Blue Heron Bridge Trolls

[Scuba_Jenny]

Oh, my! you are BRAVE to dare to go tomorrow...

thanks for the temp link..

 

[mntlblok]

A black n white one

An orange and white one

I'm mesmerized by these two (I'm easily mesmerized) and have registered some inquiries.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Looking forward to finding out the results of your inquiries..

 

[blauvelt]

Parking sucked but was worth the 5 trips around

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Was that yesterday or today?
Vis report? water temp?

 

[EL Pistoffo]

Parking sucked but was worth the 5 trips around

Yes, the parking situation can be quite horrible. I've even had to pay to park in the trailer section once or twice.

 

[blauvelt]

That was today Jenny. Vis was not great, maybe 15 at the snorkel rocks and less on the west bridge. Temp? Mid 70's.

More boat trailers in the lot than divers. Got there an hour and a half before high and had to circle with a dozen or more other cars behind me.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Good to know. I am planning a dive there tomorrow and fear similar fate with it being spring break and a 3:12 HT.

 

[mntlblok]

Looking forward to finding out the results of your inquiries..

From Ben Victor:


"Yes, I think the knee jerk “long-plume equals plumed” is wrong.. several species can develop very long plumes (why should a plume length matter so much, since other growths don’t).


I am thinking that most of them, perhaps all three of these, are barbfish. Two characters lead me toward that- the brown spots on the chest are classic for them and they often have a yellow or orange wash on the nape- and the two juveniles seem to be trying to do that.

The true plumed may be only a Caribbean grassbed species."

And Ben added later:

"Checked some museum collections- and supposedly both brasiliensis and grandicornis are common in the Intracoastal Waterway- so I guess some of those are grandicornis. Needs checking with DNA."

I had mentioned to him in my inquiry that most all the fish that I had called "plumed" had been "downgraded" to barbfish. Turns out that I ain't no good at checking DNA's.

---------- Post added March 23rd, 2014 at 07:36 PM ----------

Yes, the parking situation can be quite horrible. I've even had to pay to park in the trailer section once or twice.

Hadn't realized that was an option on a daily basis? Can you walk me through how that works?? TIA

I personally have no problems with the crowds as long as I can somehow find a way to park.

 

[jet126]

And Ben added later:

"Checked some museum collections- and supposedly both and grandicornis are common in the Intracoastal Waterway- so I guess some of those are grandicornis. Needs checking with DNA."

Ok so now I'm confused. First he thought they were all barbfish but now thinks they were maybe spotted or maybe plumed? Aren't we back where we started? Or is it just me and my monkey-fried brain?

Hadn't realized that was an option on a daily basis? Can you walk me through how that works?? TIA

Not 100% but I *think* he means "pay to park" in the same way one might "pay" for the umm privilege of ... speeding?