{"id":2788,"date":"2013-09-29T08:08:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2013-09-29T08:26:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T15:26:22","slug":"second-dive-of-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2788","title":{"rendered":"Second Dive Of Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 28, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone agreed, this is a good spot!<\/p>\n

I just need two more bugs to limit, and that’s it!<\/p>\n

I’d be done diving for the night, and could start enjoying the crisp clean and refreshing taste of American Budweiser.<\/p>\n

I waited for over an hour, until my computer said I could go back under.<\/p>\n

I had taken my socks, and shoved them in the heals of my booties to make my foot longer; my fins felt secure, they weren’t going to slip off on this dive.<\/p>\n

Off the boat and back down the anchor…<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #450<\/p>\n

Solo Diving\/SoCAl Buddy Diving<\/p>\n

Secret Location: 41 73 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 54 6f 72 67 75 74 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 6e 67 20 73 74 6f 72 65 2e
\nCatalina Island, CA, USA<\/p>\n

In With: 3000 psi
\nOut With: 150 psi
\nMax depth: 83 feet
\nWaves: Flat
\nVisibility: 20 feet
\nWater Temperature: 62 degrees
\nAir Temperature: 71 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 30 minutes or so<\/p>\n

I caught my sixth bug within five minutes, at 60 feet, after missing another pin.<\/p>\n

I was pissed at myself; how could I miss 40% of the bugs that I grab for?<\/p>\n

I’m either getting old, or I’m out of practice.<\/p>\n

I went a little deeper that I thought, and after my sixth bug – first bug on this dive – it was slim pickin’s.<\/p>\n

I think all the bugs must have been scared back home by now.<\/p>\n

At 1000 psi, and at 80 feet, I decided to head back to the boat.<\/p>\n

I knew what was going to happen.<\/p>\n

It always happens when I have one bug left to limit and I’m low on air.<\/p>\n

At 600 psi, I came across a fairly good sized bug at 55 feet, but I knew I couldn’t spend much time fighting it.<\/p>\n

I pinned it, dropped my light, gave it a couple of karate-style chops to the carapace, before putting it into a head lock and throwing it into my bag.<\/p>\n

OK, I have less than 400 psi now, but I see lights on the anchor line.<\/p>\n

I swam toward it, but lost sight of the anchor.<\/p>\n

I surfaced slowly and emerged about 20 feet from the anchor line.<\/p>\n

My computer was in the yellow, screaming at me, and I have 300 psi left.<\/p>\n

I swam to the anchor line, and submerged to 15 feet – I needed to do a safety stop, even if it was half-assed.<\/p>\n

Three minutes later, I came back up, practically out of air, but my computer was in the green and I had my lobster limit!<\/p>\n

\"Donna
\nDonna shows off her two bugs.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Me
\nMe with my catch for the night.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Twenty
\nMy weigh in – Twenty pounds of lobster!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"I
\nI pretend to strain, holding my bag up; in actuality, my cage fighting training has made it a simple task.<\/p>\n

Rumor has it, in 2015, “Opening Night” is no longer going to start at midnight, but at 5 AM.<\/p>\n

“A brilliant woman on the ‘Lobster Committee’ wants to move it to 5 AM, because there are too many problems with people getting hurt and killed when it starts at midnight,” one of the divers said.<\/p>\n

“So, everyone will simply start earlier that evening, and you’ll have the same issues,” I said.<\/p>\n

Liberalism is just so wonderful.<\/p>\n

I actually, for once, got some sleep on the way back to San Pedro.<\/p>\n

\"A
\nI took one of the lobsters out to drink, before heating up the boiling water at home.<\/em><\/p>\n

Donna The Hot Biker Chick reveals one of her lobster catching secrets:<\/p>\n

Advanced Lobster Hunting Techniques With Donna The Hot Biker Chick <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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