Be on the lookout please!

Koenig · Post by **Koenig** » November 21st, 2005, 1:22 pm

We were about half way between the fort and the lighthouse when a guy stopped and asked if we had seen a porpoise with a buoy wrapped around its tail. We hadn't. He asked that if we did see it to please try to catch it and remove the buoy and/or contact Shields Marina and let them know when and where we saw it. I don't know how he expected us to catch it????

I am asking you all to please keep an eye out and lend a hand if possible and let Shields know. Thanks!

Post by **T Smith** » November 23rd, 2005, 10:45 am

I'd like to see someone try to catch a dolphin

and stay dry

. Seriously though I hope somone can help the thing or it somehow come untangled. Dolphins are pretty smart, hopefully it will be ok. Last time we were at the lighthouse four were herding mullet up against the oyster bar south east of the jetty at the canal. Pretty impresive they were cruising around with half their bodies out of the water. And those things are fast when they want to be.

Koenig · Post by **Koenig** » November 23rd, 2005, 11:01 am

If you are referring to the four I saw about a week or two ago at the mouth of the East River, they were doing more than herding mullet!!!!

But yes, they are incredibly fast! I watch one chase a bait fish about 10 feet from the boat. The porpoise was swimming upside down and popping the bait fish out of the water then just exploded on it and that was that. Very cool critters.

mojokoko · Post by **mojokoko** » November 29th, 2005, 11:42 am

When I was getting ready to take the boat out of the water at the fort I saw a dolphin/porpis thing right by the fort and heading down to shields.
I was sitting there and was like wtf is this damn thing doing down here...