It's time to hit the road and shoot some new Hook The Future episodes. Our new
Mercury powered Carolina Skiff is loaded for every kind of nearshore fish you
can think of, first stop- Marathon. Some friends of ours have been there for a
week, catching lobster and grouper every day. With an open invite to come down
and tickle some lobsters with their kids, how could we say no? We arrive on the
last day of their stay, load the dive gear, and hit it. High southeast winds
made the Atlantic off limits, so we decide to run a few miles in the gulf to
areas the crew had bugged before.
We arrived to the first spot, Max says he wants to show me how it's done. Flag
up, gear on, and over the side we go. As we approach the rock, we see three
sets of tentacles poking from under the ledge.
Working as a team, we try to put the two nets over the lobster's escape routes
as Max begins to work the tickle stick. The first lobster slips past the net,
desperately reach for him, grabbing a tentacle, which the lobster quickly breaks
off, shooting backwards, straight into Donny's hands, which were waiting
like a catcher's mitt.
But he's a short. Now Max is determined, he reaches behind a nice lobster,
gently tapping his tail, causing him to spring straight into the net. perfect!
Now that is the way you do it...
Over the next few hours, Max, Layne, &Chad all got their chances. Wading
through many shorts, we called the trip due to approaching storms, with five
keepers on board.
What an awesome day! How many grown men get a chance to feel like a kid
underwater, playing around in the Keys?
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