Dive Report: Dutch Banks 11-28-2009

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MRXRAY

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Day two of our dive weekend! Hetland and Jhayes7* had spend the night at my house and we all sat down to some Fresh Flounder compliments of the Spearfishing Master! ;) as well as some Turkey day left over sides. It made for a real nice video, and the fish was awesome, thanks to the master Chef (No not Jason or Alex):eyebrow:

So we all kind of rolled out of bed late morning to meet Recharge at his house around 8:30 for our next adventure. And with the weather man promising to keep a leash on the sun it was looking to be another cool ride back. So with layers of clothing we headed out towards the dutch banks (Soth West of P'Cola Pass) to some natural bottom.

Grouper321 was once again happy to watch bubbles as we rolled so Recharge, Jahyes, Hetland and myself all headed down the 76 feet to the bottom. We had dropped our life boat anchor right into what we're calling the lagoon for the third or fourth time in a row of visits which made the dive even that much more enjoyable as we found a very familiar dive location at our disposal. The viz was a bit better than what we've had in the past, probably near 30 feet which explains why we've never seen the large reef module and Chicken coup before in the area.. No fish but some nice structure.

I just took photos and pointed out a flounder to recharge that JHayes pointed out to me to so I'll take 33% credit for that kill. :mooner: Recharge ended up putting 3 nice flounder in the boat thanks to some help from Hetland as a spotter as well. All in all a real nice dive. I did find a very photogenic Octopus toward the end of the dive which made for a real nice set of photos as well. Here are a few photos and Video from the dive:



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Dive was 76 feet for 52 minutes with a min temp of 60* but it was much warmer at depth. I think that the temp may have been a surface air temp not a water temp. and the viz was 30 feet.
 
Nice report Barry. My guess on the fish is the head of a Bandtail Searobin. Can't see the body to be sure if it is a Searobin. They come in a variety of colors...but I think that is what it is.

Bandtail Searobin, Prionotus ophryas

Also could use a bit of help with an ID here.... What do you think this is? A BarbFish?
 
Nice report. Thanks again for your southern hospitality. I Had a grate time. My computer only logs minimum temp below the surface, so I had a min temp of 65 deg. Here are a few shots from the dives.

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And here are a few from the ride home. These were taken doing 75mph. I could not pass up this awesome view.

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I am thinking this is a Spotted Scorpionfish. Reef Fish Identification 3RD edition page 352.


Also could use a bit of help with an ID here.... What do you think this is? A BarbFish?

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I didn't think it was a Scorpionfish because the mouth didn't seem wide enough. My Reef Fish ID software agrees with you...probably is a Scorpionfish.

I am thinking this is a Spotted Scorpionfish. Reef Fish Identification 3RD edition page 352.
 
I didn't think it was a Scorpionfish because the mouth didn't seem wide enough. My Reef Fish ID software agrees with you...probably is a Scorpionfish.

They are in the same family, maybe a crossbreed.
 

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