<\/p>\nLogged SCUBA Dive #335<\/p>\n
Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 2c 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6c 6f 6c 6c 69 70 6f 70 73 2e 20, Palos Verdes<\/p>\n
Solo Diving\/ SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 200 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Pretty flat with minor swells
\nVisibility: 10 to 15 feet
\nTemperature: 59 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes<\/p>\n
Well, I never made it to the Kern River this weekend for various reasons.<\/p>\n
Instructor John and I dove off the mighty zodiac to try our hand on one of the last remaining nights of lobster season.<\/p>\n
We anchored in 40 feet of water, several hundred yards away from another apparent dive boat.<\/p>\n
I descended and went towards shore, hoping to find seven lobsters in 30 or 35 feet of water; at least that’s where they seemed to be when I dove Old Marineland last Sunday.<\/p>\n
I pinned a few “monsters” until my gauge told me that they still have another few seasons to grow; they were released unharmed.<\/p>\n
I thought that I was probably going to get skunked as I turned around at 25 feet, with 1500 psi left in my tank.<\/p>\n
I came across a trench, covered with kelp that had a few obviously short bugs crawling around in it.<\/p>\n
I spotted a bug that was hopefully legal and pinned it.<\/p>\n
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a huge lobster leg; I looked up and saw a four pound giant bug!<\/p>\n
I dropped what I had in my hand, swam over and shoved my palm against it’s carapace; I couldn’t grab around it, so I dropped my light and put the lobster into a choke hold with my other arm.<\/p>\n
No need to measure that one!<\/p>\n
After a few minutes worth of a violent death-defying struggle, I successfully shoved the bug into my lobster liberation bag; I was at 35 feet.<\/p>\n
Running low on air, I continued on, back to the boat. <\/p>\n
I grabbed and pinned another legal, but much smaller lobster before surfacing to get my bearings on the boat’s location.<\/p>\n
The kelp was extremely thick, so I made it a point to go straight to the boat while swimming under the kelp death trap; I was running critically low on air.<\/p>\n
Surfacing 10 yards away from the boat, I did a short bitch crawl over the kelp and back in to the mighty zodiac.<\/p>\n
John surfaced a few minutes later with two bugs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My catch for the night.<\/p>\n
We made a smooth and uneventful ride back to King Harbor.<\/p>\n
We are planning another trip out tomorrow, but Instructor John will be unavailable Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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