Wolf Fish.. Only in the Bay of Fundy???

[MXGratefulDiver]

Cool pics...very spooky creature!

Not at all ... we named her Wendy, and she was as friendly as your average retriever. Sadly, she left ... hopefully to go find a mate somewhere.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[ScubaSarus]

We have them in RI but vary rare.

 

[Uncle Pug]

This lonely boy hadn't found a mate yet.

This pair was guarding eggs.

Note the molars in the mouth... that is what crunches the urchins!

 

[ScubaSarus]

People fear wolf fish them in RI and kill them instantly I hear when caught. The Adventure Diving Book of RI portrays Wolf Fish as fierce fish to be afraid of with many large hungry teeth. I've not seen one yet so what would one expect if he comes across one.

 

[adshepard]

I love wolffish. I've been feeding one off Deer Island, NB the past few years and last weekend I fed one off Eastport, Maine. The one in Eastport will actually come fully out of its lair to be fed.

This one is my "pet" from Deer Island. He/she loves urchins.

DSDO

Alan

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

People fear wolf fish them in RI and kill them instantly I hear when caught. The Adventure Diving Book of RI portrays Wolf Fish as fierce fish to be afraid of with many large hungry teeth. I've not seen one yet so what would one expect if he comes across one.

Now that is just wrong ... these fish are the "golden retrievers" of the deep. They just want to be fed and loved. And they mate for life, so "killing them instantly" is a practice that could make them very difficult to find in your area in a short period of time.

I've had one come out of her lair, wrap herself around my leg, and look at me as if asking how long she was going to have to wait for her urchin snack.

I've a friend who's featured in a video taken in Port Hardy with a large male named "Fred" ... who swam up to him as he was descending. Mark held his arms out in a big circle, and Fred settled in like he wanted to be petted.

How can anybody mistake a big smurf-colored fish with a face like a wizened Walter Mathau as something that could be "fierce"?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[diverberr]

When I was doing a lot of dives on the Deliverance several years back there were a pair living under the wreck's bow winch. They would come out to be petted when I swam up to them. I could lay my left hand underneath the fishes body and stroke along the back with my right like patting a dog. Growing up commercial fishing and seeing them out of the water (they behave much like a rabid pitbull when taken from the water) it took me quite a while to muster the courage to approach these animals closely underwater, but they are extremely docile when in their own element.

Hopefully, now that they've been placed on the protected list, they'll start to make a comeback and we'll start seeing them more often on dives again.

Cheers,
Al.

 

[MarkH]

People fear wolf fish them in RI and kill them instantly I hear when caught. The Adventure Diving Book of RI portrays Wolf Fish as fierce fish to be afraid of with many large hungry teeth. I've not seen one yet so what would one expect if he comes across one.

These pictures were taken just before I was killed:

 

[diverberr]

These pictures were taken just before I was killed:

Nice pics. Too bad you had to die for them.......is that what they call "suffering for one's art"?

Al.

 

[Uncle Pug]

Swank... those are really cool pictures. How did you trip the shutter multiple times on the kissing one?