<\/p>\nThis is a great day; I won’t have to listen and watch the stupid election crap after today.<\/p>\n
This election is so stupid, there is a ballot measure to make porn actors wear condoms in LA County; how the fuck did such a itiotic proposition even get on the ballot?<\/p>\n
To clear my mind, I took the mighty zodiac out with Instructor John and Crazy Ivan to a new secret dive spot.<\/p>\n
“Where should we go?” Instructor John asked.<\/p>\n
I stayed silent.<\/p>\n
“Take us to the monster bugs,” Crazy Ivan answered.<\/p>\n
Based probably on nothing more than instinct, Instructor John anchored off a place in Palos Verdes that we’ve not dove before.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #427<\/p>\n
Solo Diving\/SoCal Buddy Diving<\/p>\n
Secret Location: 43 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 4b 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 48 61 72 62 6f 72 73 20 74 6f 77 61 72 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 44 6f 6d 69 6e 61 74 6f 72 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 2c 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 50 61 6c 6d 73 20 62 65 67 69 6e 73 2e, Palos Verdes, CA<\/p>\n
In With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 400 psi
\nMax depth: 40 feet
\nWaves: Pretty damn smooth
\nVisibility: Up to 15 feet and clear
\nWater Temperature: 62 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 68 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: About 35 minutes<\/p>\n
We anchored in 40 feet of water. <\/p>\n
I checked the anchor line – no bugs.<\/p>\n
For some reason I didn’t care if I got skunked; the reef structure was incredibly interesting – I want to go back during the day for photos.<\/p>\n
Around 35 feet, I spotted a short.<\/p>\n
I waved my light on him, back and forth; he will hopefully grow to legal size and not be afraid of the light.<\/p>\n
Just a short distance away, I pinned my first one with no problems; he was a quarter inch over legal.<\/p>\n
Now, realizing that I wouldn’t get skunked, short of an escape, I relaxed even more.<\/p>\n
Passing some short bugs, I came across two pretty good sized bugs and went to pin the biggest one.<\/p>\n
I turned the light slightly away to not spook the lobster.<\/p>\n
Bam! All I grabbed was a rock and then felt an impact on my groin area.<\/p>\n
To add insult to injury, the lobster decided to tail me in the nuts while fleeing.<\/p>\n
Shortly thereafter I missed another pin of a good sized bug; what the hell is wrong with me?<\/p>\n
I should have three lobsters by now, but only have one.<\/p>\n
I must have gone parallel to the shore, I was still in 35 feet of water when wedged under a reef was a monster – the damn thing looked scary.<\/p>\n
I put my light down, and by the twilight from the beam, lunged both hands under the reef and pinned him.<\/p>\n
It was like grabbing a football, except with a very strong flapping tail; I think I’m going to work out with those shake weight things to train for bug encounters like this one. <\/p>\n
So, how am I gonna get this monster in the bag?<\/p>\n
Using my white belt Jiu Jitsu skills, I pinned him against my chest while giving him several punches to the head to hopefully stun him.<\/p>\n
I shook the bag so the other lobster would be at the bottom, opened it and tried to put the monster in, but it was holding onto my BCD.<\/p>\n
No fucking way was this thing going to get free!<\/p>\n
After a struggle of five more minutes, the monster bug gave up and crawled into my bag.<\/p>\n
Having lost track of air consumption and the boat, I surfaced to take a break and get my bearings.<\/p>\n
That zodiac is so small, even when you do spot it, it looks like it is a mile away.<\/p>\n
I took a compass heading and went for the return swim; I had 800 psi of air left.<\/p>\n
After surfacing and a short, but frustrating, bitch crawl over kelp, I made it back to the mighty zodiac.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Me with my bugs – notice the strain on my face trying to hold that big one up.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Crazy Ivan brought up two.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Instructor John had two monsters, four altogether.<\/p>\n
For some reason, everyone had a great time!<\/p>\n
We found out that someone in our lobster diving group has a growth that needs to be surgically removed.<\/p>\n
The guy said, “If I can’t dive afterwards, it will have to wait until after lobster season.”<\/p>\n
Now that is Macho!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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