The continuing sagas of the Blue Heron Bridge

[Iknee]

Anyone diving BHB tomorrow? I would like to hit the water before I head home.

 

[fisheyeview]

Wish I could, but I have work to do tomorrow.

 

[scubajim 1]

Was great to see everyone there today and sorry I couldn't lunch at BR. Fun dive even if the viz wasn't too good. Saw more tiny octopus and a bunch of sea robins. There was a very friendly triggerfish (location deleted lol) who played with my fingers for about two minutes. Hope to be back Thursday. DiveDiva needs to get back in the water the fish miss her...:mooner:

 

[trigfunctions]

No pictures of the Guitarfish. I was shooting my 105mm lens, and frankly it scared the poo out of me. I was hovering just off the bottom and it swam under me from behind.

Cool to know that there are guitarfish there. We saw this one while snorkeling at LBTS a couple years ago. It was about 18 inches long. How big was the one you saw?

 

[Splitlip]

Cool to know that there are guitarfish there. We saw this one while snorkeling at LBTS a couple years ago. It was about 18 inches long. How big was the one you saw?

Wow! Nice Guitar!

First fish my daughter noted in her log for her first open water dive.

I had one in my log from 1973. Very nice.
I know this one is South, but so glad they are popping up at the bridge.

 

[jet126]

I saw this one during the annual Troll T-day potluck BBQ & dive this past Nov. It was 15-18" long ... I never did anything with this photo as it seemed very very dead.

(It's not dead, it's just sleeping)

 

[BUGBAGGER]

Still, I saw saw nice things. A couple of Eagle Rays, a Lesser Electric Ray, a Guitar Fish, a ton of little octopi, and a Blue Throat Pike Blenny. Will post some pics after my camera is done soaking. QUOTE]

Interesting. Several pages back in this thread someone mentioned feeling as though they were getting a slight electrical shock as they reached toward an Octopus. I suspected that there may have been a stargazer nearby of which they were unaware. Perhaps it was the lesser electric ray. I have never had the fortune to see one at the bridge.

As both creatures are excellent at camouflage, I am sure either could have been in the vicinity and been undetected except for the charge:light:

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

Still, I saw saw nice things. A couple of Eagle Rays, a Lesser Electric Ray, a Guitar Fish, a ton of little octopi, and a Blue Throat Pike Blenny. Will post some pics after my camera is done soaking.

Interesting. Several pages back in this thread someone mentioned feeling as though they were getting a slight electrical shock as they reached toward an Octopus. I suspected that there may have been a stargazer nearby of which they were unaware. Perhaps it was the lesser electric ray. I have never had the fortune to see one at the bridge.

As both creatures are excellent at camouflage, I am sure either could have been in the vicinity and been undetected except for the charge:light:

True,I documented the first sighting of the lesser electric ray at BHB in September, 2008

Since it buries in the sand even better than the star gazer, it is very difficult to find...

 

[fisheyeview]

Cool to know that there are guitarfish there. We saw this one while snorkeling at LBTS a couple years ago. It was about 18 inches long. How big was the one you saw?

18" - 20" long.

This was the 2nd time I've seen one. The first one was on my very fist dive with my digital camera. It was on The Caves in Ft. Lauderdale. I was shooting my 60mm lens. I was able to back off and get a proof of life shot, but it isn't great.

 

[fisheyeview]

Still, I saw saw nice things. A couple of Eagle Rays, a Lesser Electric Ray, a Guitar Fish, a ton of little octopi, and a Blue Throat Pike Blenny. Will post some pics after my camera is done soaking. QUOTE]

Interesting. Several pages back in this thread someone mentioned feeling as though they were getting a slight electrical shock as they reached toward an Octopus. I suspected that there may have been a stargazer nearby of which they were unaware. Perhaps it was the lesser electric ray. I have never had the fortune to see one at the bridge.

As both creatures are excellent at camouflage, I am sure either could have been in the vicinity and been undetected except for the charge:light:

Years ago I was shooting a sea horse on the north side of the east span. Back then I was shooting slide film in my MotorMarine II. I was trying to steady myself, and planted my free hand on the bottom. I got a nice shock from a stargazer.

We were lucky enough to see hundreds of lesser electric rays mating in Dominica. They were every where on the night dives we did from the shore.