Northwest Dive Club

Andy and I decided to try to find the Sixgill at Redondo this morning. We went down to nearly 95 feet and searched, but gave up and decided to turn around. Thats when we found him. (I think he was following us.) I managed to get off a few shots as he swam by.





this is my third Sixgill sighting in 8 years of diving. Andy can now proudly state that he is no longer a 'sixgill virgin'.

Along the way, I found that the baby wolf eel changed his hangout


Dan

Very nice!
What time?
It is so nice to see some activity of these 6 gills.
Very nice pictures as well.
Kirsten

Nice!

Awesome!

Scubak wrote:Very nice!
What time?
It is so nice to see some activity of these 6 gills.
Very nice pictures as well.
Kirsten

Thanks! It was about 10:45 AM on Sunday. Was surprised to see one in the daytime, the other two were evening encounters.

Dan

We were hoping for a view at Redondo today as well, but alas.

Penopolypants wrote:We were hoping for a view at Redondo today as well, but alas.

Instead, we saw the juvie wolfeel chomping on a crab.

spatman wrote:

Penopolypants wrote:We were hoping for a view at Redondo today as well, but alas.

Instead, we saw the juvie wolfeel chomping on a crab.

That was totally worth it! I'm still envious of all the six gill sightings. Someday.....

Penopolypants wrote:

spatman wrote:

Penopolypants wrote:We were hoping for a view at Redondo today as well, but alas.

Instead, we saw the juvie wolfeel chomping on a crab.

That was totally worth it! I'm still envious of all the six gill sightings. Someday.....

It was probably stalking us and wondering how tasty that strange turtle would be

citycatred wrote:

Penopolypants wrote:

spatman wrote:

Penopolypants wrote:We were hoping for a view at Redondo today as well, but alas.

Instead, we saw the juvie wolfeel chomping on a crab.

That was totally worth it! I'm still envious of all the six gill sightings. Someday.....

It was probably stalking us and wondering how tasty that strange turtle would be

It wouldn't find you tasty. No meat on those bones.

Congratulations and welcome to the 6 gill club, the rest of you, get your arses out there and find one!!!!

Thursday night.... we shall see. Going to strap some pork chops and/or bacon on Bassman and see if that helps.

KneeDeep wrote:Thursday night.... we shall see. Going to strap some pork chops and/or bacon on Bassman and see if that helps.

Yep! I'm all In!!
Bring on the Bacon!!

very awesome!

Many years ago (80's vintage) I did a night dive at Redondo. At the surface my buddy and I looked at each other, said "don't get lost! Ready?" and submerged. Didn't see him again 'til we were on the beach. As I was alone, I dropped straight down to the bottom and didn't move. Two things happened to make the dive awesome. Found a brand new Playboy. Very carefully opened it and checked out the centerfold at about 40 ft by flashlight. Also got swarmed by just hatched octo's. Don't even remember who the buddy was, but I remember that dive!

Stayed up way past my bedtime last night to go sixgill hunting with Scott Lundy. Found one. Cute little bugger. We spent maybe 10 minutes playing together. Only got a couple keepers ... I guess I was too excited to pay attention to focus. But since this was my first sixgill sighting in several years, I was happy. Lundy is no longer a sixgill virgin. If the images on his LCD were anything to go by, he got some nice shots.

Here's mine ...





... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Grateful Diver wrote:Stayed up way past my bedtime last night to go sixgill hunting with Scott Lundy. Found one. Cute little bugger. We spent maybe 10 minutes playing together. Only got a couple keepers ... I guess I was too excited to pay attention to focus. But since this was my first sixgill sighting in several years, I was happy. Lundy is no longer a sixgill virgin. If the images on his LCD were anything to go by, he got some nice shots.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

What depth were you at?

I really have to make it up there for a night dive.

Love that second pic!

Jim (ooh, just noticed this is post #300! )

We were down in the trough ... maxed at about 108 and found the shark somewhere between there and 100 fsw.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

The really amazing thing here is this guy is sticking around and allowing lots of people to see him and get their 6 gill fix!

Bob the second shot is awesome. Where is the trough you mentioned? I don't think I have ever been below a 100 ft at Redondo.

Grateful Diver wrote:We were down in the trough ... maxed at about 108 and found the shark somewhere between there and 100 fsw.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

the marks on the top of its snout suggest that its the same one that we saw on Saturday morning. We saw the little guy in the same place you've described. It appeared to be following us as we searched for it--- we found it when we turned around.

Nice pics!

Dan

dphershman wrote:

Grateful Diver wrote:We were down in the trough ... maxed at about 108 and found the shark somewhere between there and 100 fsw.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

the marks on the top of its snout suggest that its the same one that we saw on Saturday morning. We saw the little guy in the same place you've described. It appeared to be following us as we searched for it--- we found it when we turned around.

Nice pics!

Dan

I thought so too, Dan ... I think it's the same one you saw, and exhibiting the same behavior. It would appear to swim away and then turn around and come back. A couple times I had to fend it off with my camera it got so "friendly".

The trough is south and west of the bottle field. There's nothing there except a dip ... and 108 is the deepest I've ever been there. Took us about 10 minutes to swim back to the carousel boat.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Wow 10 min to the Carousel boat? that's a pretty good distance into the great unknown. He's just a baby out there all by himself. It's no wonder he follows people around.

Thanks Bob

Dusty2 wrote:Wow 10 min to the Carousel boat? that's a pretty good distance into the great unknown. He's just a baby out there all by himself. It's no wonder he follows people around.

Thanks Bob

We were on doubles and brought O2 for deco afterward ... which I would recommend if you're planning to spend any time out there ... by the time we hit our 20-foot stop our average depth for the entire dive was 88 feet.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)