<\/p>\nHaving paid $65 for this lobster trip, I now had a lot of anxiety that I was going to come home with one really expensive bug.<\/p>\n
We chose this next site because there were no boats spotted here on Opening Night; this place was going to either really suck or maybe be pretty lucrative.<\/p>\n
Logged Dive #354
\nPalos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
Secret Location: 32 35 30 20 79 61 72 64 73 20 53 6f 75 74 68 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 72 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 6e 6f 20 62 6f 61 74 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 6e 69 67 68 74 2e<\/p>\n
Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Calm
\nVisibility: 15 to 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: About 60 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 45 minutes<\/p>\n
I submerged near the anchor line and spotted a legal looking bug – I reached and pinned it!<\/p>\n
It was like grabbing a had full of mashed potatoes!<\/p>\n
The poor thing must have just molted – the carapace just dissolved in my hand and lobster guts gushed out between my fingers.<\/p>\n
There was no way to measure it even though it was probably legal sized; and it was certainly dead – I left it there as fish food.<\/p>\n
Not seeing any in 40 feet, I headed towards shore and turned back around when I reached 15 feet.<\/p>\n
At 25 feet I spotted a huge lobster cave – There were two or three good sized bugs just hanging out, waiting for me to liberate them.<\/p>\n
I dug one out and caught another one as it was fleeing; I now had three in my bag.<\/p>\n
Thirty minutes into my dive, I saw another one and pinned it, and then I saw a bigger one two feet ahead; I dropped the light and tried to grab the second one with my other had, but missed.<\/p>\n
The light went out and my reserve was not on – I dive with one light on at a time, so I can control where I point it.<\/p>\n
I held the lobster in darkness as I was trying to turn the damn thing back on; I eventually was able to.<\/p>\n
I was running low on air, but caught two more heading back.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This was a lucrative spot – I limited for the night!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The lobsters were so plentiful, some just jumped right out of the water and on to the deck; the Captain wrote down the GPS coordinates for our exclusive future reference.<\/p>\n
The other divers did really well also – seven divers, six of them hunters, pulled in 33 bugs on this trip.<\/p>\n
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Donna the Biker poses with one of her bugs.<\/p>\n
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We debriefed with the King of Beers and some swirl that some other diver brought.<\/p>\n
Don’t think you can dive if you ride a motorcycle?<\/p>\n
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Donna proves the rumor merely a myth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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