 Went
back to Key Dives at Bud & Mary's.
Islamorada, Fl. Had 4 great dives over the
weekend.
There were 1 foot seas along
with a bright sunny day which made a
great 2 days of diving.
The divers were Bob & Janet Miller,
Frank Panhuise, Bob Waters, Barry
Donegan, Jan Desch, Bob Barger, Clint
Dawson & daughter Cecilia, David & Uschi
Lanier, Randy & Kim Didier & daughter
Brittney, Mike & Ruthanne Bush. We had
4 bubble watchers Carmela, Barbara & 2
Dawson family members.
 Saturday we dove Capt's Foolish Reef &
Cuda reef. Bob Miller got his first
lobster ever & 2 others to round out
dinner. He threw back 4 for being to
short. No one else bagged the little
critters. Bob was willing to give out
lessons for $25.00. No Takers.
Saturday night 15 of us went to dinner &
than sat under the stars & listened to
live music. Some of the group went to
the all you can eat seafood buffet. Dive
skins got a little tight for the Sunday
dive. Reef shot photo provided by Bob
and/or Janet Miller.
 Sunday
we dove Crater reef & no name reef. Bob
got 2 more lobster & David Lanier got
his first 2 lobster. Randy Didier & Mike
Bush brought back a whole string of
Fish. Look out Rich - got 2 more
hunters out there.
Barry & Frank came back with all their
equipment.
Great Vis. While on the bottom you could
see the bubble watchers taking a dip &
doing some snorkel time.
All the other divers reported having
great dives on great reefs with up to &
over 1 hour of bottom time. The camera's
were clicking with gusto in preparation
for the closing of the photo contest.
Look out Penny.
Hoping to go back next year around the
same time for lobster, spear fishing &
photo's. Key Dives should have their
new boat by then. Diver photos
provided by Carmela Donegan.
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The weather was good and not much in the way of
current or chop. In fact, even our usual rail huggers,
had a great day. On both Saturday and Sunday,
there was at least one dive that allowed our hunters to
hone their skills. Although the fish in this area of the
Keys aren't nearly as big as our Gulf fish, there were a
few successes. The photographers did their share of
hunting too and even with the limited visibility and
surge on the first day, we're sure there will be some
entries in the photo contest. Sunday gave us a repeat on
nice weather and great visibility too. We weren't able
to visit the Eagle on either of these days so it was a
total reef dive weekend. Photo by
Carmela Donegan.
We must be getting a little spoiled in our charter
trips. Generally, when we own the boat, we have lots of
room to spread out and organize our gear. Unfortunately,
this boat was very crowded with little room for storage
of gear bags and virtually no place for cameras on the
deck.
