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[Bubblesong]

Woo Hoo! @tkaelin found my second stage! Awesome day at Ft.Wetherill, great local conditions!
Thank you to @AfterDark and Mrs.AfterDark and @tkaelin for meeting me for the successful gear hunt!

 

[shoredivr]

That’s great news!

 

[TuckerIdaho]

Anyone for wetherilling Sunday afternoon? (forecast isn't so great though) stuck with family stuff saturday then need to drop my son off at the airport sunday am so its close.

 

[Bubblesong]

Anyone for wetherilling Sunday afternoon? (forecast isn't so great though) stuck with family stuff saturday then need to drop my son off at the airport sunday am so its close.

There is a 5pm Dive and Dine this Sunday at Ft Wetherill. Bring your own but drinks provided I think https://m.facebook.com/events/fort-wetherill/dive-dine-ft-wetheril/338627343509592/

 

[tkaelin]

Fun time today and pretty good conditions for Ft. W. Sun, low wind, 68 degrees and 6-8' vis. Great to meet Mr. and Mrs. Afterdark and Bubblesong. A Ft. W. regular solo diver Paula was there as well. I didn't take a lot of pics but I have attached a couple that I could use some id help. On my two dives, schools of two different types of bait fish in the sandy shallows and a couple nice size blackfish. A number of very small 1" or so flounders in the sand and very skittish, hard to get a decent picture. Juve puffer and starfish.

So the id help, small 1-2" chocolate/dark fish with pectoral and dorsals and swam like a shark or maybe dogfish. The other are clear tube structures with yellow rims that were open until I disturbed them but quickly opened again

. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[AfterDark]

Hey nice pictures @tkaelin ! @CT-Rich might be able to ID it. IMO you have it already a dogfish, swims like a shark because it is a shark. It was nice to me you also. The conditions where good especially for FTW. The ocean rarely fails to surprise us mere mortals!

 

[tkaelin]

And from Mrs tkaelin. Bonus points if you can ID correctly

 

[Bubblesong]

And from Mrs tkaelin. Bonus points if you can ID correctlyView attachment 673628

Patrick?

 

[tkaelin]

Yes. Lots of spongebob in our household when the kids were young.

 

[CT-Rich]

Fun time today and pretty good conditions for Ft. W. Sun, low wind, 68 degrees and 6-8' vis. Great to meet Mr. and Mrs. Afterdark and Bubblesong. A Ft. W. regular solo diver Paula was there as well. I didn't take a lot of pics but I have attached a couple that I could use some id help. On my two dives, schools of two different types of bait fish in the sandy shallows and a couple nice size blackfish. A number of very small 1" or so flounders in the sand and very skittish, hard to get a decent picture. Juve puffer and starfish.

So the id help, small 1-2" chocolate/dark fish with pectoral and dorsals and swam like a shark or maybe dogfish. The other are clear tube structures with yellow rims that were open until I disturbed them but quickly opened againView attachment 673611 View attachment 673612 View attachment 673613 View attachment 673614 View attachment 673615 View attachment 673616 View attachment 673617. Any ideas? Thanks.

The two siphons next to each other are tunicates (aka sea squirts). The little fish is probably not a shark. New born/hatched sharks are much larger than this. Juvenile fish are really hard to identify.