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#1 rc6750

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Posted 29 November 2016 - 09:30 AM

Some pictures from quick weekend in the keys

 

Blue Runner (Caranx crysos)

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Sea Turtle - unknown

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Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis)

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Graysby  (Cephalopholis cruentata)

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Spotted Trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis)

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#2 rc6750

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Posted 29 November 2016 - 09:35 AM

baby Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)

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Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis)

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Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)

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Bandtail Puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)

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Swarming Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

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#3 zooxanthellae

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Posted 29 November 2016 - 03:26 PM

How tempted were you to throw a line into those tarpon?!? I really want to get down to south Florida, too many cool fish! 



#4 rc6750

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Posted 29 November 2016 - 08:50 PM

How tempted were you to throw a line into those tarpon?!? I really want to get down to south Florida, too many cool fish! 

 

Haha very tempted. Too bad it was a no fishing zone. Well that and the fact that they would break you off on the pilings in no time. Very cool to see them just swimming around. There was also a Goliath grouper down there but he was being shy,



#5 Chasmodes

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Posted 30 November 2016 - 02:00 PM

Those are some beautiful fish!  Such a variety to catch.  I love the boxfish and cowfish.  I had a scrawled cowfish in my tank many many years ago.  It was the fish that lived the longest in my first saltwater fish only tank.  It lived over five years until I had a power outage that killed everything in the tank while I was away on vacation.  They have a ton of personality.  


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#6 rc6750

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Posted 01 December 2016 - 12:57 PM

Those are some beautiful fish!  Such a variety to catch.  I love the boxfish and cowfish.  I had a scrawled cowfish in my tank many many years ago.  It was the fish that lived the longest in my first saltwater fish only tank.  It lived over five years until I had a power outage that killed everything in the tank while I was away on vacation.  They have a ton of personality.  

 

Thanks. Yeah the variety is amazing. Saw or caught 20-25 different species within a few hours. It is unreal down there.



#7 mattknepley

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Posted 02 December 2016 - 05:54 PM

Fun! I completely understand the head-cover when on the water in the Keys, but I still keep thinking it's the Invisible Man fishing with you, and not you. That Bandtail is a cutie.
Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."

#8 Isaac Szabo

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Posted 03 December 2016 - 04:23 PM

Cool stuff! The diversity down there is exciting. It feels like you never know what you might see.





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