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03-12-2012, 08:11 PM
Well, with plans to hunt with Ltdan and crew this coming weekend and have lobster dinner, it was get out there and catch some bugs Sunday If I showed up bugless, I think I’d be in for another incident of getting shot at but this time, it would be my “friends” doing the shooting and they likely wouldn’t miss. So in spite of the clouds and cold wind, we met at 6:30 am in the dark with a heavily overcast sky. We loaded up and did a quick run out of MDR into the Bay.
On the way out we saw more cormorants rafted up together than I’d seen before. Numerous flights of them were coming in and landing. We figured it was food or sex; we hung around a bit but neither activity was apparent.
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So we headed up N. to some rock piles. The water was an unwelcoming shade of green but we geared up and into soup we went. The temperature at 70 fsw was a cool 50 degrees and visibility was 6-8 feet, enough to see/grab bugs but certainly nothing to write home about.… Patrick and I grabbed our limit of bugs in a couple of dive and interestingly, every one was a male. The females have now mainly bred and have “moved on”
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On the way back into MDR, we were entertained by a set of sea lions practicing for the synchronized swimming at the Olympics. There were sea lions on a dock in MDR and two had neck wraps from fishing nets/fishing line. Not pretty. We see this more commonly than you’d think. Don’t throw that old fishing line, netting, 6 pack rings (or any plastic) in the ocean, take it home guys/gals. Please.69548
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On the way out we saw more cormorants rafted up together than I’d seen before. Numerous flights of them were coming in and landing. We figured it was food or sex; we hung around a bit but neither activity was apparent.
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So we headed up N. to some rock piles. The water was an unwelcoming shade of green but we geared up and into soup we went. The temperature at 70 fsw was a cool 50 degrees and visibility was 6-8 feet, enough to see/grab bugs but certainly nothing to write home about.… Patrick and I grabbed our limit of bugs in a couple of dive and interestingly, every one was a male. The females have now mainly bred and have “moved on”
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On the way back into MDR, we were entertained by a set of sea lions practicing for the synchronized swimming at the Olympics. There were sea lions on a dock in MDR and two had neck wraps from fishing nets/fishing line. Not pretty. We see this more commonly than you’d think. Don’t throw that old fishing line, netting, 6 pack rings (or any plastic) in the ocean, take it home guys/gals. Please.69548
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