No, diving free/scuba, but some surfers did save my boat from crashing into the shore when the anchor came lose one time. :) We came up after a Scuba dive and couldn't find it.:)
I imagine it has and I didn't even know it was a record until 11 years later when I saw the Saltwater diving records posting. Then it was 81/4, San Clemente Island, August 5, 1986, Tom Bird, SCUBA.
Yes, I loved spearfishing also. Sheephead were my favorite and they are much bigger in CA than here. Though on a search it states they only go to 30 pounds, 40+ have been gotten. I also have a scar on my leg where my buddy's spear got me. :) & a busted eardrum from chasing a big one......
UC Diving I was diving with a buddy in South Laguna one day among the kelp and I kept thinking my fins were getting caught in it. My buddy motioned one to go up, but I didn't want to as I was chasing fish. At any rate, he looked frantic again, I went up and he said a Moray was biting a fin.:) They are great to eat, but better shoot them through the head or they may go for you. At Dana Point at low tide you could take a short bamboo pole with heavy wire leader, shrimp on the hook and poke under large rocks for them. They live a long time out of water in a wet burlap sack. but die immediately in fresh water. Almost lost one in my kitchen sink when it started going down the drain, but it was the garbage disposal side fortunately. :) http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=5165&highlight=dana+point
I love abalone ceviche! My Uncle used to dive at Rocky Point, Mex. and bring back a dozen or so at a time. My Buddy goes to Point Reyes in Ca. Where were these taken at?
Haven't had that but I assume you pound it first like other dishes with Abalone which was the most expensive meat in the world back then. My favorite was breaded. "Off The Steps" refers to an area between San Clemente and Capistrano Beach off the coast highway. There are steps coming down from the palisades and if you go directly out from there, they are in 18/20 feet of water. They were so big at least back then, because it was so dirty that you could only dive it a few times a year. North of that a few miles is Dana Point where I had my boat. If you go out to the red buoy, you can find big scallops.in 80/90 feet of water. We would bring them up and eat them after squeezing lemon or lime on them and hot sauce. Excellent. Lobsters there and big Sheephead also. Almost drowned once as I had a bag full of scallops, then chased a fish and ran out of air, I would kick some, then exhale and finally I thought this would be the last shot and although I didn't make it, I saw the surface, best breath of air I ever breathed. Of, course it would have been easier if I had dropped the bag, but no way Jose. :)
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Damn you were a hippie? That is awesome. never would have thought that LMAO kidding.
ReplyDelete:) That was a year or two after my evacuation from Saigon.
DeleteA surfer dude, too? :o) Have a shell just like that one - Hubby keeps his keys in it.
ReplyDeleteNo, diving free/scuba, but some surfers did save my boat from crashing into the shore when the anchor came lose one time. :) We came up after a Scuba dive and couldn't find it.:)
DeleteHas the record been beaten?
ReplyDeleteI imagine it has and I didn't even know it was a record until 11 years later when I saw the Saltwater diving records posting. Then it was 81/4, San Clemente Island, August 5, 1986, Tom Bird, SCUBA.
DeleteSweet!
ReplyDeleteI was a diver, in another life. Worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
When my daughter got her SCUBA certification, I realized that I had never gone diving for fun. Every time I've ever gotten wet, I got paid for it.
I need to remedy that.
Thanks and I inquired into doing it professionally, but was told I'd never enjoy sport diving again if I did so. :)
Delete"..... I'd never enjoy sport diving again if I did so. "
DeleteThis is true. I started as a sport diver, briefly went commercial and never went spearfishing again.
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Yes, I loved spearfishing also. Sheephead were my favorite and they are much bigger in CA than here. Though on a search it states they only go to 30 pounds, 40+ have been gotten. I also have a scar on my leg where my buddy's spear got me. :) & a busted eardrum from chasing a big one......
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I was diving with a buddy in South Laguna one day among the kelp and I kept thinking my fins were getting caught in it. My buddy motioned one to go up, but I didn't want to as I was chasing fish. At any rate, he looked frantic again, I went up and he said a Moray was biting a fin.:) They are great to eat, but better shoot them through the head or they may go for you. At Dana Point at low tide you could take a short bamboo pole with heavy wire leader, shrimp on the hook and poke under large rocks for them. They live a long time out of water in a wet burlap sack. but die immediately in fresh water. Almost lost one in my kitchen sink when it started going down the drain, but it was the garbage disposal side fortunately. :)
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Brock that is so cool!
ReplyDeleteI love abalone ceviche! My Uncle used to dive at Rocky Point, Mex. and bring back a dozen or so at a time. My Buddy goes to Point Reyes in Ca. Where were these taken at?
Haven't had that but I assume you pound it first like other dishes with Abalone which was the most expensive meat in the world back then. My favorite was breaded. "Off The Steps" refers to an area between San Clemente and Capistrano Beach off the coast highway. There are steps coming down from the palisades and if you go directly out from there, they are in 18/20 feet of water. They were so big at least back then, because it was so dirty that you could only dive it a few times a year. North of that a few miles is Dana Point where I had my boat. If you go out to the red buoy, you can find big scallops.in 80/90 feet of water. We would bring them up and eat them after squeezing lemon or lime on them and hot sauce. Excellent. Lobsters there and big Sheephead also. Almost drowned once as I had a bag full of scallops, then chased a fish and ran out of air, I would kick some, then exhale and finally I thought this would be the last shot and although I didn't make it, I saw the surface, best breath of air I ever breathed. Of, course it would have been easier if I had dropped the bag, but no way Jose. :)
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