Snake at 150'

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:34 pm

Dove deadman's/lobstershop today and found a critter at 150 that looked like a snake. Very thin and slender (kinda like a bay pipefish), nearly a foot long, predominantly translucent and small head and nose, and slithered through the water the way a snake moves. Looked more snake that fish, but didn't look wormy.

And I feel like I've seen one of these before...

Ideas?

(naturally all the video equipment was trolling me today so i didn't bring any...)

mpenders · Post by **mpenders** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:43 pm

Quillfish?

http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... sh#p210669

ljjames · Post by **ljjames** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:48 pm

ya, sounds like quillfish...

a great shot by Jim Boon

video by TacomaUWSports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4jErUVcjE4

and according to the Burke Museum, a rare event

http://www.burkemuseum.org/static/FishKey/ptil.html

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:52 pm

apparently this is at least my 2nd quillfish sighting:

http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... =quillfish

i knew this question sounded familiar...

ljjames · Post by **ljjames** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:58 pm

make that your third

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:59 pm

talking to laura, sounds like we've had this conversation before, but not about the 2007 sighting either, so this must be my 3rd-plus sighting of a quillfish...

good that we've got this board here, because my memory is lousy...

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:15 pm

lamont wrote:talking to laura, sounds like we've had this conversation before, but not about the 2007 sighting either, so this must be my 3rd-plus sighting of a quillfish...

good that we've got this board here, because my memory is lousy...

If you'd justbstop diving deep air, you'd also stop seeing "quillfish" or whatever. Just sayin'.

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:02 pm

Joshua Smith wrote:
lamont wrote:talking to laura, sounds like we've had this conversation before, but not about the 2007 sighting either, so this must be my 3rd-plus sighting of a quillfish...

good that we've got this board here, because my memory is lousy...
If you'd justbstop diving deep air, you'd also stop seeing "quillfish" or whatever. Just sayin'.

until i get through mod 2 helium is just too expensive to dive now -- the psychedelic effects are fun though... wriggling snakes... eight legged monsters...

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:46 am

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