{"id":2166,"date":"2011-10-01T06:56:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2011-10-01T06:56:18","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:56:18","slug":"second-dive-of-the-2011-opening-night-of-lobster-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2166","title":{"rendered":"Second Dive Of The 2011 Opening Night of Lobster Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody cared where we went next &#8211; well, there was no argument, at least.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to try a spot, in the direction of heading back to the harbor.<\/p>\n<p>Someone got seasick and decided to chum the water with a stomach full of barf.<\/p>\n<p>Instructor John had limited and decided that he was done diving; Jim decided that two huge lobsters, plus a third, was enough for him and decided to keep John company.<\/p>\n<p>Logged SCUBA Dive #391<\/p>\n<p>Southern California Buddy Diving\/Solo Diving<\/p>\n<p>Secret Location: 46 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 73 70 6f 74 2c 20 4e 2f 45 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 31 30 30 20 79 61 72 64 73 2e, Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n<p>In With: 2600 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 1200 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 35 feet<br \/>\nWaves: 3 &#8211; 5 foot chop<br \/>\nVisibility: 15 feet plus<br \/>\nWater Temperature: 67 degrees<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: 20 minutes<\/p>\n<p>I thought like a lobster &#8211; &#8220;Where would I be if I needed to eat?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My psychic ability lead me to three more lobsters within the first ten minutes of the dive.<\/p>\n<p>I had limited for the night, so I just headed slowly back for the boat, making sure I got my &#8220;20 minutes&#8221; in.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/mynextt5hree8889.jpg' alt='My three lobsters for this dive.' \/><\/p>\n<p>My three lobsters for this dive.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy Ivan made it back with one bug.<\/p>\n<p>We made a slow ride back to the harbor and docked at about 3:30 am.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/mycatchforthenight66789.jpg' alt='My entire catch for the night.' \/><\/p>\n<p>My entire catch for the night.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/lobsterpopo998a.jpg' alt='Lobster Police!' \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lobster Police rolled up on us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;California Department of Fish and Game, everyone freeze!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just kidding, they were actually very nice and cordial.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/lobsterpolicecheck998787.jpg' alt='They checked our bags and fishing licences, in addition to giving Crazy Ivan a hard time for only catching two.' \/><\/p>\n<p>They checked our bags and fishing licences, in addition to giving Crazy Ivan a hard time for only catching two.<\/p>\n<p>They told us that they&#8217;ve ticketed a lot of people for bringing up shorts this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Their advise &#8211; if you think a lobster is probably legal, it probably isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/lobstermobster2011.jpg' alt='We stopped by Dive N Surf, where they are back at doing their all night Lobster Mobster event.' \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped by Dive N Surf, where they are back at doing their all night Lobster Mobster event.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t sign up this year &#8211; they won&#8217;t fill my tanks, so I really have no reason to frequent the place on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>I did order a Lobster Mobster T-shirt, but I didn&#8217;t see anyone that I recognized; the crowd was pretty thin.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/12poundsoflobster.jpg' alt='I totaled 12 pounds of lobster.' \/><\/p>\n<p>I totaled 12 pounds of lobster.<\/p>\n<p>We are planning to go out over the next few weeks, depending on the weather, surf and health of the Captain.<\/p>\n<p>What an excellent start to this season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody cared where we went next &#8211; well, there was no argument, at least. We decided to try a spot, in the direction of heading back to the harbor. Someone got seasick and decided to chum the water with a stomach full of barf. Instructor John had limited and decided that he was done diving; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}