The Eyes Have It!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:29 am

The little one HAS to be a Bay Pipefish!!!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:47 am

Sounder wrote:The little one HAS to be a Bay Pipefish!!!

DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!! You are correct sir! (although, if you were snooping around my pics on Flickr you might have cheated...)

Spotted this little guy (actually, pretty good sized, maybe 8 or 9 inches long?) in large part aided by the nice viz, and followed him for at least 5 minutes in the shallows at the end of nice dive on the octo boat at 3TN!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:38 pm

I love those little guys - they're on my "cool list of things not usually seen." $\:D/$

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:59 pm

Here's the full shot of # 19, as promised earler today.

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Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:02 pm

Very Cool, John! Nice Pic!

Still looking for my first Gruntie...

Still lobbying Calvin for a NWDiveclub name change to Grunt Sculpin Divers...

Or... at least a change of Mascots!! We need to ditch that hoity toity orca on the club dive flag and replace it with a Grunt Sculpin! No one ever sees an orca while diving anyway, and we (me at least!) divers resemble Grunts more than we do Orcas!

:rr:

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:06 pm

Tom Nic wrote:
John Rawlings wrote:C'mon, Tom....don't wimp out on us!
OK, here I go again, shamed into participating by my old friend John... Don't know what number this is... I'll call it 20!

Nobody's taken a stab at this beauty yet!?! Come On Guys!

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:54 pm

By any chance is it one of the two warbonnet species?

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:19 pm

John Rawlings wrote:By any chance is it one of the two warbonnet species?

(Insert loud obnxious buzzer noise here) Nope!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:32 am

Tom Nic wrote:Very Cool, John! Nice Pic!

Still looking for my first Gruntie...

Still lobbying Calvin for a NWDiveclub name change to Grunt Sculpin Divers...

Or... at least a change of Mascots!! We need to ditch that hoity toity orca on the club dive flag and replace it with a Grunt Sculpin! No one ever sees an orca while diving anyway, and we (me at least!) divers resemble Grunts more than we do Orcas! :rr:

But Tom, you've never seen a Grunt Sculpin while diving either!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:54 am

Sounder wrote:
Tom Nic wrote:Very Cool, John! Nice Pic!

Still looking for my first Gruntie...

Still lobbying Calvin for a NWDiveclub name change to Grunt Sculpin Divers...

Or... at least a change of Mascots!! We need to ditch that hoity toity orca on the club dive flag and replace it with a Grunt Sculpin! No one ever sees an orca while diving anyway, and we (me at least!) divers resemble Grunts more than we do Orcas! :rr:
But Tom, you've never seen a Grunt Sculpin while diving either!

OK, rub it in, Mr. "I finally saw a Grunt Sculpin on my last dive". But at least I stand a better chance of running into a Grunt Sculpin than I do an Orca!!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:10 am

Tom Nic wrote:
Sounder wrote:
Tom Nic wrote:Very Cool, John! Nice Pic!

Still looking for my first Gruntie...

Still lobbying Calvin for a NWDiveclub name change to Grunt Sculpin Divers...

Or... at least a change of Mascots!! We need to ditch that hoity toity orca on the club dive flag and replace it with a Grunt Sculpin! No one ever sees an orca while diving anyway, and we (me at least!) divers resemble Grunts more than we do Orcas! :rr:
But Tom, you've never seen a Grunt Sculpin while diving either!
OK, rub it in, Mr. "I finally saw a Grunt Sculpin on my last dive". But at least I stand a better chance of running into a Grunt Sculpin than I do an Orca!!

Hey, that was my 3rd grunt sculpin! I'd much prefer to run into a gruntie than an orca anyway.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:23 am

Sounder wrote:Hey, that was my 3rd grunt sculpin!

But who's counting, right? $\:D/$

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:07 pm

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:55 pm

Tom Nic wrote:

Northern Ronquil?

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:57 pm

Wrong Again!

Come on, nobody else is even guessing!

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:10 pm

It looks like a cantaloupe with an eye! Is that it?

C'mon, give us a hint at least!

- Janna

divernick · Post by **divernick** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:19 pm

How about a female kelp greenling?

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:37 pm

Not a Kelp Greenling, male or female.

Not a small fish (as in warbonnet or ronquil sized)! (How's that for a hint?!)

Not a "rare" fish... fairly common at most PNW divesites.

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:08 pm

OK....one last stab at it.....Copper Rockfish?

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:26 pm

flounder?

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:36 am

Sounder wrote:flounder?

Nope!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:39 am

John Rawlings wrote:OK....one last stab at it.....Copper Rockfish?

Chaching! You got it! And a beaut, too... although you can't see the tail in this pic.... at least I hope it's a copper! Oooopppsss... Actually... on closer inspection this is a Brown Rockfish, not a Copper!

How embarassing! It is a beautiful and good sized brownie...

I didn't look close until I posted the pic. But since nobody had guessed brown, John still gets this one! My apol0gies... Now... back to work on sculpin ID...

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:16 am

Great shot, Tom!

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:57 pm

Here's one - widened a bit to show some clues!!

- Janna

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:01 am

Plainfin Midshipman?

Northwest Dive Club

The Eyes Have It!

Number 24 I think ?