went to OAK Beach with my friend George

[dacebrown]

ok hit me up 1 week before you go and ill be there . thanks .

 

[smoq]

Anytime some of you guys decide to make a trip, I would like to be there and shoot some pictures for the blog. I wanted to go this Saturday for a LIRA collecting trip but I have to work Saturday so can't do it. Anyway, if you organize something I can be the official photographer)

 

[ravi197699]

sure will do

 

[ravi197699]

going to oak beach today if someone wants to meet there today thanks

 

[LightTackle]

Hey Ravi how did you do? I went down today but only outgoing tide. I had 5 Pipefish a few Northern Kingfish and of course spearing.

 

[Cibo]

What is the address of oak beach??

 

[Gabe]

123 oak street beach avenue... Just kidding.

 

[fishome25]

The pipefish and seahorses are NOT tropical. you are not saving them by taking them home. You are taking them out of the breeding population.
Technically you need to apply for a saltwater fishing permit through the DEC. Its free so you might as well do it to avoid a ticket.
Like George said, almost none of the fish are reef safe, many have parasites, and don't acclimate well to captivity. Not a lecture to not take them, feel free they will all die in 2 months anyway. But remember to protect your livestock at home.

 

[Gabe]

Not a lecture......

 

[fishome25]

Do you disagree with something I wrote?

 

[Paul B]

feel free they will all die in 2 months anyway

All of the non tropical fish will die shortly but the tropical or semi tropicals like this burrfish will live forever. This guy I kept over a year, then it got to large and I gave it to a public aquarium. The NY pipefish are almost impossable to keep long term as they usually eat living, tiny grass shrimp and not much else. I have raised and bred the NY seahorses.
The butterflies, angels and big eyes live wellin a reef but the coronetfish and trumpetfish are very hard.
You can sometimes get lookdowns but like lionfish they are rare there.
My favorite thing to collect there are blue claw crabs, which I have for dinner.

Butterflies

Oak Beach seahorses in my reef transfering eggs, these lived a few years as did their offspring.

Some pipefish, blowfish, killies, shrimp, snails and crabs.

And loads of these guys which are not tropical but live forever and get big.

 

[Gabe]

Just the part about being a lecture, but you are absolutely right about everything else, 110%. You obviously know better.

 

[LightTackle]

Nice stuff Paul. I release all the fish I get, I just enjoy the thrill.
I've got a local tank at my work with Sea Bass, Blackfish and a Feather Blenny we collected in the LIS. We had 2 huge 12" Local Pipefish as well but they disappeared, either died got sucked up or killed by the other fish. We have assorted crabs from asians to stone crabs.
I also had 2 lobsters in my tank, one was eaten immediately and the other lived 2 months before he was also devoured.

Those tiny spider crabs are cool as well, hate them when they get big though.

The kingfish would have made a nice addition other than the fact that they were too small to survive with the hungry Sea Bass and Blackfish.