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07-04-2014, 07:44 AM | #1756 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Dove Kettle Bottom on Thursday, 6 to 8 FT viz on an incoming tide. Lots of tog buzzing around. Picked up 2 bass, one at 34" and the second at 36". By 11:00AM swells had increased to 3'
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07-04-2014, 12:48 PM | #1757 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
I dived in Narragansett, Jamestown and Newport on Saturday and Sunday. Took one 40 inch bass, one 37 inch, and two smaller ones that I didn't measure, but that looked above 32, for sure. All taken in ambush at depths ranging from 25 to 35 feet. Visibility was very good in Newport even on low tide, but sucked in Jamestown and Narrangasett. While heading back to shore in Newport with my gun unloaded at sunset, I came across a surreal scene in shallow waters (3-feet deep): a 40 or so inch bluefish was right at surface, some 5 yards from me, tearing apart some sort of a fish (maybe 12-15 inch long). It snapped one half of the fish, dived down to digest it and then came back for the other half: all while I was trying to hold my jaw from dropping while also trying to load the gun. Of course, by the time I had loaded the gun, the bluefish, which looked devilishly black in the sunset rays (or maybe it was not bluefish, at all?), had finished its dinner and took off as I was raising the gun.
PS So is this weekend hopeless or do you think Sunday we might have some visibility around Newport? |
07-06-2014, 09:11 PM | #1758 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Dived in Newport, inside the bay today. Wind caused rather unpleasant chop and visibility was about 4 feet even on high tide. Took a couple of good scups.
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07-06-2014, 09:17 PM | #1759 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Thanks for report, Simon! Very interesting about viz after storm. I hope the water will be clean soon. Going to shot a couple BSBs on the week
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07-06-2014, 09:37 PM | #1760 | |
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07-07-2014, 05:16 PM | #1761 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
You are welcome, but that's horizontal visibility measured from my mask toward whatever I can in front when lying on bottom in one area semi-shielded area. The rest looked like milk.
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07-07-2014, 09:00 PM | #1762 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Here on the North Shore (Gloucester area) we had pretty good vis, 6-9 ft on Sunday. Lobsters are everywhere.
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07-08-2014, 05:41 AM | #1763 |
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Will try and post up later today- morning isn't shaping up to what I had hoped!
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07-08-2014, 08:25 AM | #1764 |
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07-08-2014, 12:15 PM | #1765 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Were out around slack low, which made things easier. Depth between 10-20 ft.
We got 14 lobster in 2 in 3 hours, plus some flounder. Of course freediving. Even saw three monsters above legal size. Last edited by Bostondiver; 07-08-2014 at 12:33 PM. |
07-08-2014, 01:31 PM | #1766 |
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07-08-2014, 02:03 PM | #1767 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Well high tide commonly reaches 11 feet in Gloucester, so you'll need to dive at low for those depths to have lobsters.
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07-08-2014, 02:46 PM | #1768 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
You can find bugs from just below low water line to deeper than you can dive. If you really want to understand the structure they like just look around for where there are traps. Rockport and Gloucester have countless spots from shore or a yak. Pretty much anywhere you can get in.
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07-08-2014, 03:23 PM | #1769 |
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I know the spots, and have seen them in 2 feet of water in years past, but i think the water is still a little colde rthan when I have seen them that shallow
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07-09-2014, 09:56 PM | #1770 |
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Re: Daily Vis Report Thread
Ft.Adams - No big waves, moderate wind, beautiful evening. Viz 6' on high, 8' on outgoing tide. Tide was so havy, and there is no gap between incoming and outgoing here - good 1hr workout on a back way. Shoot 18" Fluke and 20" BSB (never saw so big before). Dive safe!
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