I snorkeled three times this summer, twice in June and once over labor day weekend. I noticed that many of my pictures seem a bit cloudy or glared. I am not sure if this is because my Moisture Muncher capsules expired or that I need to wash the lenses.
The summer was dry and the water was low. My first snorkel was the weekend after I got back from the NANFA after event. I went to Roaring Brook to seek Cusk (burbot). I did not find any. Instead as I crawled along the stream bottom I noticed every pool had a Brook Trout. That's right, I finally braved a trout stream. After the cold waters of Great Island Common and the streams in Pittsburgh it actually felt warm.
The first pool had the most curious of the trout, it kept swimming up to me. That was until I made a mistake. I cupped my hand and the trout swam into it, so I tried to grab it. I missed and he would not approach closer than a foot afterwards.
In one pool I saw this Crayfish moving among the rocks.
The most impressive trout photo was in the last pool. It did not get the closest of them but this trout who was hiding under a rock got me the best pics.
Visible on the edge of this photo are odd gravelly encrustments on the rock. I didn't notice them when snorkeling but before I cropped the photos down to focus on the trout I saw they were everywhere. I am not sure if they are a caddis case of some kind.
The oddest thing is the difference between netting and snorkeling. Netting I saw no trout just the occasional longnose or blacknose dace, snorkeling I saw one fleeting minnow too fast to ID but mostly trout.
Edited by FirstChAoS, 23 September 2016 - 01:59 AM.