Petit Bois Island & Mobile Rigs 861 A & B© Photos Posted by Mark Miller © Hi-Res Source
This was a trip to meet Pat & Munson Hinman at Petit Bois Island for a bit. The Boys did some Platform jumping and even enticed some girls to try it. They also caught about 3 or 4 Spanish Mackerels and a Blue Fish off the beach. Then the Boys and I ventured out to the Tortugas Wreck and Mobile 861 Rigs A & B (the Gas Wells). Ben and Alec got to try their new Spear Guns bagging about 4 red snapper. Luke dove on the Tortugas and reported back it opened up some. We did not get any fish topside. We then went on to the Gas Wells where Luke was first in the water and was greeted by a Sea Turtle which he described as the best dive of his life. While he is only 14, he has logged more dives than most adults since he was certified at 10. I of course took the Camera down. The Auto Focus somehow got bumped to manual so I had no focus controls on the first Rig Dive which trashed all those pictures. I fixed it for the second dive of course. Total trip encompassed 49 nautical miles, 8.3 hours, and 29.4 gallons of fuel.
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