Preface:
Embarrassed to post these, since the dive pics are pretty poor quality (screenshots from my gopro)… but figured I'd piece together a report anyways...
(yes, I have a bit of OCD)
Headed out couple weekends ago for a solo mission.
While I love the camaraderie & fun of diving with friends, the occasional solo dive helps keep me grounded & sane.
A solitary escape into the underwater world helps clear away stress, worries, etc... & allows me to truly relax.
Oddly, found a couple clusters of small copper rockfish in shallows (15-20ft):
Despite the relatively flat swell, there was a fair amount of surge and the lings I found were all tucked into holes:
Checking a hole with an awkward ceiling entrance, I flipped upside down & found a decent sized ling playing musical holes, casually swimming between different rooms in this cave system:
As it lifted up to move rooms, I placed a secure shot through its gills & made my way to the surface:
Snooping around the shallows, I found a nice 20"+ cab hiding in plain sight… nestled amongst the coraline algae:
At home, filleted out the fish & packed the fillets away.
(ling, ling, cab)
A couple days later, headed to Nate's place for a small fish fry.
One of our buddies picked up these fish taco fry-discs in Ensenada for us, so we put it to good use:
And to finish up the post, a short clip from the dive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVbn7CBIBZg