Northwest Dive Club

Those salmon are an awesome capture!

...and from my experience, anyway, pretty rare to be seen by divers!

So cool! I miss Sitka diving!

Great, detailed report! Thank you!

Beautiful shots from what sounds like a beautiful dive day!

Ok Derek...you neglected to tell me you got the lumpy out of the bottle! Very very cool shots! I especially like the grunt sculpin shot! I don't know... The two lumpies look like different ones... Something in the eyes? Color? But I have been known to imagine things... :nutty: Only the perpetrator,...

Gdog wrote:Ok Derek...you neglected to tell me you got the lumpy out of the bottle! Very very cool shots! I especially like the grunt sculpin shot!

I don't know... The two lumpies look like different ones...

Wow! 1st time I've seen a Lumpsucker in a bottle!

What an adventure! Sounds like it wasn't all wine, roses, and mimosas... Anxious to hear more, thanks for sharing!

It has been said many times before, but Jan you and your work are a treasure. Thank you so much for sharing that treasure with us. We are richer for it.

I have a Hollis 38lb wing that I use for both warm and cold. I have a steel blackplate and webbing for cold, and an aluminum backplate and webbing set up for warm. Two screws, plates switched, and I'm good for either. Simple, works for both.

Lovely...

Beautiful fotos of beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing them with us!

Welcome Ken!

Buncha hard core cold water divers here that would be more than happy to share their favorite sites should you care to!

So happy that you are able to experience this!!

The house reef was amazing. Some of my best dive there....

So beautiful.... Makes my travel trigger finger itch!

Thanks for sharing this and so many other journeys with us Jan! Blessings on you and your daughter!

Wow. Fantastic shots people! Well done. Love the Lumpies!

Interesting. I have not noticed adverser responses to 99% of the critters I photograph that is more than just a general avoidance of the bubble blowing monster. That 1% has been in Seahorses, however. I have seen them repeatedly turning their head away from a photographer, giving their back to them ...

Thanks for the report!

One more iconic PNW dive site that I have yet to dive!

60south wrote:What are these particulates, anyway? Not sure it's from runoff as we haven't had much lately

I was referring to the particulate in Hood Canal, which is definitely River runoff

Beautiful. It was really gorgeous, and for some reason unexpected (by me, anyway). One of the nicer ones I remember seeing. At least it opened up for us in Lakewood, I know lots of folks were clouded out....

Sund Rock on Monday 1-21 above 40 fsw was pretty bad, with tons of particulate in the water no doubt from the flooding rivers. The halocline was thick and 15' deep. Below 40 fsw viz was nice, 20-25', the place to spend as much of your time as your computer would allow!

Nice!

Fun stuff!

Looks like a lovely lumpy evening!