Did y'all go? How close did I call it?
Fossilling with the Chapman's Tuesday, December 23rd
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jridg
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We went - good time had by all 
Vis was 1-2 ft - but there was enough current (barely) to wave the surface sand away and make some decent finds
The lunch at Sharkey's was fun too - and it was great meeting everyone!
Oh, and MissD was only 20 minutes late
Vis was 1-2 ft - but there was enough current (barely) to wave the surface sand away and make some decent finds
The lunch at Sharkey's was fun too - and it was great meeting everyone!
Oh, and MissD was only 20 minutes late
how deep were ya when the viz was 1-2 ft?
jridg
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14-16 ft
ok good, thats about what I predicted then. It should have opened up a bit around 20 fsw, 15 ft is about the depth of the blocks. Since they put those blocks in that area has had generally poor viz and a lot of silt.
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Missdirected
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We went - good time had by all
Vis was 1-2 ft - but there was enough current (barely) to wave the surface sand away and make some decent finds
The lunch at Sharkey's was fun too - and it was great meeting everyone!
Oh, and MissD was only 20 minutes late
:shocked2:You liar!
Mote on the far back side I had a good at least 5+ ft. I could see from the side of the block I was on to the far side of the next one. Further out there was some even better viz but all sand (odd spot). If you were close in as Jridg said, viz was a max of 2'.
I did grab a claw as I was noodling around
Then decided to keep my eye on the prize, (meg, which never happened) and not hunt. I also saw a big conch eating a stone crab whole! :shocked2:Still a lot of silt covering things. If you were further out the silt wasn't as bad but it was still bad.
Lunch was grand. Beforehand though Truck and Blonde treated everyone to some homeade chili to warm up a bit while we were gearing down. At Sharky's we had jrdg, Scott5644, Kendra, Janet, Dennis, Denny, Muggsy, Truck1, BlondeAmbition, Frogman_5, and moi. I'd never eaten ate Sharky's and I have to say they have some awesome fries.
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Glad y'all had a good time, sorry I missed it. I love sharkey's...last summer I ate there about once a week when I was doing my DM internship. Next time try the grouper wrap! BTW there have been a few nice megs found around the blocks in the washouts!
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Missdirected
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jridg
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I was in and around the blocks - found a bunch of tiger shark teeth ( I think) and some others - nothing super large - but it was decent hunting around and in between the blocks......
When they set those blocks last winter, they sit them right on one of the more productive fossil beds at Alhambra.
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