We’ll have to meet up Glenn. I went to Mystic/Stonington/RI yesterday. 1.5 hrs for me and looks like 2 hrs drive for you. Great area to fish and dive. Can be in RI on the Reefs, Fishers Island, and or Mystic are in minutes from boat. Had fun but the visibility was horrible. 2 foot at best. Strong current is lots of places as well. Picked up a shellfish permit for Stonington so I could at least collect some clams. Which we did.
How new am I to scuba? Received my Scuba card in the mail yesterday.
Night diving is something I’ll need to do for sure. Lobsters are easy pickens at night. I spear fish and from what everyone is telling me Blacks, Fluke, and Sea Bass are very disciplined targets and sleep. Making then easy marks.
Easy tree huggers. I only take legal fish my family eats.
Things that can eat me make me a bit nervous. I was just in FL and while tarpon fishing I jumped off the boat to swim with some sharks to try to get the fear out of me. Charter Capt didn’t think it was a good idea. I didn’t get eaten but it also didn’t help me. Need to work on that.
Would love to dive Brownstone park, Candlewood Lake, or whatever. I’m new and need to keep getting wet and more experience. Def have a lot to learn. I live in Middlebury and have a local lake here I plan on jumping into. I stock the lake with trout and would love to see if I can spot some.
I have all my gear except tanks. Looking to get some now. I rented them from Orbit Marine yesterday. 15 bucks seems cheap. It’s ten for a refill so only an extra 5 to rent. Problem is it’s 30 miles from my house which makes it a PIA.
Let me check with the wife. We may be heading up your. I’ll keep in touch.
Jay
Send me blue water Mike. ;-)