Black Sea Bass

[scottfiji]

:boings:

Ok, Dr Bill.
Yes, I was there and got bitten lightly. No, I did not let any more peas out. For at least, he was not following. So have you laughs and all.

I do not recommend beginners or experience diver or snorklers feeding fish.

thanks for the story, that was really funny! I wonder why fish like peas...I wish i could have seen the GSB chasing you, thinking "SEND MORE PEAS". At least you didn't get swallowed whole.

so do not feed fish, fellow divers, or you too will be chased by a giant fish... hey, wait, that sort of sounds like fun...

Scott

 

[kelpmermaid]

thanks for the story, that was really funny! I wonder why fish like peas...I wish i could have seen the GSB chasing you, thinking "SEND MORE PEAS". At least you didn't get swallowed whole.

so do not feed fish, fellow divers, or you too will be chased by a giant fish... hey, wait, that sort of sounds like fun...

Scott

LOL! I've been wondering what has been going on at Casino Point. On one recent dive out there last month, I felt "followed," and when I turned around to look, there was a huge contingent of kelp bass massing, staring at me, and apparently waiting for something (peas, I suppose.) Kind of like a certain Hitchcock movie with fish instead of birds. Gave me the creeps. Yes, I am prone to odd thoughts underwater...

And, Tom, under NO circumstances should you feed BSB ANY of those holiday rumballs you make...

 

[scottfiji]

LOL! I've been wondering what has been going on at Casino Point. On one recent dive out there last month, I felt "followed," and when I turned around to look, there was a huge contingent of kelp bass massing, staring at me, and apparently waiting for something (peas, I suppose.) Kind of like a certain Hitchcock movie with fish instead of birds. Gave me the creeps. Yes, I am prone to odd thoughts underwater...

And, Tom, under NO circumstances should you feed BSB ANY of those holiday rumballs you make...

I don't recommend ANY diver or snorkeler, new or experienced, feed ANY fish rumballs or alcohol of any sort, the effects could be catastrophic. *Disclaimer* - I've been eating RumBalls for 35 years. Yes, I've bitten people in the hand many times who have tried to eat my rumballs.

 

[ICY ICE]

LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL,

this made my day!

thanks for the entertainment.



I guess barfing at the dive park isn't a good idea,

 

[saf_25]

And who was the first Casino Point diver who thought, "Hey, I wonder if fish like frozen vegitables?" And the first fish that thought, "Peas, yummy!"

This reminds me of my recent vacation. We went to Roatan and stayed at Cocoview Resort. Those of you who have been there recently know that they have a collection of eels in the water directly under the dining room/plank area (maybe 2 feet of water). Apparently, they started a few months ago feeding these eels (which were babies at the time) some leftover breakfast foods. They now have about 9 full grown adults (huge eels - 5 green and 4 of the gold chain, I believe they're called). The green ones like the little fish (kippers?) they bring out, but the spotted ones prefer, of all things, ham. You can actually tell - they start with the ham, and the spotted ones come out. As soon as they switch to feeding the fish, the spotted ones go away and the green ones emerge.
Anyway, the thought went through my mind while watching this every morning - what type of preservation or natural selection went into play to make an eel prefer smoked ham? What are the chances they'd find that in their natural environment?

 

[scubatomwetzel]

They would have to catch up with me during Christmas and New Year Holiday.
:yl2jump:

 

[drbill]

I thoroughly checked the friendly black sea bass' mouth for evidence of Tom's wetsuit (check the image linked below). Not a shred of evidence! And for those of you staring at my Seaquest X-Flex, the shreds are not due to black sea bass "attacks," just a poor quality fabric used in that model wetsuit.

http://www.starthrower.org/images/BSB mouth collage sm.jpg


Dr. B.

 

[SNOBORDJON]

John- Glad you and Lexy had a good sighting before her surgery. Sorry I didn't get more time to talk to you all. There were a lot of folks I knew at the park today, including one of my dive buddies who was on her honeymoon staying here with me (but, alas, I was not the groom!).

No worries man,
the vis could have been better, but the content was outstanding. I finally found where the big calico bass hang out. I just need to learn how to catch those big 8-10 ponders above water!

the BSB was amazing!

 

[CA Diver]

I guess barfing at the dive park isn't a good idea,

I was diving in Florida Keys on Saturday 7-30. While I was waiting for other divers to clear the ladder I was waiting at 15 feet just behind the boat. I suddenly noticed a murky cloud appear on the side of the boat. The jacks and chub hiding in the boats shadow went nuts. Turns out the person who joked that barfing over the side is "Chumming" was entirely correct.

 

[limeyx]

Dr bill, lets see your footage of the BSB

I have a small video if you want...

http://nickambrose.com/diving/movies/casino-point-june-14-2005-seabass.mov

kind of low res but you get the idea.