AquaticEngineer Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Found some great photos of the place I'm going collecting this month using google maps and thought I'd share. Link to comment
bamboosharkbark Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 what will you collect and where is this? Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 what will you collect and where is this? Looking for more anemones and different fish as well as other inverts like some more porcelain crabs. I may take home some urchins and starfish if I find some I haven't seen before. What I'm really hoping for is to find cup corals or other things that are usually only found below the tidal zone since there will be a -1.7 tide when I'm there. These pictures are of an area called Maxwell Point in Oceanside, OR. Just off shore are the large rock islands that make up the Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 I got a scouting report from a local reefer who took his family there last month during a -.7 tide and they were able to find brittle stars, shrimp, cucumbers, sunflower stars, anemones and other fish there. When I go it will be a whole FOOT lower than when they went Should be pretty awesome. Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 wow! thats a beautiful place! looks nothen like Oceanside,CA Link to comment
moto826 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 man i wish i kept my tank cold need to get a new one for that Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 So I've been reading about Grunt Sculpins breeding habits and locations and it looks as though I may be lucky enough to be visiting an area that Grunt Sculpins have been seen at in the past during breeding season. Looks like I'll be looking inside of every empty barnicle, hole, and crevice I come across. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Will you be taking some things home? Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Will you be taking some things home? Oh yeah I will be I'm bringing along a buddy with me so we can legally take 10 unclassified invertebrates per person, and another local guy that is buying one of my old coldwater tanks is hopefully coming as well. So combined we can legally take up to 30 inverts that day. He doesn't have his tank setup yet but I told him if he wants to come and collect stuff I can hold it for him until his tank is ready. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Make sure to post pics! Link to comment
lgreen Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Very cool. Every time I see a thread like this, specifically regarding collection off the Oregon Coast, it makes me want to setup a cold water tank. I wish I lived closer so I could just go out and look for neat stuff to bring home when ever I feel like it. Being 8 hours away is a bit far though to be transporting stuff home or just going casually for fun Link to comment
bensanders Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oregon is the absolute s###. Link to comment
rO.oster Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 reminds me of the game Myst. great pics Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 reminds me of the game Myst. great pics I know what you mean totally! The only reason I can figure that the tide pools near Three Arch Rocks aren't designated a Marine Garden is that they are only accessible during extreme low tides. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 Thought I'd share the out look for my upcoming collection trip Here's the weather report: Partly Cloudy High 54°F Precip 10% chance Wind: From NW at 9 mph Tides for Barview starting with April 20, 2011. Low 9:03 AM -1.6 Tides for Garibaldi starting with April 20, 2011. Low 9:18 AM -1.7 Tides for Miami Cove starting with April 20, 2011. Low 9:33 AM -1.6 Tides for Bay City starting with April 20, 2011. Low 10:07 AM -1.4 Tides for Tillamook, Hoquarten Slough starting with April 20, 2011. Low 11:22 AM -1.0 Link to comment
jgpico Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 That's awesome! I'm pretty jealous man. That place looks like a reefers heaven. Or at least I hope that's what reefer heaven looks like lol Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 That's awesome! I'm pretty jealous man. That place looks like a reefers heaven. Or at least I hope that's what reefer heaven looks like lol I grew up in Eugene, OR. and thats pretty close to reefer heaven, but of a different kind Link to comment
jgpico Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I grew up in Eugene, OR. and thats pretty close to reefer heaven, but of a different kind That's true but cold water reefs are equally fascinating in my opinion. Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 That's true but cold water reefs are equally fascinating in my opinion. I meant they smoke a lot of weed in Eugene But yes, I think coldwater reefs are more fascinating than warm water for the simple fact that they are less explored, and are less accessible than tropcial reefs. Link to comment
Jamie Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Good luck! (ps - no one actually follows the 10 per person per day rule ) Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 (ps - no one actually follows the 10 per person per day rule ) yeah they have the same problem here. Link to comment
anhemp Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 That looks like alot of fun!!! Too bad I am stuck far away from the ocean! Link to comment
AquaticEngineer Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Good luck! (ps - no one actually follows the 10 per person per day rule ) For legal reasons, I have no idea what your talking about lol. Link to comment
jfarabaugh Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Good luck! (ps - no one actually follows the 10 per person per day rule ) which is why someday it will be 0 per person Link to comment
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