See Life Paulagics will be running an overnight summer pelagic trip out of
Fisherman's Wharf in Lewes, DE. The trip will leave Friday, August 24 at
11:00 PM and return about 4:00 on Saturday, August 25. We will be aboard
the 110' Thelma Dale V. Sleeping accommodations will be benches and floor,
with people being allowed to select their sleeping spot in the order that
they paid. The cost of the trip is $215. Due to this being an overnight
trip, our maximum is about 10 people lower than our normal daytime trips.
On past trips we've found great birds like WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL,
BAND-RUMPED
STORM-PETREL, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, LONG-TAILED JAEGER,
BRIDLED TERN, ARCTIC TERN, and even SABINE'S GULL. We more commonly see
AUDUBON'S, CORY'S, and GREAT SHEARWATER, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, POMARINE
JAEGER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. This can be a good time for cetaceans as
well and in the deep waters past the Continental Shelf we've even found
SPERM WHALE and CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE.
Our tentative plan (all plans are tentative at sea) is to head out to the
deep waters at or beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf. We expect to
arrive in the dark and start chumming. If anybody is interested, you are
welcome to fish at this time. We won't have a lot of time to fish but if
we hook up the most likely catches are Yellowfin Tuna (40-80 lbs), Mahi
Mahi (5-25 lbs), and possibly sharks (up to several hundred pounds). At
daybreak we will continue to sit and chum, scanning the storm-petrel
flock. These early hours give us our best chance for finding Band-rumped
and Leach's Storm-Petrels. When we feel we've covered the birds well, we
will slowly move down the slick and continue searching. Once we leave the
slick we will work other deep water areas before finally turning for home.
See Life Paulagics always provides an appropriate number of friendly,
helpful, and approachable leaders for all of our trips. We use radios with
headsets to get the word of any sightings around the boat quickly. It is
important to us to get the participants on the birds and make sure they are
comfortable with the IDs, not just create a big trip list.
Be sure to check out our web site for information on how to sign up, and to
review our policies. If you have any questions or need more information,
please feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone.
Hope to see you aboard!
-PAG
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*Paul A. Guris
See Life Paulagics
PO Box 161
Green Lane, PA 18054
215-234-6805
www.paulagics.com
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