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03-06-2017, 04:35 PM
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Junior
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 27
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A Night Diver Dream
After work, Rudy and I drove down. We got to launch area midnight. I saw a few people coming back empty handed. Hmmmm....not looking good. We launched anyway. Made it closer to dive spot and we could not get pass kelp bed. It was toooooo thick. So we swim kayak in. It took about 1 hour. Now we got in the zone but I was huffing and puffing lack of sleep and tiring from swimming kayak in. Lobsters were not crawling at all this made it very hard to get them. After a couple hours I got 5. Looking for #6 #7. While scanning the bottom I saw something resemble a big halibut, I am no halibut expert but I shot a handful of them, I kinda get a feeling what I thought it was. I dove down just 5ft to get a better look. Damn it! It's a "Rock Halibut". I hurried to get my speargun, loaded, dove down and shot it in the gill plate. It took off like a rocket. The flopper didn't engage because rock on bottom. I was pissed and kept looking everywhere for the next 2 hours, Lost not found. About 30 sec after I shot the halibut and searching for it, a big shark swam from behind and 4ft below me. I was shaking, not lying here. Can you imagine a big shark approaching you in the dark? It turned out a Thresher shark. It kelp circling the area. I think it smells halibut I just shot. Another cool scene but not scary when I saw about 20-30 California Spiny Dogfish Sharks. The baby is the size of a legal lingcod. I was fortunate enough to see a mother popped out their baby. A seal later also came joining in find that halibut. It was so much live that night. I won't forget it anytime soon. |
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03-06-2017, 04:38 PM
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donkey roper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Beach
Posts: 968
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Dang doood that's an insane night of diving. Congrats on the bugz!
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03-06-2017, 04:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co.
Posts: 943
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Nice trip! I've got to get the speargun off the wall, replace the bands that have rotted out, and get back into the water...
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03-07-2017, 04:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 809
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pretty epic tale...
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03-07-2017, 05:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle Area
Posts: 861
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^ Hahaha ^
Awesome stuff, Chet! |
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03-07-2017, 11:00 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Santee
Posts: 821
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👆🏽bahah solid
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03-07-2017, 02:04 PM
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donkey roper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Beach
Posts: 968
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03-07-2017, 02:30 PM
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Large Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: La Verne, CA
Posts: 1,002
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Were you or your buddy in an adventure island?
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03-08-2017, 07:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 346
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Wow nice haul, but you have major sacks for night fishing, under water and shark buzzes you. F That stuff and I wouldn't even go night fishing in ocean on my kayak.
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03-08-2017, 08:44 AM
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Junior
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 27
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Yeah we were the AI guys. I initially thought night diving was crazy, but it's such an adrenaline to grab bug in the dark. For whatever reason I love it.
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03-08-2017, 09:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,972
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Mixing a spearo trip w a bug dive could easily lead to big issues with The Man. Even though your bugs are not shot up...spears can be used as ticklers or hole jabbing devices. I'm just saying, get a Man who's on the rag...get a ticket. Cuddle back up fellas.
  Jim
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03-08-2017, 11:03 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 6,855
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03-08-2017, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,972
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Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"
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03-08-2017, 11:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,972
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AND...lol, I don't know Chet from a hole in the kayak but who are the dudes lately getting caught poaching?...Asians. We're guilty until proven innocent.
Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
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Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"
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03-08-2017, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
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03-08-2017, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,972
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Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"
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