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Old 04-28-2021, 06:07 AM   #16
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Rogers on the wind Cuzza.....AJ opens next weekend and it looks like the wind has no intention of letting up. Gonna blow 20 knots plus next weekend.
Kevin, forecast is looking better for this Saturday as of this morning.
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Old 04-29-2021, 01:46 AM   #17
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It never ceases to amaze me how the lionfish don't even blink even when their partners are being slayed right next to them...

Arround here we have "Scorpaena scrofa" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaena_scrofa) which are difficult to spot when they lay on the rocks but quite easy to catch. Sometimes we just spear them instead of shooting them and risking ruining the shafts. You can even touch them with the tip of the spear before they run away. But they do run away (sometimes just a couple yards, other times they just go into a hole or something) and lay down again confident on their cammuflage.

But the lion fish just DON'T CARE...

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Old 04-29-2021, 10:08 AM   #18
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It never ceases to amaze me how the lionfish don't even blink even when their partners are being slayed right next to them...

Arround here we have "Scorpaena scrofa" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaena_scrofa) which are difficult to spot when they lay on the rocks but quite easy to catch. Sometimes we just spear them instead of shooting them and risking ruining the shafts. You can even touch them with the tip of the spear before they run away. But they do run away (sometimes just a couple yards, other times they just go into a hole or something) and lay down again confident on their cammuflage.

But the lion fish just DON'T CARE...

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That depends upon where you dive. If you are diving off the coast of Central FL, you are correct...they just sit there like a bump on a log. Go to the east coast of FL, more specifically, Boca Raton to Palm Beach and they have learned to run and hide under a ledge or in a hole if you get within 6' of them.

I guess it has to do with the amount of divers they see. Off the west coast, due to the large amount of bottom area and structure being spread out, they may only see one or two divers a day (if that). On the east coast (Boca to Palm Beach), it is a narrow reef that runs along the coast line, so all the divers are pretty much concentrated in one area and they may see many divers a day.
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