Posts by Hookinfish

Welcome. New here too but there is a wealth of info here. I have been going to Freedive and Spear in Hermosa and they have been helpful and they also have a decent selection of gear.

That's great! The fact that he is out surfing and he's good too. The hospitality of those guys for taking him out and giving him a board is also cool. What a great story all around!

That looks like it was an awesome trip!

I just ordered my Abalone Report card I'm really excited about this dive. Thanks for the info guys.

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Albion is a great place to camp an dive. Has a nice dock you can tie up to for a few nights so you don't have to launch every day. I posted a video up on this board and I was based out of Albion...

I'm planning on making a trip up there this April/May since I may miss this summer season due to relocating for work, depending on if the boat deal goes through...

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Thanks for the help. I hope your boat deal goes through and you make it out. How is the visibility in April compared to the summer? How about the water temperature? Thanks again.

Thinking about heading up North for some Abalone and Lingcod in April. Was wondering if you guys are plotting your NorCal dives already? I have a week off in April so I am contemplating a trip up there just need to figure out where to launch my buddies achilles from.

That's impressive! How did you grab it? By the head looking strait at him or did you sneak from behind?

Went for a dive this morning and had decent vis about 6-15 feet. Saw a bunch of smelt, 3 inch calicos and some small perch. I took a larger perch that came to check me out. On my exit a pod of dolphins came running through. There was also a dive class going on must have been maybe 12 people just floating in the kelp for about 30 minutes. I also saw a soccer ball sized spider crab. I managed to get a head ache after 2 hours of diving. It only happened when I dove to or past 15 feet. I guess my sinus's are clogged up or maybe I had a bad dive? Not sure what it was attributed to but it made me decided to swim back in. Looking forward to the next dive.

That looks really nice. Do you have a trigger on there to to release the spear?

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If I didn't work, I'd be there. Good luck. Let us know how you did

Will do. This is one of the few weekends that I don't work on Sunday so I am going to take advantage.:) Maybe next time.

Just wanted to bump this up. I am planning on Leo Carillo Beach again if anyone wants to meet up?

I've had some hmong coworkers that cooked up some carp and let me try it and it was delicious! I have no idea how they did it but it was tasty.

Squirrel tacos and BBQed squirrel is really good too.

Never had iguana but I have eaten Alligator and Cobra both of which where delicious. I've had many other strange foods and am open to trying just about anything if its on the menu.

High tide is 3.4 from a 1.0 around 11:30am on Sunday the waves are less then one foot on south facing coasts from what I have seen today. I'm thinking about heading out somewhere in the Santa Monica bay and was wondering if anyone might want to join for a beach dive? I'm planning on targeting Sheephead, Rockfish and halibut but if you have ideas I am flexible. Anyway send me a PM or email if your interested in meeting up.

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Yep it was a water gun. Sucks in water and then shoots it out around 15ft.

I was spearfishing in Nevada.

Nevada sounds like fun. I did a little research on it and may have to check it out some time. Thanks.

The PVC was probably used like a slurp gun or maybe a water gun.

I didn't realize that you could spearfish in fresh water here. I will have to look at the regs again.

Very cool report.

Thanks for the welcome guys. Seems like a great group here from all over the world. Looking forward to getting into the water more often.

Thanks for the welcome granitedive. I'm hoping to head out again this Sunday if I can. I will post a report of my findings then too.

I don't have a kayak but if your ever looking for someone to dive with I would be interested. I'm new to diving in California but am looking to learn if you don't mind diving with a Cali newb.

Hello guys and gals,

I have been spearfishing on and off for a few years but I have been hunting deer, rabbit, quail, pig etc and also been an avid angler. I spearfish typically when I am visiting my family in Hawaii but this year I have decided to start freediving here in California. I just picked up some nice fins and a Riffe E90 and also have a pole spear. I need a few more things ie knife, light and maybe a reel when I start pursuing larger fish. I have gone diving a few times here in California, Montana De Oro but I couldn't see my fingers and then I went to Leo Carillo this last week with about 4 feet of visibility and then I went further north off the beach for about 6 to 12 feet of visibility. Didn't manage much game just one perch. Looking forward to learning from here and hopefully making some dive buddies as I have been diving alone mostly. Anyway glad to be here hope all is well.

Alex
aka Hookinfish