Wind surfing with the Paddlefish at Haigh today

[do it easy]

This weekend I won't be diving, but keep me in mind. I have a hankering to go do some wreck diving.

 

[Dean810]

Mlody, you guys were at the picnic table by the dressing rooms?

Dean/Easy, we'll be there again on Sunday if you guys want to get lost with us.

J

I'm diving the Willy on Sunday, but we will meet again.

 

[Dean810]

Dean, great diving with ya' today...yeah, working the manual funtions on the camera with 7mm gloves gets a bit tricky but this one was the best of the bunch

Thanks for posting! Great shot! It's now my wallpaper

 

[Mlody11]

Here are a few more shots of the day's diving.

at first we thought this fish was dead, but after we came too close the beast jammed himself into the bed of algae

 

[Dean810]

What camera do you use, Mlody11?

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

That's one of the best paddlefish shots I ever saw.

My solitary sighting came in the shallow side, very near the corner closest to the Haigh residence. Had a student with me on her first check-out dive. Was a nice feather in her cap considering the shop owner's wife/co-owner has never had the pleasure.

 

[Dean810]

Steve,

Great picture... I've been diving Haigh for four years now and never seen one of those critters. I'm just going to have to try a little harder this year ;-)

ICF

You just might start having better luck. The word I have is that most of the paddlefish at Haigh now came from the Shedd, and have gotten used to divers and the public in general. That might mean they will be less shy than the old timers. Could explain the reason why people have been seeing these monsters lately!

 

[00scuba]

ya, both my buddy and I.

Were you diving with Butch?

 

[Laser]

Were you diving with Butch?

Who's Butch? My buddy was Tony. Short Italian guy.

 

[Mlody11]

What camera do you use, Mlody11?

I use a coolpix 7900 in a WP-CP4 with a few of my custom setting on the camera as well as some white balancing on a slate.