Jan. 21, 2017 Blueback Park (Tyee), Nanoose-area photos/report
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Very nice Mark !!
Had you continued to the left a bit further, you would have found a wolf eel den with a pair of resident wolf eels at about 60 feet. Down below that den, on the rock wall, there is another den, but it is hard to find. Usually occupied by a wolf eel, or an octopus.
Where were the wolf eels that were on eggs ? I was out there this morning, and the pair to the right were home in the den but I did not see any eggs.
Several ling cod around, but no egg masses yet.
Divegoose
Had you continued to the left a bit further, you would have found a wolf eel den with a pair of resident wolf eels at about 60 feet. Down below that den, on the rock wall, there is another den, but it is hard to find. Usually occupied by a wolf eel, or an octopus.
Where were the wolf eels that were on eggs ? I was out there this morning, and the pair to the right were home in the den but I did not see any eggs.
Several ling cod around, but no egg masses yet.
Divegoose
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MarkH
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I was looking for that 60' deep den (in a horizontal crack) on that dive, but the sandy gap before that wall was longer than I remembered from my last dive there years ago so we swam back. The den to the right was the one with the egg mass. It looked like a pale ball maybe 6" across and it seemed to not be attached to anything. They were curled around it.
Skookumchuck
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It would be a shame if they lost their eggs, I wonder if they may have hatched?
There was a large mass of eggs in that den last year. Not sure if they hatched or died. Haven't seen any juvenile wolf eels around the area in a long time. I'll monitor the den for awhile to see if anything happens. I will also be watching for ling cod egg masses and reporting them, as the annual survey is about to begin.
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