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    Well Saturday I took the Robalo over to Harbor Walk. Put the throttle down to get out of the channel in Pirates Cove and a bunch of noise later I ended up spinning a hub . I can only thank God that it didn't happen anywhere else but right at the start of the channel. I turned around and came back to the house. A nice lady & her husband passed me in their kayak my head was hanging. On the way back in I called Texas Marine on Nasa Rd 1 & 146. They had a spare prop, great! Pulled prop off raced up to Texas Marine to get it matched etc. Ended up buying a new kit paid the guy there $20 to put the new one on the prop and all I had to do was put it on and tighten up the nut. Ran across the bay to Harbor Walk no problems & filled up.

    This morning came pretty early. I was excited to get out there checked the forecast and it was calling for 2-3's... I guess I was still asleep or was dreaming about the ice cream conditions that I saw driving down Seawall on Saturday... We ran out to HI 119A rig where there were 2 boats present when we pulled up. One was hooked up both boats tied up to the rig down current within whispering distance it looked like.

    On the way we found a bunch of weed lines and managed 3 triple tail and a chicken dorado so he we are arriving at HI 119A (I think I glanced at it quickly upon leaving the area) We were at a rig just South of the Picnic Rocks. Maybe 45 miles off? I didn't pay much attention with the sporting conditions.

    So we pull up see people fishing down current. I begin to put my gear on, mind you I am going to scuba dive the rig with my spear gun along with a buddy, my other friend will remain on board to watch and stay on boat during our dive he plans to just stay in the same spot until we surface.

    I put the dive flag up to let people know that their are divers in the water. I enter the water he drops me off up current so I can float down current to the up current rig leg, my buddy was maybe 2 min behind me. I'm in the water and I hear yelling I can't see anything and glanced back at the boat I see my buddy enter water and ask him what he was yelling about he said it was another boat yelling at us.. We decided to drop and dropped down up current and swam into the interior of the rig structure.

    30 min dive if that, visibility poor managed a snapper and had shots on a nice sow but my darn safety was on

    Oh well... Got a decent snapper and decided to end my dive early because my buddy had moved to another leg and I didn't like that I wanted to stay in visual range, we later had a discussion about this but also because I heard a lot of boat traffic. Surfaced next to the rig leg 45' from one of the boats that was tied up when we went in. I kicked back and signaled my buddy on the boat to pick me up who was near the other boat that was tied up but was now real close to my boat.

    I get on and he was pretty upset he's like you need to deal with that jerk over there... Apparently this boat that I saw near mine was exchanging unpleasant remarks towards my buddy as he's operating the boat. So I ask him what happened? He said the guy was yelling something about 300' some rule. My buddy said he just acknowledged the guy and didn't say anything in return other than "yeah I can hear you".

    I started thinking, sure you have to give 300' to a vessel that has dive operations going. But that would be if your the first person there... I've had numerous dives with anglers fishing near me. I am knowingly putting myself in that position not the other way around. If your the first one there (diving) other vessels should respect 300', I just make sure people know that I have divers down and am being safe.

    My buddy went on to say that this twin engine sea hunt, 3 people on boat, mid 40's or 50's, started circling the boat with the camera phones out calling my buddy spear fishing an a-hole saying "We're going to report you etc". I asked him if he go the TX numbers? No... (They had moved off by this point).

    To me they caused more of a scene, hazard & interfered with my buddy who was driving the boat trying to stay in the same position, he said they were cutting him off all while we were in the water. I surfaced and he didn't see me cause the guy was obviously still jacking with him. Once I yelled and signaled he moved over and picked us both up. Dive Flag down.

    This guy was clearly having a bad day I'm assuming. It was a ROUGH day, bad fishing and there and god forbid I come in a shoot a 20" snapper.

    Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper & a Chicken Dorado was our catch it was a tough day we had 3 break offs on sharks my buddy really wanted one.

    I don't think I/WE did anything wrong, I thought it silly that someone would get that upset at two guys getting in the water and shooting a fish each.

    Now if I'm in the wrong by jumping in & diving while another boat is there, then let me know because I've never had an issue with it in Port A or my previous Galveston trips. When I surfaced I talked to a guy in a Scarab with trips on it had a bunch of people on it he was curious what was down there so I told him. I mean respect on the water goes a long way!

    What do you all think?
    We are West End Anglers, a saltwater tribe!

  • #2
    I'm already on it!!
    I work just enough to pay for my fishing habit.

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    • #3
      My backs all messed up the 22' Robalo took a beating and so did my back!
      We are West End Anglers, a saltwater tribe!

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      • #4
        The guy probably hates his wife..lol or spear fishing. When i jumped in 2112 pool i noticed the wind picked up and there was 2 to three foot swells.Sounds like the guy circling the boat had no respect what if ya'll would have surfaced while the jerk was circling your boat.....nice catch.
        I LIVE IN A SMALL COMMUNITY WITH A LARGE PROBLEM AND A PROBLEM.

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        • #5
          Doesn't matter what I think because I haven't a clue about the rules. You were up current of the guy and more than likely would've spooked a few his way from under the platform...possibly, maybe, again I don't know?

          Anyway, I'm more sorry for the bad luck you had with the prop, but you got that done too!
          Don't be a Nancy!
          If it smells like fish....you know I've been there!

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          • #6
            2cool is not being nice
            We are West End Anglers, a saltwater tribe!

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            • #7
              I'm new to spearfishing but when I've been we've always been dropped off next to people fishing. Now maybe that's where my thinking has been wrong because its always been a dive boat out of Port A?

              Good information just have to wade through the Jr GW's
              We are West End Anglers, a saltwater tribe!

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              • #8
                We were fishing a rig 2 years ago and some divers pulled up on the opposite side and went in the water.We didnt have a problem at all.Matter of fact we all started catching fish when the divers went in LOL.Go figure
                Beer,its not just for breakfast

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                • #9
                  The fish actually come up in the water column to check us out... I was fighting off spade fish trying to nibble on my ears. That I did not like lol
                  We are West End Anglers, a saltwater tribe!

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                  • #10
                    I'm with you. Not really sure what the actual rules are, but I have dove many a rig with people fishing off of it. Most of the time, all fish me and my buddies would shoot were within the rig legs and anglers are fishing on the outside of coarse? We would drop one diver on each leg, if possible and then swarm them to the center. Most anglers were pretty impressed and were full of questions like: What did you see, What did you get and how do you go about geting started doing that? Never have I had a jealous ahole pull some stupid stuff like that. Must have maxed his card getting the fuel to get out there and had not a good bite all day or something. I just do not understand people these days. No one owns the water and sharing goes well beyond the reef. I wonder had you had a shot gun strapped to the ttop or a glock in plain view on the center console if he still would've been running his mouth?

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                    • #11
                      I always was jealous-been next to a big boat and he dived down and speared two 20#ers and even told us where the sows were. I don't get it-I guess they were scared they'd hook ya???? But yelling/name calling doesn't solve sheeit, so they shoulda been pleasant at least and expressed any concerns-it's a lotta water out there and plenty of places-I dint yell at the folks in the Everglade that almost T-Boned me at the Bucs a month ago-ya can't fix stupid.

                      BTW, my old company owned HI 120. 119A is Inthedarko (Anadarko) I believe.
                      "Hey Hillary, regarding the Benghazi Attack on 9/11-we'll just blame it on that movie, not my total lack of security. By the way, what's so significant about 9/11 anyway-was that a date my buddy Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground blew up a government building?" asked Obama to Hillary. BEAUTIFY AMERICA, RUN OVER A LIBERAL, THEN BACK UP AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD.

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                      • #12
                        That kind of response is typical from the H&L guys. I would have passed on that rig or at least told them what we were about to do. I dont really care for surface drama after coming up from hand to hand combat. Especially some ******* circling around where my divers are about to surface.

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                        • #13
                          ehhh piss on em
                          XA

                          GOD BLESS AND GIG'EM!

                          I hope I catch a 10 lb trout before I catch a flesh eating bacteria.

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                          • #14
                            Hey Coe,
                            Sounds like those guys are a holes & don't know how to fish anyway. I enjoyed your story because I went out a couple of weeks ago about 50 miles off thru the SLP & when we got to the rig there were divers there. We drifted and waited about an hour but they were not leaving so I pulled over there and they told us what was down there etc. Told us what was down there & a big snapper on other leg of rig and we caught something big but it broke away. I am glad to know about the 300 rule/ We caught a couple of kings and went to another rig. We ended up having a good day and there is plenty of ocean for all. The only rule I use is if I am 1st to the rig & I am tied up & catching fish I aint leaving.

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