AlaskaDiver
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I went out with Scott And Karen with Dive Alaska on their boat the Tide Dancer on Saturday to witness some spear fishing. It was a lot more work than I anticipated. Not all shots were accurate and the reloading took a bit of time. I looked for large fish and took photos of others. What an experience! All speared fish were taken for food and none was wasted. There were Black Rockfish, Tiger Rockfish (beautifully striped) and Ling Cod speared.
On the first dive I saw a Prowfish for the first time ever. They look like an eel with a blunt head, have white dots/holes (perhaps some sort of sensory ampulae?) surrounding the eye area and feed on jellyfish. We definitely let it live. On the second dive I saw a Murre diving underwater for the first time (I’ve seen them dive underwater at the Sea Life Center - but that really doesn't count). It was very curious, flapped its wings, circled me twice and paused to look at the canister light briefly. Made me smile thinking of a 'deer in the headlights'. I only was able to snap 1 shot of it. I will try to post a few images soon. Visibility was pretty poor due to the particulate in the water, but the air temps were upper 60's low 70's with water around 53F. This is balmy Alaskan diving!
On the first dive I saw a Prowfish for the first time ever. They look like an eel with a blunt head, have white dots/holes (perhaps some sort of sensory ampulae?) surrounding the eye area and feed on jellyfish. We definitely let it live. On the second dive I saw a Murre diving underwater for the first time (I’ve seen them dive underwater at the Sea Life Center - but that really doesn't count). It was very curious, flapped its wings, circled me twice and paused to look at the canister light briefly. Made me smile thinking of a 'deer in the headlights'. I only was able to snap 1 shot of it. I will try to post a few images soon. Visibility was pretty poor due to the particulate in the water, but the air temps were upper 60's low 70's with water around 53F. This is balmy Alaskan diving!