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A diver just returned from the Abacos in the Bahamas. He was working on a large fish tank in a house and went collecting. On one dive he collected 14 lion fish. Reports are that Lion fish have taken over the reefs and are driveing the lobster divers nuts by sitting under the lobster condos that they set up. I have also received reports from my collectors that lion fish have invaded the North cost of the Dominican Rep. I wonder what the market for Caribbean lion fish is? :idea: :idea: :idea:
 
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But do the divers think it's worth a billion dollars, like the divers in Baja with convict tangs?
 

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I caught 3 of these last weekend at Sebastian Inlet in Central Florida on the East coast. Scary to think it is really getting that bad, not to mention i had to stop someone a little further down the jetty who was attempting to remove the hook by hand as if he was going to grab onto a small bass!
 
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mattmcf":2h09ejs5 said:
I caught 3 of these last weekend at Sebastian Inlet in Central Florida on the East coast. Scary to think it is really getting that bad, not to mention i had to stop someone a little further down the jetty who was attempting to remove the hook by hand as if he was going to grab onto a small bass!

They are on just about every wreck in NC
 
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LOL maybe next year diving up here and in RI I'll be able to snag a few then!
 
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Yeah there were people claiming they saw some last time I was diving but when you asked them where they refused to say. Like it was some sort of national secret.

I didn't see any myself but I am hoping to this next time.
 

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Last summer i was catching about 20 Lion fish per trip. Sent most of them to wholesaler's in LA that were dieing to get them. There no uncommon at all anymore and i say much nicer then one's i see coming out of elsewhere. You just need to know what area and dept to look at for them. Ill see if i can find a pic. For those that are wondering i am on long island NY.
 
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LOl what depth are you finding them? In all my diving for tropicals up here even at the peak of the summer heat I have never found anything hanging deeper than 13 feet. But that also might just be because of the nature of the coves I am diving in.

One fish that I almost find it impossible to spot are the big eyes. You'd think being bright red would make them stand out but I have a really hard time spotting those buggers.
 
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JustPhish":2hn4pvg8 said:
LOl what depth are you finding them? In all my diving for tropicals up here even at the peak of the summer heat I have never found anything hanging deeper than 13 feet. But that also might just be because of the nature of the coves I am diving in.

One fish that I almost find it impossible to spot are the big eyes. You'd think being bright red would make them stand out but I have a really hard time spotting those buggers.

They are on wrecks 100+ depp here in the carolinas. The water is fairly cold at that depth.
 
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What do you consider faily cold? Where I dive surface temps MAX at 65 degrees or a little less every time I've gone.
 
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swsaltwater":2fdpqpie said:
anyone studying the affect on the local fish populations yet?

Here I can't see it being too much of a problem since they all die off at the end of every season. And when fish get brought up here they are usually around an inch or less. With their size and temp of the water I can't see them causing havoc with local species. Granted I did once catch a trigger by hand (that's how cold the water is, I just grabbed it bare handed) that was the size of a dinner plate but that is the largest I have ever seen a tropical up here by far.
 
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Temps are in the 60's in N. Carolina and upper 50's in VA. These are not little Lionfish either. They are 8-14" reproducing fish.
 
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Come on, the water has to get warmer than that down there in the summer. It gets in the low 70's in the long island sound in the summer and I was in NJ last summer and the temp had to be in the 70's there too.
 
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JustPhish":1anosaq9 said:
Come on, the water has to get warmer than that down there in the summer. It gets in the low 70's in the long island sound in the summer and I was in NJ last summer and the temp had to be in the 70's there too.

It does get into 70's in the summer. At 100+' deep you run into thermoclines that can be in the 50's.
 

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