Dive #462 - Madrona - Maze and Big Wall - 3 February 2021
First ling cod egg mass dive of the year, and we found one pretty quickly in the Maze. Swam out to the Big Wall, where we found the two GPO Buds in their crack, close to one another. A couple of healthy looking sunflower stars. Sailfin sculpin. I was photographing a yellow-eye rockfish when I saw J's light - a big GPO was out hunting. Same Y-E rockfish I was trying to photograph earlier in the season with S? Same octopus? We watched it hunt for awhile - it didn't care we were there - and then went into deco. Came up to a cod and a Pacific Staghorn Sculpin. Found some late-season kelp greenling eggs with good development. Red Irish Lord. C-O Sole. Aleutian Moonsnail. Pacific Batwing Seaslug that was swimming and settled on the sand. Buffalo Sculpin. English Sole.
Near the end of the dive, in the shallows, we found a big lingcod in a cloud of reproductive fluids. I think it was a female who'd just layed eggs, based on her concave belly. J thought it was a male fertilizing. There was a sneaker male nearby. The big lingcod just layed on top of the egg mass, looking tired. Pretty neat to witness.
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Molva (Ophiodon elongatus)Observ.
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Gusanos Nemertinos (Filo Nemertea)Observ.
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Pulpo Gigante del Pacífico (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observ.
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Molva de Kelp (Hexagrammos decagrammus)Observ.
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Lineus spatiosusObserv.
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Estrella de Mar de Sangre (Henricia leviuscula)Observ.
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Pagurus armatusObserv.
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Charrasco Espalda Rugosa (Chitonotus pugetensis)Observ.
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Estrella Girasol (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observ.
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Estrella Girasol (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observ.
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Pulpo Gigante del Pacífico (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observ.
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Limón Marino (Peltodoris nobilis)Observ.
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Rocote Ojo Amarillo (Sebastes ruberrimus)Observ.
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Rocote Ojo Amarillo (Sebastes ruberrimus)Observ.
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Pulpo Gigante del Pacífico (Enteroctopus dofleini)Observ.
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Bacalao del Pacífico (Gadus macrocephalus)Observ.
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Charrasco de Astas (Leptocottus armatus)Observ.
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Estrella Girasol (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observ.
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Molva de Kelp (Hexagrammos decagrammus)Observ.
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Charrasco Rojo Irlandes (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)Observ.
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Rocote Cobrizo (Sebastes caurinus)Observ.
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Mojarra Muellera (Phanerodon vacca)Observ.
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Rocote de Espalda Espinosa (Sebastes maliger)Observ.
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Platija de Fango (Pleuronichthys coenosus)Observ.
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This one was swimming, and then settled on the bottom
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Estrella Girasol (Pycnopodia helianthoides)Observ.
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Enophrys bisonObserv.
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Platija Limón (Parophrys vetulus)Observ.
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Starry Flounder?
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Molva (Ophiodon elongatus)Observ.
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Estrella Rosada (Pisaster brevispinus)Observ.
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