First Stay On The Cliffs (Seastar Inn & Catcha) Trip report: Day 4 - 7

[Rum-polephoreskin]

My guess is there is probably a greater liklihood of running into a jellyfish than a lionfish.
Lionfish are easy to see and they are slow.
They may be territorial (according to Wikipedia anyway) but I don't see one pursuing you.

[marley9808]

My guess is there is probably a greater liklihood of running into a jellyfish than a lionfish.

If memory serves me correctly, I believe Clarity also has a terrifying jellyfish story as well, am I right?

[Clarity]

Thanks guys for your kind comments and letting me know you can see the pictures!
Rum, Are you still seeing them cut in half?

Famous VIncent told me if you get stung on the arm by a lionfish, your arm will puff up like a basketball ....

Gerryg123 – Yikes!

That is good news about the Lionfish. Last year I dropped into the water at Blue Cave Castle and I could see at least four. One under-the-ladder, one in the mouth of the cave and two more on the Sea floor.

See! it’s those under-the-ladder ones that freak me out! You’re just innocently climbing down the ladder into the water and then....

[/B]

I think predation on Lionfish - by people is well on the way.
I only saw two (in the Xtabi area) in several days with hours spent in the water.

I hope so! There certainly are more people hunting them now.

Mmmmm...I'm thinking Lionfish escoveitch...let's put them to good use.

Lorax – I’d love to try some Lionfish escoveitch. I’m hoping that we can find someone to cook us up a lionfish on our next reach! I hear that it tastes good.

And Markus wants to hunt them all down with a spear gun. I’m really not so fond of that idea. Now he wants to even more after reading Gerry’s Trail of Ashes Trip Report…
Thanks Gerry.

If memory serves me correctly, I believe Clarity also has a terrifying jellyfish story as well, am I right?

I do! I have a few jellyfish stories. But the worst was in Puerto Rico, 2001…

I would share it now, but this trip report is going to become more like a “terrors of the deep” report. Lol