The diversity of sea life in and along the Puget Sound is really amazing. This past year of living on the boat we have learned so much on our multiple times daily walk along the piers looking over into the water. The sea life changes with the seasons, and also with the locations. I know, really no surprise, but watching it unfold day by day right before your eyes and under your feet can really be a humbling experience. I have learned more about Jelly Fish in the past year then I ever expected. This is a picture of a Lion Mane Jelly fish we saw one afternoon in Olympia. Just hanging out outside the door. Good thing we were not in a hurry to get anywhere that we got to stop and really look at it. Underneath, is has all kinds of orange and yellow tentacles, this picture in no way shows the awesome beauty and we watch him/her swim for probably 20 minutes marveling in it.
But this post is supposed to be about Shrimp. We did not see shrimp even once in Olympia that I can think of. But here, here they are everywhere! And they are exciting to try and catch with a net. I had never attempted this before, it is an art, and it is kind of fun. One thing we have learned, is that they come out in the evening but that you can find them all the time.
We started our search with the net that we had on the boat. However, while our net is great for getting crabs in Olympia, we found that it did not work so well for shrimp in Friday Harbor. The docks in the marina for one thing are quite a bit higher from the level of the water. And secondly, the shrimp like to be much deeper.
We managed to procure two of the official 'child shrimp catching nets' that are sold in town and things became much easier.
But while we were still using the smaller net we managed to get some. Here is Outdoor Dad helping to transfer the catch into the bucket.
Our prisoner.
Where am I?????
Here is Outdoor Boy getting into the action.
And here was out take from about 30 minutes or so of trying to catch them. We counted about 30. We decided to let them go this time.
But stay tuned, you never know, there might be a post about having them for dinner . . .
Cheers,
Outdoor Mom
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