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Curiosity...
Wlo93 and I headed out our grand adventure to see what Big Bay Point has to offer at night...(Oct 22) reminds of this tale my Dad used to spin
"Twas a dark and stormy night, there stood a band of Brigands..."
Man it was dark... there's not a great deal of light down there on the "beach", Wlo93 had this simply brilliant idea of backing the vehicle onto the beach so we were able to gear up in relative comfort... and have the parking lights to mark our re-entry point.
We had 15 feet or so of viz (or as far as the light beam would go - absolutely no ambient light) and 54 degrees of warm water... I'll hazard a guess at 37 degrees for air temp - but I was too numb to notice
We followed the line down a ways, then did a few back and forths along the slope. Saw a few crayfish, and some of the biggest fish I have ever seen, one in particular was quite friendly, followed along with us for a while. I'd say about 20-24 inches was the average size of the dozen or so fish we saw, pretty sure they were carp.
Big Bay Point is a neat place, but once or twice a year is enough to cure curiosity.
Once out of the water we were keenly aware of the difference between the water and air temps, certainly motivates a quick exit strategy
Wlo93 and I headed out our grand adventure to see what Big Bay Point has to offer at night...(Oct 22) reminds of this tale my Dad used to spin
"Twas a dark and stormy night, there stood a band of Brigands..."
Man it was dark... there's not a great deal of light down there on the "beach", Wlo93 had this simply brilliant idea of backing the vehicle onto the beach so we were able to gear up in relative comfort... and have the parking lights to mark our re-entry point.
We had 15 feet or so of viz (or as far as the light beam would go - absolutely no ambient light) and 54 degrees of warm water... I'll hazard a guess at 37 degrees for air temp - but I was too numb to notice
We followed the line down a ways, then did a few back and forths along the slope. Saw a few crayfish, and some of the biggest fish I have ever seen, one in particular was quite friendly, followed along with us for a while. I'd say about 20-24 inches was the average size of the dozen or so fish we saw, pretty sure they were carp.
Big Bay Point is a neat place, but once or twice a year is enough to cure curiosity.
Once out of the water we were keenly aware of the difference between the water and air temps, certainly motivates a quick exit strategy