Crosby Report

[scott1611]

Boy, I guess I should have walked around the campground and talked with people.  I know there were divers camped out over on the east side of the campground....now I'm wondering if it was some of you that already posted.

Well, my AOW went great.  Was very cool swimming around, over, and under the trees in Portsmouth.  Viz was OK too, had something like 15-20 feet....and for our deep dive (79 feet) had around 30 feet.  had to ask our instructor what he thought of viz...I'm not great at calculating distance like that....and when I think about maybe counting fin kicks to get an idea, it's usually after the fact.  LOL

On our night dive got to see a number of small northern hanging out, had one just zip through us too...must have been around 3' or so.  Bunch of bass, etc....and one big walleye just before we got out of the water by the swimming beach.  Also kept ya on your toes....those trees come out of nowhere at night!  ;D

As we were getting ready for our descent for the deep dive, there were 4 Loons hanging out, and when we were coming up, around 8', we actually saw one of the loons swimming around.  At first glance, out of the corner of my eye, I thought it was a northern...but then saw it was a loon.

The class was fun, had a great time.....water was warm, after the first two dives with my core warmer I was finished burning up...water temp was in high 50's and mid 60's down to around 25-30'.  Was 41 down at 79 feet on our deep dive.

Had the opprotunity to dive with Tim today (Monday).  Was able to get two dives in over at Mahnomen 2, dropped to around 66' on first dive and 60' on second dive.  Viz was pretty good too.  Was a great dive....Thanks Tim!

Dropping over those walls are pretty cool.  Too bad it's a little over a 4 hour drive for me, would be great to dive them more over the summer.