Collection trips to Devil's Hole, v4441
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C53 67-19 0920 - count 150+ now. estimate 175-200 on upper shelf 6 (Note again - complete dark cloud cover) No light, temp, or O2 taken. (No equipment) 0930 - Water level 1.86. One large individual observed to bury itself partially in the grey silt (“grey matter”) and remain there for almost 1 minute+ until a smaller fish swam over or (after swimming around it twice) prodded it. The larger one swam away immediately. Collection — done w/ two very large dip nets. (Both w/ small mesh). I quietly got into the water, inched up the extreme top (east) of the large NE sloping upper shelf rock and Charlie placed his net in the western deep channel of the shelf while I dipped as low as I could over the ledge and Very “scary” — just one sweep of dip net + fish stay below 5’ on the western lower slope or lower shelf. They do not come back up even if undisturbed + no disturbance on Shelf for 1/2-3/4 hr. Individuals will move toward edge of shelf immediately with the slightest movement on the shelf. This is markedly different from behavior observed in the summer — when