Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park, CT - Open Invite July 9-10, 2005

[mer]

Oh the fish exist. Rumor has it that Frank hooked the rare "Long Line Tarp Fish". It was the one that got away!

 

[saltywater]

It was the one that got away!

They ALL get away from him....

 

[macado]

You guys suck! I sure wish I was diving that cold quarry water right now. This 100ft+ visibility and 84F degree water is really kiling me in Cozumel, too bad i'm here until the 12th, huh?

-Mike

 

[dbg40]

So who cares about "warm water", and "unlimited vis." Thats a noobie dive! WE, on the other hand, have the Portland mermaid, and the delicious long line tarp fish. Plans are underway to have it served at the local restaurants! (the fish, not the portland mermaid)

 

[lord1234]

whatcha got down there in Coz? nothing...reefs and fish...we get slot machines...

 

[macado]

Actually, I will try to dive the Brownstone Quarry when I return, looks interesting from all the comments.

On a side note,
I just did a fairly interesting multilevel dive today. Punta Sur. Max Depth 120ft, Time: 33 minutes total. Lots of caverns and swim-thrus. Dove Cozumel plenty of times before but this was the first time I actually did Punta Sur. Great dive!

-Mike

 

[Frank Hayes]

At our last clean up dive, the first selectwoman for the town of Portland was heard to comment about "that poor soul" fishing his heart out in the little boat. And in fact, others have been moved to tears watching FRANK angle away with a "pole" that has been rumoured to be quarry salvage. Fishing for fish that may, or may not exist. Some think he is searching for the portland mermaid, said to live in the quarries. Only Frank knows, and he's not talking.
A donation can will be left for your spare change in hopes that enough money can be raised to present Frank with a new fishing pole. and a medium coffee, black, two sugars, to bait the Portland mermaid from the depths with. It should be noted that the Portland mermaid probably lives in the abandoned vega hatchback by the local landfill, and offten has a headache in the mornong, so the coffee would be good bait. Good luck Frank!

I think I'm Going to start the (I hate DBG40 fan club) this weekend. If you sighn up you get free admitance this weekend and an orange. Please feel free to chuck the orange at DBG40 as he starts to submerge. If we get lucky we will have are first artificial reef. As for the karp/carp/ugly fish. I being the gentleman that I am, gave my pole to my sister and I used my sons scooby doo pole (2 lbs test). I fought this 90 lb beast (30lbs) for an hour(10 seconds).Anyway there is now a 30 lb carp sporting a 100 yards of two pound test line. P.S. If anyone finds a pole with a stupid dog on it snap it in halves again.

 

[lord1234]

ooh...yay i get to practice underwater rescues this weekend

lol

(I better not have any reason to practice them)

 

[MDColson]

I can attest to these surprisingly giant fish in the quarry. I saw one of them not far from the lincoln in the shallow area. Needless to say, I was shocked that something could actually live in that water long enough to grow that big. Hopefully there will be another great turnout this weekend - see'ya all there...

Mark

 

[Frank Hayes]

Honestly folks if you want to see something very cool , Bring some canned corn and place it at any shallow sunny spot and wait ten minutes. Any were from two to ten very large carp and or bass will feed on it. We are slowly trying to get the carp to feed from are hands. I,m told buy some trusted Divers the Cat Fish are just as big but I have not seen one myself.