{"id":1419,"date":"2008-09-27T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T19:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2008-09-27T13:04:46","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T20:04:46","slug":"a-frustrating-dive-dive-number-two-on-opening-night-of-lobster-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=1419","title":{"rendered":"A Frustrating Dive – Dive Number Two On Opening Night Of Lobster Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logged SCUBA Dive #305<\/p>\n

SECRET LOCATION: 54 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 61 72 2c 20 6e 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 63 68 69 6d 6e 65 79 73 – Palos Verdes<\/p>\n

Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n

In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 500 psi
\nMax depth: 35 feet
\nWaves: Minor chop
\nVisibility: 15 to 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: 67 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 45 minutes
\nNotable Event: This was my most frustrating lobster dive ever!<\/p>\n

Half the boats that were nearby pulled anchor and left.<\/p>\n

I asked the my two buddies, “Why would someone leave so early?”<\/p>\n

Jim said, “They probably started early; at least we follow the rules.”<\/p>\n

John said jokingly, “They probably all limited.”<\/p>\n

Now, this dive was just like the last dive, just a lot more frustrating…<\/p>\n

I got tangled in kelp on numerous occasions and I either caught shorts or couldn’t pin the legal ones.<\/p>\n

I noticed that the puny, totally illegal bugs will actually charge my light, while the big ones – through Darwinism – flee as soon as the light hits them.<\/p>\n

More than three times,\u00a0 after spotting a good sized lobster, I thought, “OK, here comes lobster number two…” only to be frustrated by me getting stuck in kelp or missing it in the pin.<\/p>\n

This was the most frustrating lobster dive I can remember; I should have at least four, but ended up with zero!<\/p>\n

I surfaced with 500 psi and bitch crawled about 25 yards over kelp to the boat; I wasn’t going to risk swimming under and getting caught that low on air.<\/p>\n

\"Enjoying<\/p>\n

Jim and I enjoyed our post dive beers on the way back, as John turned the boat randomly to make us spill; there’s no radio on board, so that’s his entertainment.<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/p>\n

Jim with his monster lobsters.<\/p>\n

At the dock, the Department Of Fish And Game checked our lobsters and our lobster report cards.<\/p>\n

\"Getting<\/p>\n

After figuring out we were all legal, they decided to mess with Jim by giving him a sobriety test.<\/p>\n

\"Dive<\/p>\n

It was off to Dive N Surf for the annual “Monster Lobster Contest.”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Prizes are awarded to the top three biggest lobsters, but everyone who preregistered and brought in a legal lobster, got a free T-shirt – I got a T-shirt.<\/p>\n

\"Divers<\/p>\n

Divers posed with their stash of bugs; I soon realized how badly I did this morning.<\/p>\n

\"Dive<\/p>\n

Dive Bum Don interviewed two of the guys from a group who did really well.<\/p>\n

“Where did you find these?” Don asked.<\/p>\n

“The Malibu area,” one responded.<\/p>\n

“Wait, I thought we were in Catalina?” the other asked.<\/p>\n

The next question was, “How deep did you catch them?”<\/p>\n

“15 feet,” was the answer.<\/p>\n

\"Dog<\/p>\n

Dog vs Lobster?<\/p>\n

This other guy pulls up with a cooler and a bag full of HUGE bugs!<\/p>\n

\"One<\/p>\n

Looking at his bugs, I had the same thought as when I saw my first porno flick…”How big do those things get?”<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

As big as his bugs were, he couldn’t beat the 12.3 pound bug that was brought in earlier.<\/p>\n

\"Dive<\/p>\n

The guy agreed to an interview with Dive Bum Don.<\/p>\n

Basically, he caught his bugs in the “Marina Del Rey” area in “10 feet of water.”<\/p>\n

The bugs appear to be shallow – really shallow right now, but someone else brought in a lobster that he supposedly caught at 85 feet.<\/p>\n

We caught our bugs in 25 feet of water.<\/p>\n

\"56<\/p>\n

The guy weighed his entire catch – 56 pounds of lobster!<\/p>\n

So, totals for this morning in the group I went out with:<\/p>\n

Me: 1
\nJohn: 4
\nJim: 4<\/p>\n

I will regain my title as Lobster Liberator Number One!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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