{"id":627,"date":"2007-03-09T09:26:59","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T16:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2008-03-25T18:57:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T01:57:24","slug":"logged-dive-225-lobster-hunting-off-the-island-diver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Logged Dive #225 &#8211; Lobster Hunting Off The Island Diver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Lobster Hunting Off The Island Diver With The Divevets<\/p>\n<p>Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 74 72 65 65 73 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 4e 6f 72 74 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 6d 61 72 2e<\/p>\n<p>Solo Diving\/night diving<\/p>\n<p>In With: 3200 psi<br \/>\nOut With: 500 psi<br \/>\nMax depth: 40 feet<br \/>\nWaves: Choppy<br \/>\nVisibility: 10 feet or so<br \/>\nWater Temperature: 53 degrees Fahrenheit<br \/>\nTotal Bottom Time: 35 minutes<br \/>\nNotable Event:  My mind was messing with me, I think.<\/p>\n<p>Dan and his buddy brought back bugs last dive, so it was decided to move the boat where they had the luck.<\/p>\n<p>We kept it shallow because Jim P&#8217;s computer didn&#8217;t turn on last dive.<\/p>\n<p>I was the first overboard and immediately submerged.<\/p>\n<p>It was a kelp forest and I searched and searched.<\/p>\n<p>I was pretty fucking cold.<\/p>\n<p>I saw a few obviously short lobsters.<\/p>\n<p>I came across one &#8211; it looked good, so I pinned it and bagged it.<\/p>\n<p>The bug kept swimming in my bag, really fighting!<\/p>\n<p>I think it knew how to crawl out of a bag; it was waiting at the top for me to open it.<\/p>\n<p>It was starting to look grim for another catch, so I surfaced to look for the boat.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, I felt something tug on my leg, hit my leg.<\/p>\n<p>I thought it was a seal, or sea lion.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I saw something swim by and then I felt something hit me.<\/p>\n<p>I started to freak out.<\/p>\n<p>What the fuck?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing had ever hit me before in the water.<\/p>\n<p>I secured my lobster bag as I swam to some kelp and got caught.<\/p>\n<p>My snorkel slipped off, but I caught it and put it in my bag.<\/p>\n<p>I swam towards the boat, breathing off my regulator.<\/p>\n<p>I was scared, but to this day, I don&#8217;t exactly know what happened.<\/p>\n<p>My lobster could have been fighting; I could have been hit by kelp or even a shallow reef.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it was a sea lion?<\/p>\n<p>Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>After regaining my composure, I submerged for one more try.<\/p>\n<p>No more lobsters, but my mind was fucking with me and I was getting cold.<\/p>\n<p>I surfaced and swam back to the boat.<\/p>\n<p>Bob caught a total of five, Dan a few.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Alec hauled up two anchors this night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc005543232.jpg\" alt=\"It was a cold, but sort of short ride back.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a cold, but sort of short ride back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dsc005583232.jpg\" alt=\"I pose with my monster catch of the night.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I pose with my monster catch of the night.<\/p>\n<p>We had a good debriefing in the parking lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lobster Hunting Off The Island Diver With The Divevets Secret Location: 4f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 74 72 65 65 73 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 4e 6f 72 74 68 20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,18,7,23,9,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}