Hi Mick. I`m assuming this was on the Lauentic at the boilers? You were diving ccr?
Seen this happen without the attack on this site. Kevin Darling was on ccr, stopped looking at boilers and this big conger swam slowly directly at him. I arrived beside him on oc and the noise made the conger retreat.
Here`s the thing:
ccr`s generate a weak electrical field that remind predators of a fish in distress. Ccr divers get more up close aggressive behaviour attention from sharks than oc divers. There was a study on this late 90`s in the U.S.
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| Originally Posted by Mick F Anyone know why Conga's come out hunting in daylight?
On the YD Ireland gig at the weekend. I was attacked twice by hunting conger eels. Now the first time I had picked up a fishermans filleting knife, so I guess the shiny blade attracted the eel. Dropping the knife meant the eel went for that & left me alone.
The second time (about 20 mins later) we were watching a free swimming hunting conger when I got snagged up in mono-filament. I was trying to free myself when Midnight shouted a warning; the damn eel was coming straight for me and it took a couple of swipes with my torch to turn it away.
Both eels were in the medium size range, (about 4-5 feet long). The dive was to 38M in good light and they were actively hunting in the daylight. I always thought they were nocturnal hunters. I know they have bad eyesight & I've always found them placid enough, but these were definitely showing aggressive behaviour.
Any ideas before I have to ask the Dude to lend me his Conga Prodder? (TM) |