Spoil Island is an Island off of Loggerhead channel that is manmade. At one point the locals wanted to have cruise ships (Disney?) coming into Guana Cay. The deal folded either at the hands of environmentalists, or, at the hands of skippers that did not want to handle the channels in bad weather. They face directly into the Atlantic. Anyway, we took the dink over from Orchid bay. It was perhaps a 15 or 20 minute ride at speed to get there.
Upon pulling into the shallows from the deeper water (maybe 30 feet deep at the most) we spooked a couple of spotted rays that wound up going right under us. They had to have a wingspan of about 4 feet, and it took some maneuvering to make sure we wound up leaving them in one piece.
Once on the island, which may be a weekend anchorage kind of hang out for the locals, we picked up a few shells and headed back out.
On the way out we ran into a number of schooling baracuda. Also on the bottom we could see many large starfish. Obviously the water was extremely clear, and with the light winds the surface was flat enabling us to see deep into the water .
Maybe tomorrow we'll bring the rod and reel since the structure in this area supports quite a bit of fish. Either that or we head to Scotland Cay to the south where there is a channel to the Atlantic and perhaps more fish.
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