End of the fourth day and we are getting a bit ragged. Today was 8 ft seas all day and we ran 30 miles to a new reef to give it a go.
Rough as hell. Kudos to our boat driver Scott for keeping track of everyone and riding it out all day it was not fun in the boat.
In the water it was interesting as always with plenty of cheeky little sharks thinking we were part of the menu..
Craig landed a nice GT and we shot some giant Parrot fish, Red Bass, Longnose Emperor, Opelu kala and other assorted reef fish.
High light of the day was the deckhands’ 4 teeth that looked like they had chewed a beetle nut tree down to get at all the ones he possibly could before he lost the remaining little brown and black ones.
I think we all flossed and brushed three times today.
NO TIGER SHARKS today. Saw my first humpback whale with a calf at the end of the day which even though I knew exactly what i was jumping in the water to see i was not prepared for. Those things are massive!!! It was a fleeting sight but really incredible nonetheless.
GR Still remains my hero after tossing his cookies for twenty minutes and then getting in the water and diving for another 4 hours and getting pissed at us when WE wanted to leave. I think he is disappointed in us young’uns.
The Reef we worked today was a nice reprieve from the areas that have been whipped up on by the local night time scuba spearfisherman. It isn’t a good thing to come to such a gorgeous group of islands and find that guys are cleaning out all the parrots in the middle of the night when they are sleeping.
When we hit the outer reefs it is a relief to see so much life.
Had a few “almost” chances at some Dogtooth Tuna in the 50-70 lb class today but we couldn’t capitalize. Those fish never cease to amaze me coming in to 40 ft deep water up on top of the reef when we are shooting Uku and Mu.
More to come. We are still going strong tomorrow hoping for calmer weather and maybe the good doggie spots to avenge some lost gear.
Stay tuned
Craig with a good Ulua
Riffe Cryptic Green Camo doing its thing on the deep reefs
Cajun GT. He was coming right for us
12 Responses to “Day Four: Victory at Sea Conditions”
Do your thing guys!
Love the site and thank you for updating us everyday. I expect a world record very soon from this crew. Getter Done!
Enjoying the site. Keep the stuff coming. Be safe!
Great pics and details. That Riffe Cryptic is great. I saw it when on Oahu. The exterior is fairly slick too.
How do you like the micro mask? Any complaints? And What is the water temp there right now?
Hey Cam,
Great website and pics. It’s nice to get the day-to-day updates on your trip. The picture of the camo wetsuit blending in on top of the pinnacle is pretty cool. Water clarity looks unreal. Nice fish!
Good luck,
Charlie
Huge earthquake in Tonga – hopefully no tidal waves …….
Love the reef picture, that’s cool. Scott’s a trooper for maning the boat with 8 ft seas- yikes.. Pray for calmer waters, good luck, be careful and most of all Have FUN>>> .
H8 you guys.
Man! Sounds like a nice place. too bad Mark didn’t get that 150# doggie. That would have been a nice picture.
Skip
good blog CAM…
it looks like this GT bend the shaft.ha ha..
all z bests.
Marco
Make sure that Jill gets that reef shot for the next Riffe ad. That’s killer!
AWESOME!!!!!!!
Hey Cameron! It was great seeing you in Stuart! Maybe next time we can drag Jamie out of his hole and do some fishing! Awesome web-site!!! The photos are amazing!!! Can’t wait to share with my friends out in Cali …….