Freezing cold December Dive in Manasquan Inlet - Lots of tog!
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- On Sunday, December 1, 2024, we met up at Manasquan Inlet, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ for an early morning dive, braving the cold air temperatures in the mid-twenties. The water temperature was a 52°F, with visibility ranging from 7 to 10 feet. Despite the conditions, the 57-minute dive turned out to be quite rewarding. We encountered schools of bait fish weaving through the currents and spotted MANY large Tautog nestled among the rocks. A lone snoy grouper made an appearance, and we even came across a angelfish-a rare sight for this time of year.
good on you for clearing the fishing line! thanks for sharing.
Great video. Brought back many memories of diving NJ in a dry suit. Living near Key West and warm water and good viz has spoiled me. Safe diving!
Thank you for helping clean out the mess that you guys find at the bottom. I enjoy watching the footage, keep up the good work.
Thank you
Caught a snowy grouper at a bridge in Cape May County last summer. Didn't even know exactlywhat type of grouper it was till after I got home. Fish was released, but very cool to think that one day they might be more common to out fishery. Thanks for sharing the video!😊
Thanks I grew up in Point spending countless hours fishing and going through the inlet Always wondering what the bottom looks like. Too bad the PP canal is off limits I’d love to see that. I’m subscribing!
How did that angelfish get up here? Will it survive the winter??
fantastic vid I’m a new subscriber! really well done, and thx for the fishing line cleanup.
Love it! Been there many times
Awesome footage! Great video!
The water was clearer than I would have anticipated. Question: how does a tropical fish end up in NJ? Are they swimming up or did somebody dump them from a salt water aquarium?
Glad you brought the tropicals bucket!
Good to see some tog still there
thanks for cleaning up sinkers and line
Very clear
Some nice tog in close!
I saw you guys. I was there fishing that day
i was 14 when i started guide training in kayaks, 15 when i finished. coldest the water got was about 40 degrees. just practicing rescues put the fear of god into you.
Hay chet from Ohio.
Thought Angels needed warmer water
They do! That's why this one is going to be gone soon. They get caught in the gulf stream early summer and are able to survive here as long as they can avoid preditors and find food. Unfortunately when the water gets cold they will die. That is why some divers with salt water fish tanks will try to collect them.
The tropicals - like the angelfish - are they there just because they missed the migration back down to the tropics?
They get caught up in the gulf stream currents and end up here in NJ. There is no migration so they die off when the water gets cold. Some tropical like the angelfish and butterflies are able to avoid preditors and find food so they hang around. Others get picked off quickly and we never get to see them here.
@@NewJerseyUnderwater Fascinating! Appreciate you taking and posting these videos. It's not uncommon to find diving videos from tropical climes, but it's hard to find diving videos in the North Atlantic.
What’s wrong with you guys from Jersey? That water must be balls cold.
Maybe I’ll go back to Jersey and catch a blackfish before i die.
Have u been seeing any striped bass
Not on my recent dives but lots of reports of abundant striped bass in ocean lately.
I was shocked to see a tropical in new jersey, though you guys were bull shittin
Have you ever found fishing rods in the middle of the mouth of the inlet?
I havent but I know people that have found some and a lot of broken rods along the bulkhead.