Deep sea treasure hunt - Wrecks and reefs

Capt. Scott Avanzino -

If Mel Fischer were as much as a fishing addict as he is the world's greatest deep-sea treasure hunter, he would probably spend less time searching for gold artifacts and Spanish galleons and more time looking for snapper, amberjack and grouper near uncharted wrecks. Despite the obvious differences between Mr. Fischer and myself. We still share a common problem.... If we only knew where to look for our treasure.

There's just no telling what's really down there below the murk and what lies on the ocean floor just within our grasp. And in that respect I would be willing to bet that there is probably more fishable structure beneath the surface then there are rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. I just wish I had their unknown number!

It's for good reason that "the known numbers" have been guarded with the utmost secrecy for generations. They really hold fish! When I say numbers...I'm not just talking shipwrecks either. Today in Louisiana, numbers also mean artificial reefs, toppled platforms, lost cargo, forgotten wellheads, templates, pipeline coverings, net snags, hard spots and coral heads. As time wears on more and more are being produced each day with or without regulatory permission and in part by Nature itself.

Arguably in time, any one of these structures has the potential to conceal a hidden treasure in the form of very large cobia, snapper, jacks, grouper, triggers, kings and sharks. And many of these less known structures have the capacity to support and hold healthy populations of ground fish for years, and most with the potential to break existing records for the aforementioned species. Given the lessoned fishing pressure, the action can be quite impressive most times. I have had customers marvel at the fact that every time they drop down something hits their bait almost instantly.

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