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The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:29 pm
by Grateful Diver
The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:32 pm
by cardiver
Wow! The dogfish is a rare thing to see there! Nice pics , Bob.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:55 pm
by LCF
Oh, I am SO envious of the Cockerel's dorid!
BTW, I looked up lumpies. The reason the ones you are seeing are all greenish is because they are all females. Females are greenish-gold; males are pink, purple, orange, and other colors. (At least according to Milton Love.)
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:55 pm
by lundysd
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:08 pm
by cardiver
Nice pics, Scott!
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:25 pm
by Dusty2
Bob, Shots 2, 5,and 6 are just too cute! Scott love the slide show, That first shot is awesome and that saddleback is nice.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:19 pm
by Scubak
I love them all!!!
I am so glad they are back!!!
I will have to join you soon Bob!
Kirsten
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:21 pm
by gutholmj
This is a terrific idea for a thread Bob. It was nice seeing many old faces and quite a few new ones last night at "The Dond." Here's my small contribution of more friends than lumpies.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Zmm68oAWB54/TrSWSO8jDII/AAAAAAAAA7Y/LfkLk36zHSI/s800/DSC_0069.jpg)
The sunset was beautiful. This was at the end of dive 2.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zB-GZ7cDhck/TrSWRT5eyII/AAAAAAAAA68/UZI79FeVGJ0/s800/DSC_0011.jpg)
The first dive of the day was filled with tiny nudis in the 10-12 fsw range.
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vx1okmhkSwc/TrSWSGaevQI/AAAAAAAAA7c/22yTWkRG3QU/s800/DSC_0077.jpg)
Dive 3 was lumpsuckers galore. All of the ones I found were in the kelp and really small.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2fThFnEMVSY/TrSWS1_U2II/AAAAAAAAA7o/bPa2I526Xt4/s800/DSC_0091.jpg)
I love the color of this one.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qsqtKYbocsY/TrSWR1pMoCI/AAAAAAAAA7M/f2lgWMsc18o/s800/DSC_0031.jpg)
I am one with the flounder.
![Image](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gDDwnEAkYGA/TrSWR7j529I/AAAAAAAAA7I/agh9pDi20zY/s800/DSC_0042.jpg)
The white-lined dironas were so plentiful during the day I was guilted into taking a couple of pics. Kind of like photographing black rockfish.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S5Xs6GykBN8/TrSWS3wspYI/AAAAAAAAA7s/kCujg2vWpC8/s800/DSC_0081.jpg)
This was the most cooperative lumpie of the day. Most were tucked under kelp hanging upside down.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LvDl2lBZ3ik/TrSWRQRSJkI/AAAAAAAAA7A/FgT6t6Kut60/s800/DSC_0024.jpg)
I love these little guys and they were everywhere in the shallow cobble substrate.
![Image](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nh3UWr10dkc/TrSWTaeO2tI/AAAAAAAAA78/QHvhHGBLcqQ/s800/DSC_0100.jpg)
Of course you can never get enough sailfin sculpin. The eel grass was infested with them but it was impossible to get a good pic.
![Image](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v93SVQtiDb0/TrSWTZDlgTI/AAAAAAAAA74/RVRKW13S2AQ/s800/DSC_0108.jpg)
And finally, I found one hooded nudibranch. The creature I was most hoping to see and he was in horrible location.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:33 pm
by cardiver
Very nice!
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:13 am
by BASSMAN
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:42 am
by Dusty2
Ah, You saw one of my big white nudies.
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
Fun trying to get a good pic isn't it?
That is a black belly eel pout, pretty common there
Nice find on the Pink. I have never seen one at the Dond.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:54 pm
by cardiver
Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:55 pm
by Dusty2
cardiver wrote:Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
One dive on a Thursday???
![:eek: :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Are you ill?
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:08 pm
by cardiver
Dusty2 wrote:cardiver wrote:Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
One dive on a Thursday???
![:eek: :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Are you ill?
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
My other two tanks went missing.......
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:35 pm
by gutholmj
cardiver wrote:Dusty2 wrote:cardiver wrote:Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
One dive on a Thursday???
![:eek: :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Are you ill?
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
My other two tanks went missing.......
Missing? What happened? Inquiring minds want to know. It couldn't possibly be anything controversial.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:36 pm
by cardiver
gutholmj wrote:cardiver wrote:Dusty2 wrote:cardiver wrote:Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
One dive on a Thursday???
![:eek: :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Are you ill?
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
My other two tanks went missing.......
Missing? What happened? Inquiring minds want to know. It couldn't possibly be anything controversial.
Definitely not controversial.
Just missing for a day......
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:18 pm
by BASSMAN
cardiver wrote:gutholmj wrote:cardiver wrote:Dusty2 wrote:cardiver wrote:Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
One dive on a Thursday???
![:eek: :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Are you ill?
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
My other two tanks went missing.......
Missing? What happened? Inquiring minds want to know. It couldn't possibly be anything controversial.
Definitely not controversial.
Just missing for a day......
![:confused: :confused:](./images/smilies/confused.gif)
Tanks? What Tanks? I thought you had three of them.
![violent1 :violent1:](./images/smilies/violent1.gif)
Wher is the "Kicking A Dead Horse" Smilie?
Final Word..."Sorry"
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:20 pm
by cardiver
BASSMAN wrote:cardiver wrote:gutholmj wrote:cardiver wrote:Dusty2 wrote:cardiver wrote:Here are a couple of pics from the ONE DIVE I got to do on Thursday.....
One dive on a Thursday???
![:eek: :eek:](./images/smilies/eek.gif)
Are you ill?
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
My other two tanks went missing.......
Missing? What happened? Inquiring minds want to know. It couldn't possibly be anything controversial.
Definitely not controversial.
Just missing for a day......
![:confused: :confused:](./images/smilies/confused.gif)
Tanks? What Tanks? I thought you had three of them.
![violent1 :violent1:](./images/smilies/violent1.gif)
Wher is the "Kicking A Dead Horse" Smilie?
Final Word..."Sorry"
No worries, buddy. I'll be using those short fills tomorrow morning in the eel grass!
I really don't know if they're short fills or not. I'm just assuming!
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:23 pm
by BASSMAN
Yeah, we need to get a couple of HP 80's just for those dives!
![:poke: :smt064](./images/smilies/064.gif)
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:35 am
by Scubie Doo
I had to get in on the Lumpie show. I love diving to finds these little critters. The most I have seen on one dive is 3, until tonight. We drop in about 9:15 and saw around 12 different Lumpies. I really started losing count :-) We were down for only 48 minutes and had a blast. Here is my favorite shot. These little things are tough to photograph. Happy Lumpie diving you all!
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:33 am
by cardiver
A few pics from early this morning.
They look so clear in my viewfinder!
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:29 pm
by Bric Martin
Redondo is always great! I got there too late for lumpies, but it was still a great day. The weather was cold and clear and the water was loaded with the usual suspects. Ron and James it was good to see you guys!
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:34 pm
by cardiver
Great shots, as always! I've never seen the critter in your last pic before!
I see that the wolfie has moved.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:49 pm
by Bric Martin
cardiver wrote:Great shots, as always! I've never seen the critter in your last pic before!
I see that the wolfie has moved.
I had never seen one before either, I think it is a silver spot sculpin.
Re: The ongoing 'Dond Lumpie and Friends Show ...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:35 pm
by gutholmj