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First off read Dennies Precott Report and see his pictures here
Also see Darth Vern's story on "The Wabank Field Trip" here
From Tom "Zipper" Pritchard . . .
Sometimes even good food doesn't attract a quorum of the Thursday Night Irregulars. Jess Zellers and George Heck missed out on Terry Martzell's great sloppy Joe fixins. We didn't miss George as much as his plates and utensils. Needless to say, these Joes were sloppier than planned. Topsider Jay Bell obviously came for the food rather than the diving or the usual Irregular high brow repartee. Paul "Speedy" Burnhardt, Gerhard Maree and I made the "cement dock, Quest, mixer, outhouse, follow the disappearing tracks, and compass your way back to the dock" circuit. Near the end of the dive we made friends with a gorgeous 15" rainbow trout who liked to have his stomach rubbed. Don't we all! Gerhard and I took turns embarrassing ourselves and abusing our wrecks reels on the Quest so that we can impersonate competent divers on the Gulftrade trip next week. If Speedy stays under control like he did last night, nobody is going to know how he got his nickname. During dinner Dave Hoshauer gave tips on how to collar a lobster - unfortunately this came after he confessed to spending as long as 30 minutes trying to grab one little fella. Like the saying goes, "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." Good air management earned us a 77 minute dive in 57 degree water with 10-15 ft viz. Fall has the best diving weather; warm water and moderate air temps make for great diving and comfortable surface intervals. With fabulous weather forecasted for the next week, "Get Out and Dive."
From Liz Zyla . . .
Prescott never fails to be a great trip—even when the viz is only 30-50 feet which is the worst I’ve seen it. This year I got 6 dives in and that is only because I woke up Saturday morning with a small cold. Fortunately I was able to dive and had some really great experiences. Brian Palmer and I left Friday morning at 4am and made it up a few minutes before Dennie. After a nice long nap we dove the Rothsay (max 30Ft) a really cool boat that can be accessed from the shore.
Saturday we dove the Muscallonge (90ft) and the Gaskin (65/70 ft. I really like the “Musky” it has all of this metal stuff that sticks out of it (I think it was a steam powered ship) and there are more fish on that wreck than I have ever seen in my life. I think because I was sick and cold that I used so much air but even so after a 40 minute dive I had air to spare. Both dives were 40, 41 minutes. A few of us stayed for a third dive that day. One of the big things with Prescott divers is the bottle/drift dives. About 10 of us went on drift dive that day looking for bottles. We split up into 3 groups. I went with Bryan Palmer, Chris and Norma Presler, and Neal Banner. Since we were all out of air Kevin went to fill tanks and let Norma Presler, Neal Banner, Mark Muenzen and I stay on the boat while they went back to the store to fill tanks. I also harassed the heck out of Kevin for only giving me 2500 lbs in one of my tanks so the rest of the weekend he harassed me too. Anyway, the bottle/drift dive was fun James Zimmerman got a cool bottle but all I found were wine and beer bottles. Oh well.
Sunday The first dive was the Keystorm. I love the Keystorm it’s such a great wreck, it lays on it’s side and due to its positioning in the water-there is no current. All skill levels can dive The Keystorm with ease because there is enough wreck to explore whether you are at 115 feet or 25 feet. Oh! And then we did the American! That was cool; it was a drill barge that had flipped upside down. IF you are not the type to penetrate wrecks this one isn’t for you. Everything to see of interest is within 5 feet of the sand and you need a flashlight to see the fish that hide underneath. Oh but there were some beautiful 2 ft walleye sitting along the keel. I tagged along with Greg Kulp on this dive. We had a lot of fun poking around. I really enjoyed the American -46 minutes at 74 feet.
Anyway, everyone should try this trip sometime. Great viz, warm water, tuns of fish, and even Dennie dove wet on this trip.
From Bob Hanna . . .
I will be there at 9:00 AM or earlier. This is a special occasion because Holly Bratton my law firm's former office manager, and Cathy Kohr my paralegal are going to make their first quarry dives. They think, but we know differently, that there is no diving North of the Caribbean. Water temperature should be good, and I will be bringing a new gas grill along with the Gazebo. I am quite willing to bring enough dogs and burgers plus rolls and condiments to take care of anyone on this group e-mail list who lets me know in advance that they are coming. Some Soda and Water will also be available. Any other food, you are on your own.
We will set up on the Penninsula preferably where there is a table. Recently we have been fortunate to find a table on the east side. This has made loading and unloading very easy
Our first dive will include a visit to the underwater platform area so as to make certain that Cathy and Hollie's Boyancy is satisfactory. After that they get to choose where we go.
Cathy wants to visit the helicopter. Everything else is up to them with possibly a few suggestions from The Map a/k/a SCUBABOB. Ralph and I have promised to teach them some underwater navigation, so who knows!
Get Out And Dive - LIVE THE ADVENTURE!!!
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