Nahant 7/27/05 Trip Report

[macado]

Just got back from diving in Nahant (no particular spot). I went with a friend who owns a small little boat around 7:30am this morning. We went out for lobsters and scallops.

Dive details (without looking at my computer)
First Dive: 45 ft at 35 minutes
We went looking for scallops but barely found enough to fill a bag so we moved on to hunting for bugs instead, my friend ended up grabbing 2 and I came up with nothing. Probably only got about 15 scallops.

Second dive: 30ft at 49 minutes
This dive was for lobsters only. I ended up with four keepers and a lot of close calls. My friend got 5

Total: 11 lobsters
My friend also went out yesterday and they came back with 12 so I guess Nahant isn't too bad for lobsters.

Last thing, I swear we saw the biggest lobzilla i've ever seen. Granted i've only been diving for about 3 years but my friend who has been diving about 8 years said this was the biggest one he has ever seen. It probably could have seriously severed a limb if it wanted to. Looked like it was about 45lbs. No joking. It was one of those camera moments where neither of us had a camera for proof.


Unfortunately, we didn't do too well for scallops, Does anybody here still go out for scallops? I'm looking for a good place/partner to go.


-Mike

 

[Scuba65]

Ya, in Nahant there is supposed to be a huge lobster...but, it hides in a pipe inside a cave ...hubby has seen it but nobody can get to it..and that's a good thing. though i know that the lobstering there isn't the greatest and i'm surprised that you actually found some. as too scallops it's not a good place for them. we go out on the boat and go further out in the Salem harbor for lobster and scallops.

 

[macado]

I don't know. It really wasn't bad for lobstering. I didn't go out yesterday but they apparently got 12 on Tuesday with very similiar results last week. I'm going out again tomorrow so we'll see how I do.

 

[ClassAction]

This dive was for lobsters only. I ended up with four keepers and a lot of close calls.

There's no such thing as a "close call." Just try telling that to the EP! I hope you can afford a new set of gear. Please don't ruin lobstering for the rest of us. You should know better...

{Note: The preceding comment was a JOKE}

 

[macado]

If I recall from your previous thread with lord1234, people we're giving you guys a hard time ). Internet message boards don't bother me. Anyway to add more details just to please the scubaboard elites, "close calls" meaning measuring underwater and wishing I could keep them because they were very close...

pretentious scubaboard elitists can now turn off your flaming radar. haha.

It's amazing how serious these things are taken here.

-Mike

 

[lord1234]

*flame On*

 

[macado]

LIKE OMG GUYS! The EP EP, My children, my two million dollar beach house, and entire lifesavings were TAKEN BECAUSE I WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO TAKE A SHORT.

Note for the slow: i'm joking. We're all here to have fun and talk about diving ) A little sarcasm never hurt anybody.

-Mike

*flame On*

 

[Cecil]

This is the Lobsterzilla we saw last year at the Nubble (some time you do have a camera).

 

[macado]

Nice one. Although I want to say the one we saw was bigger. It was the biggest one i've ever seen anyway. Amazing it lasted this long

 

[macado]

Went out again today (7/28) only 4 keepers.