AfterDark
Contributor
I was thinking of places where I could do some U/W metal detecting and remembered a place I used to go for bugs years ago. It's a long drive and I haven't been there in years but recent SAT photos show that access to the breakwater and cove is still public and diveable. The picture is marked where we went in at the breakwater with a red dot, the access and parking to the cove is marked with blue and green. The red circle is where I sat on the sand in 20FSW with 20+vis and watched a school of Blue fish decimate a school of Pokies. Pieces of fish were everywhere. A Blue ran into the back of my head almost knocked my mask off! It's all shallow 25FSW max if you find the hole.
So with the amount of boats moored there it might be a good place to metal detect. I'll probably go solo when I do it because it'll spur of the moment no doubt, when the conditions are right.
Have any other New England posters been diving there recently? Past 2-3 years?
There is another place where I went near there named Warren Point but I can't imagine that there is still public access there. Back then it was just park on the side of the road gear up and walk down a rocky hill into the water. That must be all no parking these days.
On a solo night dive there I learned not to point a light at a Goosefish, it attracts them. That fish turned 180 degrees and came right for the light mouth opened. I shined it away and saw it turn in the dim outer ring of the light. I turned 180 degrees and continued my dive. Ever see the teeth on a Goosefish? The fatal shark attack in Buzzards Bay in the 1930's was suspected to be a large Goosefish instead. I wouldn't doubt it.
So with the amount of boats moored there it might be a good place to metal detect. I'll probably go solo when I do it because it'll spur of the moment no doubt, when the conditions are right.
Have any other New England posters been diving there recently? Past 2-3 years?
There is another place where I went near there named Warren Point but I can't imagine that there is still public access there. Back then it was just park on the side of the road gear up and walk down a rocky hill into the water. That must be all no parking these days.
On a solo night dive there I learned not to point a light at a Goosefish, it attracts them. That fish turned 180 degrees and came right for the light mouth opened. I shined it away and saw it turn in the dim outer ring of the light. I turned 180 degrees and continued my dive. Ever see the teeth on a Goosefish? The fatal shark attack in Buzzards Bay in the 1930's was suspected to be a large Goosefish instead. I wouldn't doubt it.