Fun day at the aquarium w pics
 

Not exactly a fishing report but about the next best thing to one.
Went as a chaperone with my son's school. Now picture 40 kids 11 to 16 years old - on a bus after being snow bound for a week. Now picture the bus crawling into Baltimore along a traffic clogged Rt. 295. The 30 minute drive took almost one and a half hours.

Once there though - it was great. Only about 25 other people there. The boys wanted to run through the exibits - I wanted to watch the fish closely.
You can learn a lot from watching fish.

The shark /ray pool was wild. Far corner would be perfect for a hand line but I was on good behavior :D

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Saw the smaller tanks and then came face to face with some 30 inch Rock.

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I swear they were eyeballing me and sorta doing that fish smirk. I put the volunteer diver pamphlet I had picked up against the glass. The Rock waved his fin at me - telling me to bring it on. His little stripped a$$ is mine in a few weeks. One of the staff asked me to move along and wiped some of the drool from my lip.

The Amazon display was cool - some huge fish in those tanks.

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The Lion Fish are pretty but are very dangerous critter.

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Walked along the shark display - lots of them just inches away.

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Finished up the short day watching the cownose rays. Wild to watch them fly underwater.

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The volunteer diver program looks easy and right now the staff said they could use a few. I plan to apply and even the score with that smart a$$ Rockfish.

The Baltimore aquarium is definitely top notch but on the expensive side! Hope Tyler had a good time.........Gary

I have not been there in a few years. My daughter is now 4 and would love to have an outing like that. Thanks for the idea.

TED:p

Not sure if they still offer it but there used to be a great deal in the late afternoon.

The ticket price was cut almost in half. Drawback was it only gave you about 2 hours.

Glad you held yourself back from juming in. Thanks for the pic's and did you get any droll on the glass I know I would have....:D

Steve - trust me - it was oh so tempting to go after some of those fish.

Drool - hell I was leaving puddles under most tanks. The Rockfish one is cool - kinda dark - the Rock swim in/out of view.

Funny you would call those fish 30"...I know of some guys that do that?.......:D:D