This guy swam in circles around me for a full minute and a half for some reason...
Curious rockfish
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It's rockfish mating seasonfnerg wrote:This guy swam in circles around me for a full minute and a half for some reason...
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Nice!
What dive site was this?
What dive site was this?
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"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
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Alki Fishing Reef. I've been trying to do more REEF surveys there, since it's a bit under-represented in the DB.
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Awesome!fnerg wrote:Alki Fishing Reef. I've been trying to do more REEF surveys there, since it's a bit under-represented in the DB.
It looks like a pretty species rich site.
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a boat dive only?
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Boat or scooter from shore. I can take you there sometime if you are scooterless. Its in 50-75ft of water, more rock piles than you can see in one dive.Tom Nic wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but is that a boat dive only?
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Boat or scooter. It's about 25-30 minutes round trip by scooter at around 10 feet.
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Nice vid!
He was probably hungry. Like remoras on a shark, he probably figured he could get some bycatch from you. I get this with trout all the time when I'm lake snorkeling. They come up right in front of me and hang out, they definitely seek me out.
There's a rockfish at alki junkyard that likes to get right near you when you're at the wolfeel den. I assume he's figured out that divers bring food for the wolfeel, and wolfeel don't swallow their entire meals, and that means food for him.
-Eric
He was probably hungry. Like remoras on a shark, he probably figured he could get some bycatch from you. I get this with trout all the time when I'm lake snorkeling. They come up right in front of me and hang out, they definitely seek me out.
There's a rockfish at alki junkyard that likes to get right near you when you're at the wolfeel den. I assume he's figured out that divers bring food for the wolfeel, and wolfeel don't swallow their entire meals, and that means food for him.
-Eric
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Thanks - I'd love to do this site someday!CaptnJack wrote:Boat or scooter from shore. I can take you there sometime if you are scooterless. Its in 50-75ft of water, more rock piles than you can see in one dive.Tom Nic wrote: Excuse my ignorance, but is that a boat dive only?
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"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
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Vis will be good in late September. Send me a PM or email through the board and we can make a date. I can pick you up at Alki (Don Armeni) ramp. 2nd dive at someplace like China Wall (if you haven't been there before).
RJ
RJ
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