Finally...the elusive Paddlefish
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DennisW
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Interesting.
pickens_46929
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Very cool photo... thank you for sharing!
Jamdiver
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O'Malley:OK, it's only taken me 12 months of diving our local quarry to finally encounter one of the eight resident Paddlefish and this past weekend was the charm. Although the quality is blah, based on the frequency of sightings...I may never see another. He did give us a great show, encircling us for approximately 15 minutes, wide-mouthed and feeding. One thing I've learned, diving a drysuit adds a new dimension to underwater photography. But then again, this is all still so new to me.
Wow O'Malley great shot :14:, if I didn't see it with my one eyes i'd never have believed that such a pic existed!
Don't know what the vis is like in your local quarry, but if you manually set wb and took that shot, chances are it would be clearer.... but at any rate looks like there's some distance between you and the fish.
That's a great shot....I have often considered going to Ft. Peck Montana to see one.
Ron
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MikeSSS
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Thanks for posting the pic and info.
That is an impressive fish.
That is an impressive fish.
Very cool. I didn't even know there was such a thing! Thanks for sharing!
Chad_Ordelheide
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Very Nice, I can't say I knew much about these before tonight!!
France park in Indiana has lots of them. We see them the most in the winter (although the park isn't generally open for diving in the winter anymore) probably because the vis is better but if you walk the bluffs above the quarry you can sometimes spot dozens of them.
They spend a lot of time near the surface and I think that's one reason that they're hard to spot. Most divers are moving along the bottom looking down.
They spend a lot of time near the surface and I think that's one reason that they're hard to spot. Most divers are moving along the bottom looking down.
wb416
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Pictures are indeed hard to come by. I've tried several times unsuccessfully to get one.
Rick Loomis captured a few outstanding pics at Gilboa Quarry.
http://www.divegilboa.com/graphics/Paddlefish050810/album/index.html
http://www.divegilboa.com/graphics/Paddlefish050801/album/index.html
Rick Loomis captured a few outstanding pics at Gilboa Quarry.
http://www.divegilboa.com/graphics/Paddlefish050810/album/index.html
http://www.divegilboa.com/graphics/Paddlefish050801/album/index.html
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