What's up all, I am Sam. I live in Humboldt County, California and do most of my diving and spearing here, with an occasional visit to the stomping grounds of my youth in Southern California for a dive. Seems like I can grab bugs and octopus all day long, but I can't shoot a fish for the life of me down there!
Started diving much more once I moved to Humboldt, where six foot visibility is a good day. This might seem at odds with the change in visibility and temperature from SoCal, but I absolutely love the frigid, low visibility and often feel rather exposed if I'm diving with more than 15 feet of vis.
I graduated from Humboldt State last year with a degree in fisheries biology, and just got a sweet gig for the summer catching halibut in Alaska for research. 
Unfortunately, this means I'll miss a lot of the good diving time here, but I'm looking forward to finding some places up north that might be good for a dive mission in the future.