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Barracuda gets territorial with a Tarpon - April 2022 Underwater Fish Recap

April wasn’t much different than March. It brought in east winds that created rough gnarly waters for long periods of time. The wiper failed us again and left a dirty view for what felt like an eternity. And then there was a brief moment in time that allowed our divers to be able to go in and clean the dome and repair the wiper. Here is this month’s breakdown of sightings: • Stoplight parrotfish made a couple appearances • Mutton snapper got up close • Tarpon – let’s just say that they are everywhere almost all the time • A smaller hammerhead took off as if it was either chasing something or was released from being caught – whatever it was – it was boogying • The tiniest jellyfish made an appearance (see if you can spot it) • Baitfish are schooling directly in front of the camera • Barracuda caught itself a moonfish and also got territorial with a tarpon • Cobia came around for a day (but I am thinking that it was caught because one day on the pier camera a lucky fisherman landed a massive cobia – congratulations on that catch, I am jealous) • Crabs are still falling, and they seem to appear on the pilings on some of the roughest days • Atlantic spadefish seemed to be plentiful • Wrasse went to town on a tiny little crab • Nurse sharks are making some daily visitations by the end of the pier • Blennies and crabs snacked on the dome while it was covered in growth (I like to think they were helping to clean the view for us) • Turtles were plenty but were low and further away from the camera this month • Octopus kept bouncing in to say Hi and offered up some tentacles with the cleaning of the dome • Smooth trunkfish were absolutely adorable • The eel made another appearance at night • Grey trigger was quite playful for a couple of days with a fishing line that got caught on the camera • Snook were there but laying low • Moonfish school moved in – we usually only get a couple mixed in with the lookdowns so this was a first for our camera • Spanish hogfish looked so vibrant against the blue waters • The barnacle (Gene) was active and we even spotted another smaller one below it (Ace) • The regulars: scrawled filefish, dusky damsel, rays, gray angelfish, chubs mangrove, wrasses, porkfish, lookdowns, jacks (yellow, bar, amber and pompano), arrow crab, burrfish, lemon shark, sennett, sheepshead, and either a pigfish or a sheepshead porgy – which is still up for debate) • Still missing: French angel, blue tang, and rainbow parrotfish Fish Recap Series — Produced & Edited by ‪@RJPcreations‬ in partnership with the City of Deerfield Beach