<\/p>\nThere were thunder storms earlier Friday; it seemed that might have driven people away from “Opening Night” as there were not that many people on the water.<\/p>\n
I write “Opening Night” because technically, it’s Opening Morning.<\/p>\n
There was no moon – which is good.<\/p>\n
We took Instructor John’s mighty 14 foot Zodiac – loaded with himself, Jim, Crazy Ivan, me, eight tanks and our gear – to one of our secret lobster locations.<\/p>\n
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There wasn’t much room.<\/p>\n
The boat rode low in the water and riding over the swells made the non-macho sea sick.<\/p>\n
We jumped in the water at midnight.<\/p>\n
I had a nightmare earlier in the week that I had gotten skunked on opening night; I was about to find out if that dream was a premonition. <\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #390<\/p>\n
Southern California Buddy Diving\/Solo Diving<\/p>\n
Secret Location: 4e 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 72 2c 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 68 6f 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 66 6f 75 72 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 63 68 69 6d 6e 65 79 73 2e, Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 800 psi
\nMax depth: 35 feet
\nWaves: 3 – 5 foot chop
\nVisibility: 15 feet plus
\nWater Temperature: 67 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 48 minutes<\/p>\n
The boat was anchored in 30 feet of water; I submerged to check the anchor line – SCORE!<\/p>\n
My first bug, with no problems!<\/p>\n
I swam shallower, but the visibility started to suck at 15 feet, I turned around, went over a reef and saw more lobsters a few feet apart.<\/p>\n
I pinned the bigger one, measured it, bagged it and looked over…<\/p>\n
“Holy shit! That other bug is still there,” I thought.<\/p>\n
I moved in and missed a secure grip, it wiggled out of my hand and hit me in the face while fleeing.<\/p>\n
I surfaced to get a return heading, submerged, and came across my next two fairly easy.<\/p>\n
Yeah, there were a lot of short lobsters, but I didn’t even bother going after bugs that “look like they might be legal size.”<\/p>\n
I made a short return trip to the boat, swimming under the thick kelp.<\/p>\n
I need to start cage fighting again, as I am so out of shape, I had a hard time climbing back in to the boat.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Jim caught three, two were monsters.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And so the season starts – my first four bugs for the 2011 season.<\/p>\n
Instructor John limited (7) on this dive and Crazy Ivan caught one.<\/p>\n
We moved to a different location for our second dive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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