Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
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Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Penders and I hit Redondo after Christmas and had a couple of really good dives. We found several stubbies, lumpies, and the GPO in Bailey's Rock Pile. Overall great night of critters and shooting :-) Here are a few favorites.
This stubby was completely freaked out by my white focus light. It turned bright white and spit something out.
Here is what it spit out. I felt bad interrupting its dinner time, so I moved on :-)
Here is a cute little lumpie we found.
This shrimp was at the pipe. I was actually shooting a grunt sculpin and this critters swam right in front of me.
This stubby did not spit its dinner out :-)
Here is a nice little stubby that was about 10-12' in the water column.
I took a ton of this stubby. In every photo the two tentacles were sticking out. I had never seen this before.
Have a great New Year everyone.
This stubby was completely freaked out by my white focus light. It turned bright white and spit something out.
Here is what it spit out. I felt bad interrupting its dinner time, so I moved on :-)
Here is a cute little lumpie we found.
This shrimp was at the pipe. I was actually shooting a grunt sculpin and this critters swam right in front of me.
This stubby did not spit its dinner out :-)
Here is a nice little stubby that was about 10-12' in the water column.
I took a ton of this stubby. In every photo the two tentacles were sticking out. I had never seen this before.
Have a great New Year everyone.
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
There were actually three GPO's at the rock piles on Saturday ... I'm real happy to see them moving into the condos I built for them last winter ...
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Very cool. I only saw one, but didn't look too hard. I wanted to get shallow to see some PSL. I did see that the Grunt Sculpin was pushed out of its nest and another fish moved in. The Grunt was around the back of the pipe. Not sure if it was attacked or not.Grateful Diver wrote:There were actually three GPO's at the rock piles on Saturday ... I'm real happy to see them moving into the condos I built for them last winter ...
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BTW - Thanks for putting up those fish condos. I am curious about your thoughts on some of those large ropes towards the bottle field. They seem like they could be dangerous and do not seem to be serving a purpose. I always see fishing line getting snagged on them. I am referring to the ones sticking up into the water column, not the guide ropes to the condos. I always steer clear of them, but I have heard of folks getting fins snagged on them.
Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Lol. I'm one of those guys. Not really sure how I managed it, but just floating by the rope, trying to shoot a nudi hiding under it. Next thing I know I have the rope wrapped around my ankle. Of course when I turned to see what was going on, I turned in the wrong direction and wrapped it even more. I got out, but left a huge silt cloud doing so!
Bob, I also want to thank you for the condos you built. A very nice addition to the neighborhood!
Bob, I also want to thank you for the condos you built. A very nice addition to the neighborhood!
Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Jesse, that shot of the stubby eating the shrimp is cool, and I really like the little stubby with the rigid tentacle. It must have been attracted to you?!
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Yeah, I was thinking of you George. It could be easy to get snagged in those, and cutting out of that rope could prove difficult if you really got tangled up.
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Gdog wrote:Jesse, that shot of the stubby eating the shrimp is cool, and I really like the little stubby with the rigid tentacle. It must have been attracted to you?!
Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
badass pics wish there was that sort of vis were I dive
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Those ropes are the remains of the anchors for those white floating things that used to be out by the boat ramp to help guide the boats in. They took them out a couple years ago and just left the ropes in the water ... out of sight, out of mind.
I don't worry about them ... I know they're there and just avoid them.
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Gotcha. I do avoid them. They just seem dangerous, that's all.Grateful Diver wrote:Those ropes are the remains of the anchors for those white floating things that used to be out by the boat ramp to help guide the boats in. They took them out a couple years ago and just left the ropes in the water ... out of sight, out of mind.
I don't worry about them ... I know they're there and just avoid them.
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Jesse Those 2 shrimp shots are epic! That first one looks like a contest winner to me! I love the light pattern in the eye and the prismatic effects on the higthlights
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Thanks a million Rich, much appreciated.Dusty2 wrote:Jesse Those 2 shrimp shots are epic! That first one looks like a contest winner to me! I love the light pattern in the eye and the prismatic effects on the higthlights
It's funny. You take shot after shot, trying to get something special and a darn shrimp swims in front of the camera. I thought, oh well might as well take a picture of it.
Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Great photos Jesse and your captions made me laugh. Love the one of the stubbie eating the shrimp!
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Re: Redondo 12/26 - Here you go gdog!
Thanks EJ. Nice diving with you again last night.ejrauschl wrote:Great photos Jesse and your captions made me laugh. Love the one of the stubbie eating the shrimp!
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Your pic's are always amazing...thanks again for posting them. Really cool!!!
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate the positive commentsLowDrag wrote:Your pic's are always amazing...thanks again for posting them. Really cool!!!