Rather than bore you with the usual details of calm seas, 100' vis, staring at a full fish box of gags, mangos, hogs, and amberjack, I will present some random recollections in no particular order. Oh, by the way, another all Spear board trip consisting of Spear Diver Tampa, Fizisition, Fernandezh, Sharpshooter, and American Spearit.

*Hector Fernandez dives the FL Middle grounds and does not get injured. I repeat, HECTOR FERNANDEZ DIVES THE FL MIDDLE GROUNDS AND DOES NOT GET INJURED.

*Don't let a teenager watch a porno movie. Capt. Jim's "spear fishing" video on the way out must have irreparably damaged SpearDiverTampa's young Jesuit trained psyche because he woke us all up very early Sat morn talking in his sleep VERY loudly. The moaning consisted alternately of "put in your mouth, put in your mouth" and "fry up my egg roll in your hot love oil".

*Dinners consisted of world famous jolly dogs with sauerkraut (cabbage form #1), baked beans with coleslaw (cabbage form #2) Friday night, and Cuban picadillo with black beans Sat night. Oddly enough, a NOAA weather satellite picked up a large methane cloud near where we conducted our trip.

*In a moment of frivolity, Sharpshooter "teabagged" Fizisition's gallon jug of water while he was underwater. Fernandezh was complicit in the deed playing the role of the UPI photographer with Fizisition's own digital camera. Luckily Fiz saw the pic before chugging out of the seasoned jug of Zephyrhills.

*Sat night the Gag Reflex with Deep fish and Bubble junkie onboard tied up to us stern to bow, and a FL Middle grounds summit meeting was convened. Kind of like Camp David, but with alot more fish entrails. An impromptu beer funneling round robin tournament was devised with Deep fish subsequently being crowned the Middle grounds champion, and last man standing.

*Zany Dock Hijinks- A near full dock cart full of fish is spilled into the Steinhatchee river sending Sharpshooter over the side for night free diving.

*How is it possible that Hector's mom, son of an Army Ranger who has been in combat numerous times, can get so worried about him being on a dive trip that she leaves three voice mails on Sharpshooter's phone, and calls John Hermes to leave me a voice mail on my phone? When Hector finally got a hold of her, she first called him an asshole for making her worry, and then said she would wait up to fillet all his fish. Now that's a good mom!!!

*My first dive Sunday was to 100' for 25 minutes on 32% nitrox. Very calm in slinging steel, I was like a gorgonian gently swaying in the current while methodically filling up my hoop of death. During ascent I feel my foot tingling so I make a five minutes safety stop. On the boat the pins and needles are going so bad that I hit the 85%, and chug a gallon of water in about ten minutes. I didn't want to repeat the "ass-cheek" hit I took last August on Fishunta's trip so you can't be too careful. After a half hour the tingling disappears to allow me to dive my last dive which ended up being my best. Nitrogen is a bitch.

That's all my swollen and cut hands will allow to type. Standing by.

AJ Suarez