My First Seahorse - Ft Wetherhill

[tkaelin]

Cleaning up my gear now. I will go through the pics to see if any worth posting. Yesterday I watched a small bottom dweller fish, about 2"-2.5" long that looked like a sea robin without the color. Sandy colored. It had feelers out front like a goat fish and moved only mostly on the feelers. Any idea what it might be? It was by the boat ramp in about 3' of water.

 

[tkaelin]

Can anyone identify the skate like critter in the first 4 shots? The little bottom fish that was sea robin like is in the next photos. Then just a couple shots of the scenery.

 

[AfterDark]

Sea robin for sure. The skate judging by the marks I can see is I think a clearnose skate. Nice pictures.

 

[tkaelin]

Thanks.

 

[AfterDark]

Thanks.

Your welcome. I saw a school of juvenile barracuda / pike looking fish there last week. The DEM was there with a net. They caught a few but didn't know what kind of fish it was. I haven't found any fish like it in any reference material I've looked at for the North Atlantic.

 

[tkaelin]

Planning on giving the seahorse and tropical hunt another try tomorrow AM FT W. Weather and forecast look great.

 

[tkaelin]

Beautiful morning at FT W. First in although there were a couple divers gearing up. Vis down to maybe 5-6'. One tropical, juve butterfly fish the size of a quarter tucked in a rock crevice on a wall about 12' down. After the first dive, the parking lot was full, half kayakers half divers. A film crew as well. A marine specialist was being filmed about what she and a group were doing, something to do with Northern Star coral. Total dive time 70 mins on a 63. 48 first dive, 22 second. Water temp 68. Great to be out and under.

 

[tkaelin]

Just checked the few pics I took and while not clear I did capture a blurry image of the butterfly fish. I original thought it was a banded because of the prominent vertical dark band on the front and back but it also had yellow so more likely a reef or spot fin, at least that is my best guess.

 

[tkaelin]

One last trip planned to Ft. W. a week from today. Hoping for better weather than what is predicated this weekend, a few tropicals and that elusive seahore.

 

[Bubblesong]

Ft Wetherill Sunday seas looks quiet, but viz might be shaken like a snow globe.