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Haha, yeah it’s a beast, just on 5kg
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Couple of screen-grabs from my GoPro.
Can anyone guess what I was doing today in 15 feet of water, 18 minutes into my dive with 1493 psi left in my tank?
Can anyone guess what I was doing today in 15 feet of water, 18 minutes into my dive with 1493 psi left in my tank?
I shot a nice Sheepshead last week. His length matched the width of my shoulders.
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Ok, this one is me from 1990. A friend just gave me the pic. San Nicolas, Island, California.
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Dang that's a long 3 hour boat ride and a heck of a secret spot for a bug that big,,Congrats !!
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Do they make them like that now, I doubt it. The really big ones were harvested by divers like you long ago. Just like the big grouper. What a prize. When I started diving in California in 1970, everyone had abalone.
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They still do make them that big! On my 3-day trip to Santa Barbara Island last October twelve bugs over 11 pounds each came up. Many more were seen in holes too deep to catch them. These days I just take the ones in the 3 to 5 pound range. Every year the lobster population only seems to increase here in California, at least to my humble observation and in the areas I dive.
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Actually more like 10 hours to get the 100 miles from Newport Beach to Dutch Harbor, San Nicolas Island at 10 knots (which was the cruising speed of our old 42' twin diesel Californian). It was a true labor of love to make the crossing and, as the youngest at the time, I always got the 1:00 am to 5 am watch.
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