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My Christmas present was a diver certification course for my wife and I. Gonna do our open water certification dives in March in Fla. (inland springs, can't remember the name). I'm excited.
Those with lots of trips under your belts, where was the best place for corals, fish, beauty?
with collecting you have to go by the laws where you live .. seeing your in the north west coast i would just call your local fish and wildlife and ask them rules and regulations on wild life collecting of sea life .. most countries have a bag limit and what you are allowed to have and not ..
I just want you to know that I don't like you haha. Tahiti and bali are top on my list so im really jealous. I went to australia a few years back and did a liveaboard so we were able to go really far out to osprey reef and dove the ribbon reefs on the way back to cairns. It is INSANE!!!certified diver here since 78 .. dive/surf trips have been to Tahiti .. indo .. bali .. costa rica .. mexico .. Hawaii .. grand Cayman .. st thomas .. st crox . barbadous .. freeport .. up and down both fla east coast and west coast .. next dive trip planned for 2015 to Philippians Australia and fiji for 2 months . .
Here is the 8" version of the net I was talking about . There is a larger one, I believe About 15-16". This is IMO, the best net for tropical fish collecting. As far as getting a fish out of your net, I use plastic snack jars, large as possible but has to fit inside the net frame. I open small holes in the lid for pressure changes. A halyard is tied around the neck of the bottle. On the surface or below, the fish can be easily transferred from net to container with the following method. First make yourself comfortable, negative buoyancy on the sand, and positive buoyancy on the surface. Inflate your bc if you have one, and breathe through your snorkel, keeping your masked face in the water .You shouldn't have to tread water. Then you compress the plastic sides of the net surrounding the mouth of jar inside and coral the fish into a corner of the net and then screw on the plastic lid.
I place all jars within a mesh net, i feel this relaxes the fish while you swim around. Remember, over, app.30ft, bring them up slow, otherwise, I haven't had issues with fish caught shallower. It's nice to have a fish in your tank with a story like NEMO behind itlmao, hopefully he doesn't quite get away down the sewer on you, he'd definitely be dead quick! I have a pair of neon gobies I caught this past summer. From the moment I caught them I knew I had a pair. They were inseparable! Now, they are spawning in my tank!!!
tyler if you can find acrylic nets .. they work the best .. fish cant see them ..