My name is Ben Shep,
and this is my homepage:
Deep-Blue-water.com.
I live in
Key West,
FL
and work on the interwebs when not shooting fish.
Went out yesterday with Lou, Juan, and Rafi. Conditions were excellent, vis was 50 plus most of the day and the trash talk in Spanish was very plentiful. It was another day where I really wish Catherine had been there for photos. We started by doing some drifts on the reef line, on one of [...]
Read MoreWell again the weather and Catherine’s work schedule don’t mesh, woke up yesterday and the wind was blowing 7 knots. NOAA had predicted 15-20 knots all weekend, and here it is blowing less then ten. I was kind of skeptical because of the west wind yesterday, which usually makes the vis shot. After a little [...]
Read MoreHaven’t been posting reports on here recently because the days when Catherine have off have not all corresponded to days where she could go out in the boat. I am more into posting photos on here then writing stuff. I have gone out a couple times and did pretty well but nothing outstanding. I am [...]
Read MoreWent to the Tortugas again this weekend, it was a hell of trip. I went on Robert Trosset;s 34 yellowfin along with Nate, Corey, and Paul. Another dive boat partnered with us for the trip carrying Steve, Lou (not my neighbor Lou who I usually dive with, Mexican Lou who works at sub tropic), JT [...]
Read MoreCatherine, Brandon, Andy and I went out yesterday. We had big hopes for wahoo and went west looking for them. We hit a spot on the reef and shot some barracuda for chum. From right out of the gate I should have known it would not be my day when I missed two easy shots [...]
Read MoreSome decent weather and decent fish this week. Went out Wednesday with Catherine and Andy, and visibility was pretty good. We dove a lot of shallower stuff due to the ripping current. Mutton snappers are here again, we shot 4 or 5 of them. Andy had the biggest one which was probably around 8 pounds. [...]
Read MoreFinally after weeks of wind and terrible visibility, we got a calm day with clear blue water. Nate and crew were out and reported the blue water was pushed in to the west. So as soon as possible we loaded up and headed west. Also for once the calm day fell on one of Catherine’s [...]
Read MoreWind finally let up for a few days and was able to get diving. Went out two days this week with Andy, Brian, and on one day Chris went with us. Catherine’s work schedule doesn’t seem to mesh well with the occasional days of low wind. Hopefully she will make it out this next week. [...]
Read MoreWent out diving a couple days this week, had a lot of fun. One day Catherine and I went out and practiced freediving on the wrecks out front. It was fun but we really didn’t see any fish; even the jewfish were missing. We came back in to the reef and I shot a black [...]
Read MoreBeen out a couple times this past week. Once with Jason, Andy and Catherine and another time with just me and Catherine. Vis has been pretty good, but there has been a strong west bound current. No really big fish or anything too out of the ordinary happened. Andy and I ganged up on a [...]
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