Yelloweye at Sund Rock

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Yelloweye at Sund Rock

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I was doing my normal Friday afternoon dive plan at Sund Rock yesterday.

Splashed about 4:30 or so. Very low tide. Did a long surface swim out and dropped down about 80' or so. Continued down and hit a large set of boulders at about 155'. Much to my surprise and delight this individual was among the rockfish among the rocks...

I saw one here (Sund Rock, not this precise site) once before, but was on a training deep dive and did not get photos. These are my first photos of a Puget Sound Yelloweye Rockfish.
rockfish yelloweye IMG_3701_sm.jpg
Rockfish yelloweye IMG_3707_sm.jpg
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The Yelloweye is making a good comeback in the Canal.
I have seen quite a few in the last year.
Most are juveniles but a few nice one's also.
I think you see more the further north you go.
On a dive I did at Rosie's I counted 4 on one dive.They were in that 110-140ft range.
I have seen a few though in only 40ft of water.
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Fantastic!
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Fabulous!

(I thought you mean Yelloweye on the board!)
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What a great find, and such excellent photographs! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing this.
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So cool!
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And it's an adult hopefully ready to make more! Past my depth though. :rawlings:
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WOW! Can you see them at shallower depths? Diving to 155 ft is out of the question from me :(!
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I saw a beauty at Sund (who knows, maybe the same one?!) at about 40fsw, but that was in a low O2 event. It was awesome to see, but the low O2 events are undesirable so it took some of the joy out of it.
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Re: Yelloweye at Sund Rock

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Biodiversity_Guy wrote:I was doing my normal Friday afternoon dive plan at Sund Rock yesterday.

Splashed about 4:30 or so. Very low tide. Did a long surface swim out and dropped down about 80' or so. Continued down and hit a large set of boulders at about 155'. Much to my surprise and delight this individual was among the rockfish among the rocks...

I saw one here (Sund Rock, not this precise site) once before, but was on a training deep dive and did not get photos. These are my first photos of a Puget Sound Yelloweye Rockfish.
rockfish yelloweye IMG_3701_sm.jpg
Rockfish yelloweye IMG_3707_sm.jpg
rockfish yelloweye IMG_3709_sm.jpg
rockfish yelloweye_sm.jpg
Thanks David :)

Have seen them in the past at 130 or so at the shallowest under normal conditions, below the small patch of cloud sponges between North Wall and the wreck.

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What an awesome sighting!! And what's more, it was nice and deep, like it should be, and even better, like Rich said, it's getting to be a more mature one so hopefully it will make bebes!!!
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Tubesnout23 wrote:WOW! Can you see them at shallower depths? Diving to 155 ft is out of the question from me :(!
The juveniles are fairly common in 50-100ft depths throughout the Canal. They look nothing like the adults though. They are a deep red with 2 white stripes and typically about the size of your palm or hand.
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I hope we start to see juvenile yelloweyes on a regular basis.
The first (and only time) I have seen one in Hood Canal, it was so out of place with its tropical colors I was stoked!
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