Lumpsucker!

enchantmentdivi · Post by **enchantmentdivi** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:52 pm

The first 5 minutes of my dive today at 3-Tree were the best of the whole dive!!!

I could've stay in the same spot for an hour, but didn't think my dive buddies would appreciate it.

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:14 pm

wow!! that is so awesome!!

how deep were you?

Pez7378 · Post by **Pez7378** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:27 pm

SWWEEEEEETT!!!!!!

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:26 pm

Nice photos! Shuda stayed longer. You don't get to see them very often

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:52 pm

WAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

- Janna (Current president of the Never-Seen-A-Lumpsucker Club)

(great shots, Jenn!!)

Penopolypants · Post by **Penopolypants** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:07 pm

nwscubamom wrote:WAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

- Janna (Current president of the Never-Seen-A-Lumpsucker Club)

(great shots, Jenn!!)

What she said!

enchantmentdivi · Post by **enchantmentdivi** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:34 pm

spatman wrote:how deep were you?

About 50 ft, straight out from the house with the antlers, on a anchor block, next to a pile of squid eggs. The squid eggs actually drew me over there. I saw the PSL out of the corner of my eye and just couldn't believe it. My buddies had no idea how rare of a find it was (and what the heck it was!), so they couldn't understand why I was practically doing flips underwater. $\:D/$

jackieg · Post by **jackieg** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:44 pm

Congrats, Jenn! Nice find and great photos.

jackie

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:34 am

Nice! They're the kind of fish you just can't go looking for... more of a "stumble on one" type of sighting. Congrats!! PSL's are among my very favorites and are REALLY high on my "uber cool list."

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:45 am

Sounder wrote:Nice! They're the kind of fish you just can't go looking for...

You CAN'T??? Maybe THAT'S my problem, eh? I've gone I don't know how many times specifically looking for them at all the hotspots (Three Tree, Titlow, etc) with zero luck. hehe!!

How come you didn't tell me this a few years ago Doug?? I would have stopped looking ](*,)

- Janna

enchantmentdivi · Post by **enchantmentdivi** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:49 am

Janna--you need to start diving with JDR. He's a magnet for PSL's.

This was my 4th sighting in all my years of diving--3 at Three Tree and 1 at Titlow. It's been at least 3-4 years since I saw the last one before yesterday.

Scubak · Post by **Scubak** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:01 am

Great Find!!! Wonderful photos!!!
I have never seen one...BOO HOO!!!!
Kirsten

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:45 am

nwscubamom wrote:
Sounder wrote:Nice! They're the kind of fish you just can't go looking for...
You CAN'T??? Maybe THAT'S my problem, eh? I've gone I don't know how many times specifically looking for them at all the hotspots (Three Tree, Titlow, etc) with zero luck. hehe!!

How come you didn't tell me this a few years ago Doug?? I would have stopped looking ](*,)

- Janna

I saw my first one when I finally had given up hope and quit looking for them... at least, it worked for me. No promises for you though. Sounds like you might want to come up to 3TN for a few dives though if you're still "looking." I doubt they travel very far.

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:51 am

Jackie found one at Redondo a few years back, asking on her slate "what is golfball fish?" It was an awesome find. Redondo is still one of my fave places for critters, esp at night.

-Valerie

jackieg · Post by **jackieg** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:07 am

Valerie - I had forgotten about that! And I still think "golfball fish" should be a common name for that critter!!!

jackie

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:05 am

Very cool find! I've never seen one, but the pictures make them look as though they might take the "cutest fish" prize away from Grunt Sculpins!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:24 am

LCF wrote:Very cool find! I've never seen one, but the pictures make them look as though they might take the "cutest fish" prize away from Grunt Sculpins!

They TOTALLY take 1st prize. Grunties take a back seat to PSLs. If you want to see them, for sure, there is a tank at the aquarium where they've got several. Sometimes it helps to know what you're looking for (having seen them yourself... or in Janna's case (who really KNOWS what they look like), you've just got to stop looking.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:32 am

Great Find!

And so rarely seen (relatively speaking) that if I was in your shoes I would just stay and fill up up the memory card on my camera, buddies be darned. (Don't flame me, I wouldn't really abandon anyone - but for us photographers there should be a standard predive briefing schpiel - "If we see [insert species here] we are staying with them taking pics for a LONG time!")

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:40 am

Wow, Tom. That would be a LONG dive briefing in my case

"Now folks, if we see a:

Sixgill Shark
Spiny Lumpsucker
Longspine Combfish
Mola Mola
Pacific Electric Ray
Northern Clingfish
Smooth Alligatorfish
Longnose Skate
Showy Snailfish
etc. etc. etc........"

- Janna

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:46 am

nwscubamom wrote:Wow, Tom. That would be a LONG dive briefing in my case

- Janna

Hmmm... I do suppose you have a point there, Janna.

Perhaps a standard "critter and picture nut" pre-dive briefing? Something along the lines of "Watch me carefully, and if there's lots of hyperventilating and flashing in the vicinity of a critter, just stay close and don't donate a hose unless I ask for it!" Or something along those lines.... $\:D/$

(Of coure there are those who would say that hyperventilating and flashing describes most of my diving...)