Nice tako. Your kids look equally happy and grossed out with it. 
Posts by Hookinfish
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If you cook the fish thoroughly you should be OK but I have never eaten a peacock bass. I prefer not to eat fish with parasites that I can see by personal choice. But that's not to say I have never eaten a parasite as they are in all meats wild and store bought.
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Very cool. Those are large shrimp and I am sure they taste delicious.
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Welcome. I don't have carbon fins yet but I am sure others will chime in on them.
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Yeah. I cant see the pictures either. Good luck raising these guys.
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Nice. Looking forward to more pictures.
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Very cool. How come no one is posing with pictures of their fish?
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Nice salmon, I bet it put up a great fight. Those halibut get massive too.
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Dove this evening in clear water but no fish. I did see a octopus and tried to grab it but it's tentacle fell off and it escaped. I then had the garibaldi eating the tentacle off my spear tip. Also saw some nice size batrays. I was hoping to make ceviche for tomorrow but it will have to wait. Have a great 4 th of July.
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Welcome! Alaska has to be awesome for spearfishing. Everything is bigger up north. Looking forward to your reports. Can you spear salmon in Alaska?
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I have been thinking about getting a banks board or a mess bag to carry my gear to shore in but I like the idea of a banks board to carry gear in the water. However my concern is that with all this kelp here I would be leaving it at home instead of diving off of it. How do you guys like using your boards here in socal given our diving conditions? Thanks
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Good stuff. Looks like you caught a good swell/weather window.
Yeah we scored on the weather. Swells were 1-2 feet on magicseaweed.com but in reality the ocean was smooth as glass during our stay.
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Back in the day when there was a wood mill there they would dump the trash into the water. Over the years all the glass was crushed by the surf and polished. All the glass ended up washing up on the beach. Its a shame because people collect the glass and from what I understand there is not nearly the same amount as there use to be.
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Very cool. Congrats on the fish. Ten foot viz is a average day in california. Glad you where able to connect on some fish.
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It has to be fresh not dried
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Well with school coming up and the abalone season closing for a month we decided to hit up Fort Bragg for some abalone and hopefully some lingcod. We made the 10 hour drive to the Motel 6 which was a bad choice. They had a massive party and we didn't get any rest. However we did find a nice bnb for almost the same price in the redwoods for the following nights. The first day we dove Glass Beach where I got a limit of abalone, an octopus, sea urchin and a nice cabezon. We then hit up Caspar cove and my buddy got a cabezon and a ton of uni. I then tried Albion and almost dove Van Damme but decided it was to crowded despite the crystal clear waters. The last day I decided to hit up glass beach again as the viz was really nice but that changed quickly when I was out. We ate abalone like crazy while we where out and the viz ranged from 3 to 15 feet. I cant wait to go back out again and enjoy the fresh abs. Oddly enough on the first dive out at Glass Beach my lady met Trace and his wife and we all started talking diving and then realized we where both members here on Speardiver. So lets go diving soon.
We then did the mandatory pier 39 and golden gate bridge pictures on the 10 hour drive back home. It was a great trip and now we know where to stay.Glass beach
Limit of abs
One of the locals.
A nice mixed bag
The cabin
Fresh tomato sauce, pasta, and some seared abalone.
The bridge
Had some crab and a dozen oysters.
Boiled tako
Video of me wrestling the tako from my friends perspective at 2:20
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WOW. Way to go! That would be an awesome trip. Congrats on the great fish.
