I had to bail out at noon today, but a good time was had by all. I'm not the best dive report writer, but...
Arrived at CSSP ~ 2:30 on Friday, ScubaTexasTony was at the gate at the same time I was, so I followed him back to the campsite. ZzzKing was getting ready for a dive, so I geared up and we jumped in. Headed over to the boat, up to the plane back across to the east side, and then that was it. Total time was about an hour (I haven't pulled the logs off the computer yet). It was the best viz I'd seen in a couple years, 15 - 20 ft, low 80's at the surface, thermocline at 20 feet.
When we got out, Chrispete, RumBum, and K-Valve had shown up so once they got the camp site established, we jumped back in and toured the wall on the north east side of the lake. Same viz and temp as earlier. Lots of perch fanning their eggs, and lots of schooling bass. There were some big catfish floating around as well. I went in without a wetsuit this time, so I just stayed above 20, and it was very comfortable.
It was now dinner time, and I think this is about the time Foo showed up. They jumped in while the rest of us filled tanks and started to make dinner. After dinner, ScubaTexasTony, Debra, RumBum, ChrisPete, K-Valve and myself jumped in for a night dive. We surface swam over to the boat and dropped down. Lot's of fish came up to investigate what we were doing. Chrispete and Rumbum headed back, the rest of us explored the grass on the south side of the lake. We discovered it was a lot of fun to "spotlight" the small fish with our lights and the bigger bass would jump in there and eat them. At one point, we had 20 - 30 decent size bass following us around waiting for us to find them dinner. K-Valve even figured out how to turn a old scavenger hunt weight with a float on it into an underwater fishing pole.
We got out and find the rest sitting around the fire chatting. We played "guess the occuptation" which turned out to be a lot more fun than I expected! We have a wide and diverse group of individuals here! I highly suggest playing this game any time the Foo clan is around!
Saturday, a whole bunch of people showed up. I won't get everybody, but Timeliner, ScubaTexan, the Kunkle's, TxHockeyGuy (I think he's the one that brought the fajita meat, which means he's permantly invited to any shin-dig I throw!). I got two dives in before I had to leave around noon.
I had a great time, enjoyed meeting and diving with everybody, and hope to do it again soon. Is a Fall Fling too much out of the question?
PS -- Since I dove with multiple swampers, am I official now?:14:
Arrived at CSSP ~ 2:30 on Friday, ScubaTexasTony was at the gate at the same time I was, so I followed him back to the campsite. ZzzKing was getting ready for a dive, so I geared up and we jumped in. Headed over to the boat, up to the plane back across to the east side, and then that was it. Total time was about an hour (I haven't pulled the logs off the computer yet). It was the best viz I'd seen in a couple years, 15 - 20 ft, low 80's at the surface, thermocline at 20 feet.
When we got out, Chrispete, RumBum, and K-Valve had shown up so once they got the camp site established, we jumped back in and toured the wall on the north east side of the lake. Same viz and temp as earlier. Lots of perch fanning their eggs, and lots of schooling bass. There were some big catfish floating around as well. I went in without a wetsuit this time, so I just stayed above 20, and it was very comfortable.
It was now dinner time, and I think this is about the time Foo showed up. They jumped in while the rest of us filled tanks and started to make dinner. After dinner, ScubaTexasTony, Debra, RumBum, ChrisPete, K-Valve and myself jumped in for a night dive. We surface swam over to the boat and dropped down. Lot's of fish came up to investigate what we were doing. Chrispete and Rumbum headed back, the rest of us explored the grass on the south side of the lake. We discovered it was a lot of fun to "spotlight" the small fish with our lights and the bigger bass would jump in there and eat them. At one point, we had 20 - 30 decent size bass following us around waiting for us to find them dinner. K-Valve even figured out how to turn a old scavenger hunt weight with a float on it into an underwater fishing pole.
We got out and find the rest sitting around the fire chatting. We played "guess the occuptation" which turned out to be a lot more fun than I expected! We have a wide and diverse group of individuals here! I highly suggest playing this game any time the Foo clan is around!
Saturday, a whole bunch of people showed up. I won't get everybody, but Timeliner, ScubaTexan, the Kunkle's, TxHockeyGuy (I think he's the one that brought the fajita meat, which means he's permantly invited to any shin-dig I throw!). I got two dives in before I had to leave around noon.
I had a great time, enjoyed meeting and diving with everybody, and hope to do it again soon. Is a Fall Fling too much out of the question?
PS -- Since I dove with multiple swampers, am I official now?:14: