Gidds
Contributor
We saw tons of cool stuff today! Ok ok so I begin all my posts that way but today I went somewhere new 
Yes I actually left my itty bitty 3' section of the right cove at Ft. Wetherill.
My plan for the day was to snorkel with johnnyseko after his fun dive with OSS (he can tell you about that).We came armed with squid and the idea was to entice fish to cooperate for photographs. We were just going to free dive in the usual spot around the rock on the far side of the right cove but when we got there EVERY dive op. in the tri-state area had taken all available parking spaces in order to finish up thier certs before it freezes. :shakehead
Anyway the fun dive was planned along the wall from the little cove where "the Goat Path" is. While the guys went bubble-blowing I snorkelled around. The vis was AWESOME! I don't recall who was whining about the 5' vis. at Ft. Wetherill earlier this week but it was 10-20' all day where I was plus there was nobody crowding me or kicking silt in my face.
While I was there by myself I found a sea star, which is a treat for me, and then a little cusk-eelish fish about 8" long decided to keep me company. There were TONS of beautiful comb jellies and had a lot of fun just laying in the water watching the light show. The bottom over there is nice and rocky with some sand and big boulders and lots of macro algae. There were a lot of mussels and not as many crabs as over by the boat ramp. There was the usual complement of cunner but there were quite a few larger totaug (juveniles and females) and of course about a trillion juvenile black sea bass. I think I got quite a few nice pictures in the great vis.
When John came back we broke out the squid and had a good time free diving and feeding some fairly large totaug. On our second excursion after lunch we were hovering around a big rock in about 10' of water where a bunch of fish had congregated. I saw a sennet and was trying to get John's attention while simultaniously trying to get some squid for it when a 2-3' SKATE came zooming up! :11: :11: :11: I of course got VERY excited about this and got John's attention then gave chase to the skate. I followed it around the rock, to one side of the cove then I chased it out into the gloom in at about 25'. I also managed to get PICTURES of it!!!
Summary of cool finds for the day:
sea stars
cusk-eel thing fish
sennet
SKATE!
and a golf ball John found
Yes I actually left my itty bitty 3' section of the right cove at Ft. Wetherill.My plan for the day was to snorkel with johnnyseko after his fun dive with OSS (he can tell you about that).We came armed with squid and the idea was to entice fish to cooperate for photographs. We were just going to free dive in the usual spot around the rock on the far side of the right cove but when we got there EVERY dive op. in the tri-state area had taken all available parking spaces in order to finish up thier certs before it freezes. :shakehead
Anyway the fun dive was planned along the wall from the little cove where "the Goat Path" is. While the guys went bubble-blowing I snorkelled around. The vis was AWESOME!
I don't recall who was whining about the 5' vis. at Ft. Wetherill earlier this week but it was 10-20' all day where I was plus there was nobody crowding me or kicking silt in my face. While I was there by myself I found a sea star, which is a treat for me, and then a little cusk-eelish fish about 8" long decided to keep me company.
There were TONS of beautiful comb jellies and had a lot of fun just laying in the water watching the light show. The bottom over there is nice and rocky with some sand and big boulders and lots of macro algae. There were a lot of mussels and not as many crabs as over by the boat ramp. There was the usual complement of cunner but there were quite a few larger totaug (juveniles and females) and of course about a trillion juvenile black sea bass. I think I got quite a few nice pictures in the great vis. When John came back we broke out the squid and had a good time free diving and feeding some fairly large totaug. On our second excursion after lunch we were hovering around a big rock in about 10' of water where a bunch of fish had congregated. I saw a sennet and was trying to get John's attention while simultaniously trying to get some squid for it when a 2-3' SKATE came zooming up! :11: :11: :11:
I of course got VERY excited about this and got John's attention then gave chase to the skate. I followed it around the rock, to one side of the cove then I chased it out into the gloom in at about 25'. I also managed to get PICTURES of it!!! Summary of cool finds for the day:
sea stars
cusk-eel thing fish
sennet
SKATE!
and a golf ball John found
