Petit Bois Island Diving with Pam on July 11, 2020© Photos Posted by Mark Primo Miller © Hi-Res Source
Checked out a shipwreck brought to my attention by TJ Mire. His Dad Tim tripped over it while weighing anchor in chest deep water. Click here to read TJ's research write-up as of this date. This day it was more like knee deep and I took a little GoPro benchmark footage of it. Conditions were less than ideal with choppy Northwest Winds that was stirring up the visibilty. The Shipwreck appears quite old with Copper Nails, Brass Studs, and Tree Nails (Wooden Pegs). Very Intriguing. I was hoping someone might know something of the history of it, but like the Sub-Wreck, just crickets. After that, I continued burning my 30 cu ft bottle on an obstruction in 30 feet of water near the channel on the West End of Petit Bois. I have had this number for a while but have never dove on it, so this was the day for that. It appeared to be an old Range Marker that was not too far from the existing one. After that, Pam and I headed for the beach and opted for the leeward Southeast side of Petit Bois where the water was calm. As we approached the beach, we noticed a shadow in the water and investigating revealed it to be a piece of culvert or pipe with a bunch of Mangove Snapper and Spadefish. So we anchored up on it and I did some freediving on it. I wanted some Spades for my Aquarium so I netted 3 of them with one of them having had a bite taken out of his tail. I nicknamed him SharkByte although it could have been a bluefish or mackerel that did it. It is 4 days later as I post this and he is still doing remarkably well. Especially considering that when I first put him in my aquarium, my little Triggerfish was chewing on his injury pretty aggressively. We then hit the beach and I took my usual annoying photos of birds and people enjoying the sunshine. The trip encompassed 41 miles and 17 gallons of fuel. A log note here that my 2008 Humminbird stopped working, completely black, will have to investigate, repair, or replace. Took the Yamaha 300 into the shop for maintenance at 1606 hours (Oils, sparkplugs, water impeller, etc.)
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