Chalk Bluff - recent visit

[Papa Steve]

Hey Texas Swampers,
I've not gone diving with any of you yet but I thought I would pass on a few pics. Did some recent diving at Chalk Bluff. The viz was at least 50-60 feet and the night dive was great. Although I never found a spot over 9-10 foot deep it was a very enjoyable dive. On a typical dive we were under for about an hour and used about 1200 psi.
Went back the following weekend to snorkel with some family members. The viz wasn't quite as good but still better than anything else in Texas . . .other that Aquarena.
Enjoy . . .and don't be too harsh on the pics . . .it was a 16 dollar camera.

Find the gar!

bass, perch and catfish everywhere

Posing

These little fish glow very bright when they're at the surface and you hit them from below with your light on a night dive. Very cool looking.

 

[Debraw]

Nice pics, I found the Gar thanks for posting!

 

[czzzaar]

Where is Chalk Bluff? I'm new here.

 

[Papa Steve]

Where is Chalk Bluff? I'm new here.

It's about 20 minutes NW of Uvalde. Uvalde is out Hwy 90 about 1.5 hours west of San Antonio.

 

[texdiveguy]

Looked like fun!

 

[Hemlon]

I don't see the gar.

 

[cruiser]

Is the gar along the bottom left, horizontal with the bottom edge of the picture?

 

[Papa Steve]

Is the gar along the bottom left, horizontal with the bottom edge of the picture?

His head is in the white sand, just bottom-right of center. His body runs along the ground back towards left-top of the center. Between his great camoflague and my sixteen dollar camera he's pretty hidden. First one I came accross darted right underneath me with my chest about 18" off the bottom. I never saw him until he moved . . .Scared the &^&^$ out of me.

 

[Hemlon]

Wow...I still don't see it.

 

[Papa Steve]

Here's the same shot in high-res . . perhaps that will help.