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 Ted and Catherine. The winds were like 4 kts form the south, gulfstream only 5 miles out, but the vis on reef in front of key west between Sand key and the 9 foot stake was only 25-35 feet and green. I was expecting crystal clear water but nope. We shot [...]
Read MoreWent out yesterday with Catherine , Brad and Cal. Conditions where close to perfect, no wind 40-50 feet of visibility on the main reef. Went a little way west and then worked out way back. We shot a bunch of fish, black grouper, hind, triggerfish yellow jack, ciro mackerel, margate and yellow tails.
Read MoreWent out last minute with Catherine, we had a bunch of BS website problems to deal with but screw it the wind finally stopped blowing and there were reports from the Key West Open of clear water. Winds are light and variable, gulfstream 28 miles from sand key.
Read MoreWoke up and checked the weather buoy and it said 3 knots of wind at Sand Key. So it was time to call in sick and head out on the water. Me and Catherine went we were out on the water by about 8:30 am.
Read MoreHad friends from NY and Jacksonville , Teddy Hudson and Jeff Thoma , here for the weekend, the weather was less then perfect. They wanted to go snorkeling, and wanted to try to press through the wind. So I said sure, and we went out around 10:00 am. The water was great, the blue water [...]
Read MoreWent out today with Cal (njspearo) and Catherine, it wasn’t too great. Visibility on the main reef was terrible 15-20 feet tops from Sand Key to a little west of Satan Shoal. Wind was blowing from the northeast 14-18 knots and later in the day switched to east. We drifted the bar most of the [...]
Read MoreWent out Saturday with my girl friend and non-spearing friend stayed pretty close to key west wind was around 10-15 knots from the SE and visibility was 30-50 feet with lots a particles floating in the water, all free diving 15-40 fsw
Read MoreWent out Sunday with Brad (keyskiller) we drifted most of the day in waters 40-60 feet. I got a cold or something and it is surprising how much a weaker swimmer you are when a little sick. The wind was 15-19 knots from the south east, current a about a knot or so headed west. [...]
Read MoreWinds from 6-19 knots , multiple directions gulf stream 11 miles from Sand Key 5 miles from Looe key
Read MorePromised my friend that I would take him and his girlfriend snorkeling, she had gone with us before and recently had taken a snorkeling trip with a head boat which she said sucked. She said ” we saw like some grass and one fish”.
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