peer pressure and clams: portrait of a pseudo-dive report

[RIOceanographer]

nope no book
that was all improv right there

Yeah but I needed an excuse to use the word "mantle"!

 

[ctmax]

yeah im back to diving......

Glad to hear you're back.

 

[Diesel298]

thanks..
Dr said go diving last thursday

 

[Mako Mark]

and followed that up by collecting so many quohogs i almost couldn't surface.

Dave, here in NZ, clams (scallops) are the most dangerous fish in the water as far as divers go for the reason you have just stated.

What I do is carry a small spool and a lift bag. In shallow water with a boat, I tie off the bag, surface and then haul up the goodies when the boat picks me up .

If I have to swim, I attach the lift bag and that stops me having to struggle on the surface.

Way too many people have drowned while holding on to a heavy bag of shellfish.

Hope this helps.

 

[Diesel298]

i just have a100 lb wing on my backplate

 

[Mako Mark]

i just have a100 lb wing on my backplate

and you had trouble staying at the surface. Dude, that is a lot of clams.

It was just some friendly safety ideas for clam divers.

 

[Diesel298]

and you had trouble staying at the surface. Dude, that is a lot of clams.

It was just some friendly safety ideas for clam divers.

not me?
i stay on the surface just fine..
but i do have a lift bag and reel just in case