Study some depth profiles from around the bay.
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The benthic sampling crew catches a large male spider crab using a biologist's trawl. |
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Sorting the day's catch. |
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The well-dressed boaters always bring a hat and wear their life jackets. |
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(Right) The black sea bass can be found over mussel beds in deeper water. (Bottom left) Snapper bluefish. (Bottom right) Skates and sea robins are usually considered "trash fish" because they are rarely taken for food. Both are common in the bay, along with dogfishes. |
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"Peanut" bunker are a common baitfish for bluefish and bass in the fall. Their proper name is the moss-bunker or menhaden. Try your luck identifying fish with our fish key. |
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| This is a radar image of Sandy Hook Bay with Sandy Hook at the center, the bayshore area of Atlantic Highlands at the top, and the three mile Navy Ammunition Pier pointing into the bay like Neptune's trident. See a chart of Sandy Hook Bay. |
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Fish finder. The top and bottom color lines indicate the surface interference and the bay bottom at 8 feet. In the center are two schools or "balls" of baitfish. Study some depth profiles from around the bay. |
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End of the day. A sea clam harvester returns with his catch which will be processed into clam strips and bait. |
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 Our visiting scientist, a Polish
researcher, "Shoots the sun" using the sextant to determine
Latitude (40-degrees, 27-minutes North) and Longitude (Determined
by comparing solar noon here to Greenwich time: 74-degrees, 2-minutes
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 The view through the sextant. Mirrors bring the sun's image down to the horizon and its angle (elevation) is used to calculate Latitude. |
 It's not the size of the catch, but the quality of the experience! Anyone can catch fish. These students proudly show off the mussel that closed on their hook. |
 Sailing home. Time to swab the decks and stow the gear. |
Study some depth profiles from around the bay.
U.S. Grant on Seasickness