Collection trip

[Justjoe]

Originally posted by Sanjay
Unfortunately, I had to miss this one. After the last time that Joe tried to drown me, I thought it would be best for my health if I stayed home :-)

sanjay.

This isn't so bad...



Oh hey guys, its getting a little deep...



Blub blub blug... gurgle gurgle gurgle...



We had to break out the defribulator shortly after this next picture...



Sorry to miss you this year Sanjay.

[fishtail22]

Okay, let me see if I can do this photo thing. This from a particularly good day at the inlet:

[fishtail22]

Well, it didn't work, but the link will take you there.

[Justjoe]

[Julio]

hey Joe, what fish are those in the last pic?

[billsreef]

That was a really good day

[Justjoe]

Originally posted by Julio
hey Joe, what fish are those in the last pic?

Juvenile blue angels in NY!

[Julio]

when did you guys get those?

[fishtail22]

Thanks for the help posting Joe. I got those 2 weeks ago at the Shinnecock Jetty.

[billsreef]

East or West Jetty?

[fishome25]

man I finally catch a new one today and you gotta burst my bubble w/ a whole bag full.

[cb747]

Sweet scores!

[fishtail22]

Tom,

Did you get him at the bridge? Any size to him? Bill, those are from the west Jetty, but the East Jetty is a much nicer dive.

[Monkeyfish]

How are those angels doing? Very nice catch!

[fishtail22]

They're doing great. I've spread them all over the aquarium. Last week Chris and I hit the Fire Island inlet jetty. Chris caught another nice sized one and I caught my first reef butterfly of the year. We also saw a coney grouper (first one I've seen around here) and an unidentified tropical wrass and what I believe was a blue parrotfish (about 4 inches long). So, in spite of the late start, it turned out to be a pretty good season.

[fishome25]

Yea I caught it at the bridge. also got a bigeye and a grouper that is new to me.
I'll have to get some pics.

this angel is a little bigger, a little over an inch. he went straight into my reef (grouper free)

[Water Box]

I am a very jealous person, please stop showing me things like this!

[cb747]

I went collecting today on the North shore over by me. Im now fully stocked for the winter with silversides. Only thing out of the ordinary was a lone pipefish, Some small flounders and a few fish i cant identify. I dont believe there tropical though.

[DgenR8]

How are you doing with your Seahorses, Chris?

[cb747]

So far so good! Everything i took home is still alive and swimming including the 6 pipefish

[amphirion]

That must have been an awesome day! You got some great fishes

[fishome25]

so yesterday, I caught the usual spotfin butterflies. but on the way in from the dive I saw 5 fish that I really wanted to catch. however I only had 600 psi and not enough weight to keep me down. I went back to the car put on some more weight and went back to catch those fish. I actually did catch 3 out of the five fish I was going for. I caught the four eye b/f, banded b/f, and blue angel. I couldn't catch the two tangs I was after. but during my attempts to catch the 5 fish I was able to catch another angel, several nice damsels, and a tang (but it wasn't the tang I went back for).

its getting cooler but there are still fish down there.

[fishtail22]

Well, these 80-degree October days aren't hurting the collecting season. I went to the inlet yesterday and got 2 large reef butterflies, 2 banded butterflies, 2 cocoa damsels and saw more spotfins, doctorfish, and ocean surgeons than you can shake a stick at. You can waste a lot of air chasing those larger tangs out in the open like that, so I didn't bother. While I was waiting for the tide to slack, I also caught a large grey trigger and a black seabass which I ate for dinner. Maybe Long Island isn't so bad after all.

[T5PO]

When you guys do this next year post it on the C.T.A.R.S forum, and im sure your turnout will double. Especially when the members see this thread.

[leoskee]

Dont blue angles get very large? What are you going to do with all of those?