black sheen, just the orange streaky like oil. Very dialouted but still visable.
There was a southern rip line preventing the oil from moving further south and the sothern flow of the river was preventing it from going inland.
It was very lifless while we traveled through that area. But outside the oil area, we saw more bait fish and action than ever before. This is exactly what i though was going to happen. The fish all moved away from the oiled waters.
We didnt see a single dead fish/bird! We did get to see two huge beautiful sea turtles though! We passed right on the side of them, they're amazing to see upclose!
Another boat we out for a 2 night 2 day dive trip and they loaded the boat! So far, from talking to other divers the fish population has esclated if anything.. We are still to see what the long term effects are but as of now, things are looking up!
We made 2 dives in the closed fishing zone and saw the same thing, plenty plenty fish and bait.
The other guys trip, hats off to them! 110 lb Amberjack and 55 lb Cubera Snapper!!
The water was really murky, from the storms recently I'm guessing. The rigs were full of life! Snapper and bait fish everywhere!!
We did see some surface oil sheens on the way in. Really depressing to see. About 10 miles or so thick. (25-15 miles from land) This wansn't thick black sheen, just the orange streaky like oil. Very dialouted but still visable.
There was a southern rip line preventing the oil from moving further south and the sothern flow of the river was preventing it from going inland.
It was very lifless while we traveled through that area. But outside the oil area, we saw more bait fish and action than ever before. This is exactly what i though was going to happen. The fish all moved away from the oiled waters.
We didnt see a single dead fish/bird! We did get to see two huge beautiful sea turtles though! We passed right on the side of them, they're amazing to see upclose!
Another boat we out for a 2 night 2 day dive trip and they loaded the boat! So far, from talking to other divers the fish population has esclated if anything.. We are still to see what the long term effects are but as of now, things are looking up!
We made 2 dives in the closed fishing zone and saw the same thing, plenty plenty fish and bait.
The other guys trip, hats off to them! 110 lb Amberjack and 55 lb Cubera Snapper!!
This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 10:35 am
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Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:42 am to mylsuhat
Not suprising, but you surely won't hear this reported by anyone. It would ruin the perception they have been portraying to the public.
Good post!
Good post!
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:30 am to TJG210
quote:b/c its good news IMO and that would be comforting to most people
Not suprising, but you surely won't hear this reported by anyone
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:32 am to mylsuhat
Damn. And no invite? 
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:33 am to mylsuhat
That cubera may be a record fish. Snapper usually don't get above that 50 lb mark.
ETA: Did ya'll go way out west?
ETA: Did ya'll go way out west?
This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 9:34 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:37 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
quote:not my boat, not my rules
Damn. And no invite?
quote:
That cubera may be a record fish. Snapper usually don't get above that 50 lb mark
Top 10 Louisiana Spearfishing Records
Record Cubera Snapper is 117!
We headed SW out of the pass, never made it to Eugene Island though
This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 9:38 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:39 am to mylsuhat
Yeah just searched IGFA and didn't realize that they could break the 100 lb mark 
still a damn big snapper though.
still a damn big snapper though.Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:41 am to mylsuhat
quote:
not my boat, not my rules
It's all good. My weekend was fricked anyway. I would have brought bad mojo or something. quote:
never made it to Eugene Island though
I've got like 3 jobs going ont out there now. 252 block.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:42 am to bayoudude
Great Post.
I had a similar experience inland at Grand Isle 4th of July weekend, but not as many pounds of fish.
We did catch speckled trout and a nice drum. Pogies were easy to catch, no oiled birds, no dead fish, lot of porpoises and pelicans.
You would think the gulf and the estuaries were dead if you believed Katie Couric.
I had a similar experience inland at Grand Isle 4th of July weekend, but not as many pounds of fish.
We did catch speckled trout and a nice drum. Pogies were easy to catch, no oiled birds, no dead fish, lot of porpoises and pelicans.
You would think the gulf and the estuaries were dead if you believed Katie Couric.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:44 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
quote:like losing an engine after only 3 dives??
I would have brought bad mojo or something
quote:i think we were heading a little further south than that, may have hit it on the way it if everything worked out
I've got like 3 jobs going ont out there now. 252 block.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:51 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
quote:
I've got like 3 jobs going ont out there now. 252 block.
chevron?
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:59 am to diat150
quote:
chevron?
Yep.
ETA:
quote:
like losing an engine after only 3 dives??
With the weekend I had, you would have lost all of them...in the water...with no way to get back to shore because your radios went out also.
See what I mean?
This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 10:01 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 10:01 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
Dam!
well, its bound to get better! they cant all be shitty like that
well, its bound to get better! they cant all be shitty like that
Posted on 7/12/10 at 10:07 am to mylsuhat
I'm glad you're so comfortable laughing at my misfortune!! It's been like this for about the past month, and doesn't seem to be letting up. Another month of this, and I'm eating a notebook of LSD and never coming back to reality.Posted on 7/12/10 at 10:09 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
only thing thats gonna help!
ETA: it'll all work out, always does. Just looks like its all over for a while but then you'll catch you're break
This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 10:23 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 11:21 am to mylsuhat
Did oil get in the intake? What happened to engine?
Secondly, no one ever thought the population would go down over 100 miles out. Don't forget what these guys eat. The bait was further out and the populations were more dense further out. Makes sense to me. The spill is basically 50 miles out and in to the land. Why didn't you plan the trip there?
I'm not saying total doom and gloom bs at all. I'm just saying if you are over 50 miles out, you may as well have been in S America.
I spearfish alot and looks as though yall were on the way to a tremendous trip before the troubles. Sorry to hear that and great news about the numbers of fish. It's just too early for any conclusion, good or bad.
Secondly, no one ever thought the population would go down over 100 miles out. Don't forget what these guys eat. The bait was further out and the populations were more dense further out. Makes sense to me. The spill is basically 50 miles out and in to the land. Why didn't you plan the trip there?
I'm not saying total doom and gloom bs at all. I'm just saying if you are over 50 miles out, you may as well have been in S America.
I spearfish alot and looks as though yall were on the way to a tremendous trip before the troubles. Sorry to hear that and great news about the numbers of fish. It's just too early for any conclusion, good or bad.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 11:28 am to the LSUSaint
quote:we had inboards, idk what happened, just started blowing thick black smoke all of a sudden and then we heard a knocking noise
Did oil get in the intake? What happened to engine?
quote:we were about 50 miles out or so(not further for sure), i am not diving in the canyon... i've seen some shite out there that i dont wanna mess with
Secondly, no one ever thought the population would go down over 100 miles out. Don't forget what these guys eat. The bait was further out and the populations were more dense further out. Makes sense to me. The spill is basically 50 miles out and in to the land. Why didn't you plan the trip there?
This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 11:29 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 12:15 pm to mylsuhat
Sounds like a great weekend (except the blown engine part).
Good stuff!
Good stuff!
Posted on 7/12/10 at 1:14 pm to mylsuhat
There was more shite going on (life) in Green Canyon this weekend than i've ever seen. Ended up with 11 yf and raped the grouper and snapper on the way in.
Looks like yall had a meathaul as well.
Looks like yall had a meathaul as well.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 1:19 pm to Bussemer
quote:
There was more shite going on (life) in Green Canyon this weekend than i've ever seen. Ended up with 11 yf and raped the grouper and snapper on the way in.
Where did yall launch out of?
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