Went snorkeling down off Weekapaug

[goosefish]

This was three days ago. Clear water. I swam out from the shore. Didn't see much of anything. Took a left and headed for the reef. Got to the reef. Took a deep breath swam down grabbed a boulder on the bottom, put my face into the current and boom! a sea turtle swam right past my face. Pretty cool.

[piemma]

I fished that area Thursday John

[goosefish]

I didn't see much of anything and I talked to Laptew who was in the water a few miles east of me and he didn't see much of anything.

I bet yesterdays blow will get a shot of fish moving down the south shore.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

How big was the turtle? Thats pretty damn cool.

[Nebe]

These moments are what I call "passion igniters". You will always be looking for that turtle for years to come. Much like John redmonds skinny dipping hotties behind the ocean mist 8 years ago.
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[redlite]

Originally Posted by Nebe

These moments are what I call "passion igniters". You will always be looking for that turtle for years to come. Much like John redmonds skinny dipping hotties behind the ocean mist 8 years ago.
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That was a marvelous nite. I think he still has the bra to prove it
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[bart]

sea turtles are awesome creatures

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Nebe

These moments are what I call "passion igniters". You will always be looking for that turtle for years to come. Much like John redmonds skinny dipping hotties behind the ocean mist 8 years ago.
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hey NEBE
since your Passion got ignited recently
do you have any updated photos of the silver work

[goosefish]

turtle was about 22 inches shell length.

Very cool to see. I was thinking--what are the odds of seeing that? So I grabbed a power ball ticket and ended up winning four bucks.

[Nebe]

Hahaha. Too funny Goosefish
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[bart]

I saw one swim under the bridge I was fishing in the Keys and the shell had to be the size of the hood of a car..

[Mr. Sandman]

Saw a few myself this summer...big ones in the middle of VS.

A few weeks ago during the derby while looking for albies off chappy I cape across a heavy slick...I saw a few breaks and started fishing it. Later I noticed where it was coming from.... (sad) This was a BIG creature...maybe 5' in dia

I got up close to it and you can see it was hit and cut multiple times buy a large diameter propeller. The photos are from a cell phone and are not that good but when you saw it in person there was no question.

[cow tamer]

Dead sea turtle washed up into NR some years back. Looked like a VW bug. Same time that a whale had washed up in the same area.

[wdmso]

looks like a leatherback

[zacs]

saw a nice sized turtle about a half mile off sakonet a few weeks back. awesome site. had to be about 50" nose to tail.

[FishermanTim]

Smaller turtle might have been a Ridley's.
They are the ones that they rescue evety year because they wait too long to migrate south and get disorientated in the cold/cooling waters.

[goosefish]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Smaller turtle might have been a Ridley's.
They are the ones that they rescue evety year because they wait too long to migrate south and get disorientated in the cold/cooling waters.

That's what I heard as well.

I talked with a turtle woman at Woods Hole after I saw it and she said that Ridley's though rare are the most common turtle to strand in Long Island Sound. About 30 to 40 a year.