Today was the first full day on the boat. Wake up was a little slow and very laid back, as it usually is on the boat. We had a slow start because Captain Denny was hoping the winds would die down a bit from overnight. We had a cooked breakfast since it was a slow start. Once we finished breakfast and cleanup we headed out to the reef. We were headed for Sand Key which is a bit of a ride so on the way we put out some fishing lines to troll for whatever we could get. We don't fish for anything specific, just something good to eat. It took awhile but we got a 'fish on'. Josh ran back and grabbed the rod first which gives him the right to bring the fish in, and what a great fish it was; a 31" Cero Mackeral, That's a big fish, and good to eat too. Unfortunately, that was the only fish for the day, although we had a couple more hits.
We did our first dive at Sand Key, a site marked with an old, out of commission, lighthouse tower. There is also a large coral head to explore too. It was their first dive on their own; no divemaster escort. Again, the dive went without incident. We had lunch and moved over to Western Dry Rocks for our second dive. The third and final dive was at Rock Key. As you can see, they weren't really creative when it came to naming the sites.
We headed back in to the mooring ball outside of Key West for our second night and a dinner of Brautwurst and beans.
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