Today was our first day of baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs) – which is a fancy name for a GoPro attached to a frame and a stick with bait. We leave them at the bottom for 90 minutes to see what’s down there. In between times where we set them and hauled them up (pulling a rope attached to a metal/wood from 60-100 ft up through the water) we snorkeled. Saw some cool fish, but what’s really neat is to be on THE DROP OFF. That’s right. We WENT TO THE DROP OFF!
We saw some cool stuff on our videos – 2 reef sharks, a nurse shark, a bunch of HUGE grouper, a ton of southern stingrays, and 2 giant green moray eels.
We were supposed to set long lines and fish at night, but right before dinner we got caught in a huge squall with the rain pelting our faces, and Norlan, the captain, not even looking at where we were going when he was driving. Needless to say, we decided not to set.
Hopefully night fishing tomorrow!
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