Are Lionfish a Problem in the Caribbean?? Lionfish are a venomous species of scorpionfish that are not native to the Caribbean. They are a beautiful treasured fish in aquariums that through purposeful and accidental release have been released in the American Tropics, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. Lionfish are believed to have shown up …
I’m going to start this post off by saying… Not all Caribbean islands rules/laws are the same so make sure before you do anything, you check with their regulations. Okay, with that said… What is a Lionfish? A lionfish is a native Indo-Pacific fish that has become an invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean waters. …
Our summer trip this year headed for Cayman Brac with 13 divers for a week long excursion. Cayman Brac is part of the Cayman Islands and is located in the Caribbean Sea north-east of Grand Cayman and east of Little Cayman. The island itself is about 12 miles long with an average width of 1.2 …
February, wait Nicole, this is August. Yes, I know it’s August but I realized that we never blogged about the 2 Week Cozumel Trip in February. So it’s about time before we forget until the next February 2017 trip! Holy Cow. There aren’t many months left in the year. So the weather before we arrived …
Did you know we had a group of friends go to Cozumel this week? Who is jealous? {raises hand} and I know I know we aren’t supposed to be jealous but come on… It’s hot here and they’re at least basking in the water. I on the other hand spent yesterday in the hayfield. Now …
Do you know what this weekend is? huh huh huh? Okay, yes it’s Father’s Day Weekend (remember your father’s!!) but… It’s the Safari Hunt, cue jungle music, and sounds! If you don’t want to participate in the actual Safari hunt, come and hang out. There is only a 20% chance of rain and temps in …
Sometimes I am still shocked that I go to search for something on the Internet, such as Grouper Fish but just type in Grouper and there is a band that pops up, there is a dating site that pops up, and on and on. Why I am so surprised is beyond me, but I am… …
As I was researching the internet about Carp fish, I wound up on Merriam Webster Dictionary site to see how it defined Carp. Would you like to know… Carp: To complain in an annoying way It then gave me the option to go to the Merriam Webster Learner’s Dictionary, there I finally found a definition …
<song lyrics>Because you know it’s all about that bass, bout that bass, no treble.<song lyrics> Oh wait, no we’re talking about bass as in the fish! This is the fun of the English language. Multiple words that sound the same but spelled way different or spelled the exact same but pronounced way different. Interesting. Gotta …
This just happened to be the first fish I searched information on that didn’t come up with some wacky definition for the word Walleye. I was kind of scared, not going to lie. It came up with information about fishing for Walleye and tournaments that deal with Walleye. Hey, how awesome is that? So here …