Green_Manelishi
Contributor
Friday night a friend called and asked if I was available to recover lobster traps
the next day. Dive time, based on tide, would be late afternoon. I confirmed
the time with him and the next day we headed out under overcast skies to the
first site.
I decided to wear a wetsuit. The advantage being low drag and no weightbelt
necessary.
The first trap to recover was supposed to be at the base of a mooring in about
30ft of water. Dropping into the water and descending through 5ft visibility I
arrived at the bottom. Nothing. I swam a slow circle within sight of the mooring
and found nothing. Back to the surface where I spent a few minutes cutting rope
from around the prop shaft. After that I climbed aboard and we headed to the
next site where I was told there were 6 traps.
The vis here was better ... 6 feet
but the traps were all over the
place up and down the slope with rope heading off in multiple directions and
tangled on every imaginable object. My depth ranged from about 30 feet to
over 40 as I spent 20 minutes on the bottom cutting them loose then lashing them together so they could be pulled up in 'one string'.
Returning to the surface I climbed back into the boat and prepared for the 3rd dive.
However, by the time I was in the water the current was picking up and I elected to
try again this coming Saturday.
8 lobster were invited back to my home.
the next day. Dive time, based on tide, would be late afternoon. I confirmed
the time with him and the next day we headed out under overcast skies to the
first site.
I decided to wear a wetsuit. The advantage being low drag and no weightbelt
necessary.
The first trap to recover was supposed to be at the base of a mooring in about
30ft of water. Dropping into the water and descending through 5ft visibility I
arrived at the bottom. Nothing. I swam a slow circle within sight of the mooring
and found nothing. Back to the surface where I spent a few minutes cutting rope
from around the prop shaft. After that I climbed aboard and we headed to the
next site where I was told there were 6 traps.
The vis here was better ... 6 feet
but the traps were all over theplace up and down the slope with rope heading off in multiple directions and
tangled on every imaginable object. My depth ranged from about 30 feet to
over 40 as I spent 20 minutes on the bottom cutting them loose then lashing them together so they could be pulled up in 'one string'.
Returning to the surface I climbed back into the boat and prepared for the 3rd dive.
However, by the time I was in the water the current was picking up and I elected to
try again this coming Saturday.
8 lobster were invited back to my home.
