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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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SCUBA or ELSE! Diver's forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:07:39 -0500
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Chuck wrote:
>
> Unless I go to the east side to spear fish with friends.
>
> Dove Cedar Pass wall and San Francisco.  El Norte is coming so it was rough
> and the port closed while we were on the second dive.  Saw an eagle ray and
> couple of turtles.  Lots of crabs and shrimp and a couple of toad fish.
> Usual assortment of FLRF.  At one point I kept feeling something bumping my
> wrist.  Looked down and a damsel fish was attacking my watch.

A sergeant major, perhaps?  Ounce for ounce, they're one of the most
territorial and aggressive little beasties I've seen.  Especially when
you get around "purple sand" -- their nests.

> Lot of chubs around on Cedar Pass and they were being prety aggressive.
> What comes from feeding them I guess.

Anymore grouper or barracuda on Cedral?  They were dominant ten years
ago, but seem to be displaced by chubs.

Jeff

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