Salty Stories - Stories About Collecting Fish and Keeping Fish Aquariums, including close encounters with sharks while collecting marine tropical fish.
Harry The Giant Octopus
We have several Octopi, but one I raised from a youngster, which now weights about 125 pounds, and he is partial to me. When I go in to clean the glass and tidy up a bit he likes to climb an my shoulder, watches what...
Precious the Cat Takes a Dive
Unfortunately, my cat Precious liked to perch upon the plexiglass and stab her paws at the fish as they passed by. I was constantly chasing her off of the tank, as I was...
A Hammerhead Shark Pay Us a Visit
It was another beautiful day on the water. The sun was shining, the winds were mild, the ocean was blue, and all was right with the world.
Surprised by a Big Gray Shark
The water down under was clear blue. It was one of those wonderful rare days where you feel like you can see for miles. Collecting had gone well and we were just finishing up our dive in about 35 feet of water. Stan was starting to...
I've Got That Sinking Feeling, Again!
As I sit here writing this, it has been seven days since I had a near death experience farming our aquaculture site in The Florida Keys. It was Thursday, November 12, 1998 at 7:30 am in the morning (the day before Friday the Thirteenth) that my vessel sank just inside the reef...
By Richard Londeree
Don't Put Your Hands in the Water!!
With the large vat system for our fish collecting business being outside, the local keiki (kids) like to come by and look at the fish, but the "RULES" they have to abide by to do so are...
A Jawfish and Cat Tale
...of all the fish I have had, and unfortunately have lost, the one that always sparks Oreo's interest is the Yellow Headed Jawfish. Any other fish in the tank gains only a passing interest for Oreo, but put a jawfish in the tank and that darn cat suddenly is absorbed in it.
