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08-20-2009, 08:20 AM | #76 |
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Re: Bouncing
Nearly any significant change in density can be picked up with todays bottomfinders. Some are so sensitive, they can detect thermoclines and vegetation with relative ease. I know mine can. I often have to turn gain down just to not have a bait school look like a piece of jagged rock. And sometimes vegetation on hard bottom (fuzz) let's me know I'm close to the ledge. The filter settings are tweakable on my bottom finder, and they seem to be a variable bandpass type rejection anyway. I'd be willing to bet you can certainly detect sharks, with the right gain settings.
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08-21-2009, 07:14 PM | #77 |
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Re: Bouncing
Great fish and report as usual guys. See u in the grounds soon.....I hope.
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08-22-2009, 08:19 PM | #78 |
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Re: Bouncing
Dan, Moose, Ricky & Rich / Team Headhunter
You guys continue to produce fish that no one (or at least a very few) can compete with. It is amazing the size and quality of fish you bring up from the depths. Big beautiful Carbos, AJs, Cuberas, Big Muttons, etc............ Thanks for sharing all the photos and well written recollections of your encounters. Dan, it must have been really strange to see that monster sawfish.................how long would you estimate he was (Including his Saw Snout)? You guys amaze many of us. Thanks again for sharing!! Dive Safe, SH
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08-22-2009, 09:34 PM | #79 |
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Re: Bouncing
Sweet bunch of fish!
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08-24-2009, 06:22 PM | #80 |
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Re: Bouncing
Wow, Kenny with a new gun and a line shaft that could've been a disaster. Way to go, nice fish. Cool getting to see the monster sawfish. That's one of the great things about the ocean is rare sights such as that.
My best sight was in 60' being surrounded by hundres of bull redfish, with in arms reach and not one less than 36". The water was crystal clear, with the sun glaring off them.
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Dan and Crew, thanks for sharing, amazing report once again.... |
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08-25-2009, 06:24 AM | #82 |
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Re: Bouncing
nope, didn't hear any noise
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08-25-2009, 09:36 AM | #83 | |
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Dear Dan, My name is Joana Fernandez de Carvalho and I am the representative of the National Sawfish Encounter Database. I saw your report saying that you saw a sawfish while diving at middle grounds, and I was wondering if you could take the time to fill our online reporting form for sawfish encounters. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/sawfish/form.html Besides sampling research, sawfish encounters reports are a very important tool for the evaluation of the species abundance and habitat range, and since sawfish population are in decline, any information is invaluable. Thereby, your report can be a great help to the conservation efforts, specially because we don't get that many reports from that area. If you prefer you can contact me by e-mail at sawfish@flmnh.ufl.edu, we are specially interested in knowing the date of the encounter and specific location. All the information will only be used for our research. Thank you very much for your help! Joana Fernandez de Carvalho Research Biologist National Sawfish Encounter Database Florida Program for Shark Research Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall- Museum Road PO Box 117800 Gainesville FL 3261-17800 sawfish@flmnh.ufl.edu http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/sawfish/ Tel: 352-273-1955/352-392-2360 |
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08-25-2009, 05:42 PM | #84 |
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Re: Bouncing
I've been diving for 18 years, but reading these posts has made me realize I know very very little about diving, and apparently my fish finder as well. Great read guys, amazing fish too.
We got chased out off a spot about 30miles NW of Palm Harbor a couple months ago by a seismo boat towing a 6 mile cable. Very polite guys, but they strongly advised against diving anywhere near them. |
04-05-2018, 08:52 PM | #85 |
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Re: Bouncing
Waning nostalgic. Bippidy bump.
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04-05-2018, 10:09 PM | #86 |
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Re: Bouncing
Well, if you're gonna bump an almost decade old thread, this was a good choice.
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04-08-2018, 02:01 PM | #87 |
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Re: Bouncing
Reading this thread brought back some pretty good memories.....I'll post a trip report or two this year, been too long.
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