Posts by choke lolo buggah

Hey everybody,
It's been a while since I've posted on here, but I've been incredibly busy trying to get my Summer classes locked in. I assure you though that I've been diving whenever I can

Unfortunately, when I logged into Facebook tonight I saw this link, courtesy of a friend.

Steep drop in fish found along California coast | FOX5 San Diego

I can't really string together enough words to accurately describe how much this pisses me off. More bad science, poor data collection, etc. I would expect The Onion to write an article this misleading....

Please comment if you can, before the eco-nazis and uninformed public start chiming in. Thanks!

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That's awesome man. I love eating scallops in the water. Sounds like a fun dive.

Quote from ladvr

Four more sightings over the weekend.

Do you have a source for those?

Here's one from a little while ago.

Palos Verdes — On May 20, 2013 Jennifer Wessels, and an unidentified companion, were paddle boarding 1/3 of a mile from shore near Palos Verdes, between Terranea Resort and Pt. Vicente. It was 10:30 AM and she had been on the water about 2 hours. The sky was clear and there was a mild east breeze with an estimated air temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The ocean was smooth with a slight ripple and an estimated temperature of 64 degrees Fahrenheit. There were kelp beds present 400 – 500 yards from the encounter location. Wessels reported;“I was prone paddling from Cabrillo Beach towards Pt. Vicente lighthouse with a friend and encountered the shark just past Terranea Resort (Rancho Palos Verdes). I was knee paddling and my friend was prone, when I noticed the huge grey shark about 30 inches wide, very girthy, and what I estimated to be about 12 – 15 feet long. The shark swam non-aggressively toward me, about 3 feet below and 1 foot to the left of my board. It was light grey. I yelled, 'SHARK! Paddle fast!' and I paddled fast toward the kelp bed in Pelican Cove. We took a break there before paddling back to Cabrillo Beach hugging the coastline and kelp.” Please report any shark sighting, encounter, or attack to the Shark Research Committee.

....and baked, stuffed lobster today.

1. Convince yourself that you can afford to eat one some of your lobster stash.

2. Cut open tail and cut he meat into strips.

3. Coat the pieces in flour, dip in milk, then coat in Panko.

4. Bake for 6 minutes a side at 425 degrees.

5. Serve with home made pico de gallo, cabbage, lime (preferably from homegrown produce) and homemade flour tortillas.

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I was crawling through the best vis. I could find today (8'), and out of nowhere something happened that made me remember why I was originally drawn to the ocean and why it will always fascinate me.

My dive wasn't proving to be very productive, so I dropped down to 35' or so and just laid on the bottom and watched all of the typically unnoticed interactions between all the different reef species. About a minute into my dive and long after the reef had accepted my presence, I was suddenly engulfed by hundreds of inch-long micro baitfish. As I watched them swirl around my mask, arms, and gun, I began wondering what was feeding on them. As if they had read my mind, 2 calicos came into view. It was truly amazing to witness them hunt and pick off baitfish literally "in my face, and not something I'll soon forget. A few seconds after being bombarded by the calicos, the baitfish moved on and I returned to the surface. I felt so privileged that I didn't pull the trigger on either of the checkerboards.

Even when my spear doesn't find its target, it's always really cool to be able to witness the behaviors of and relationships between creatures that many people could never even dream of.

No bad days..

I was at the top by where the Surfline reports came from and saw two or three sea lions about 500 yds off the kelp. Forgot the binoculars, but I could see them racing around zig-zagging and spending as much time out of the water as possible. Couldn't distinguish too much else, but I was hoping something would explode under them. I watched for a few minutes, but it was too hard to keep track in the windswell/glare.

Quote from choke lolo buggah

choke lolo buggah, our Cali section is not '' private'' any more, sorry for the edit of the spot name. I have some friends that live there. I know the spot is a big area.

All the best, Don

Hey no worries whatsoever. I understand completely...especially with so much more traffic at all of our favorite dive spots. I was under the impression that the CA section was private. I even went back and edited some of my original post too. Thanks for the heads up.

Quote from Don Paul

I don't know your spot but the inside of the LB Harbor from the East light of the Long Beach entrance all the way to Pier 400 is now going to be closed to fishing and will be enforced by the Long Beach Police. Pretty sure it's always been that way, but from now on it will be ENFORCED. Some leo's were confiscating the hooper gear there last winter, for some reason the line fishermen on the inside just get left alone.

Cheers, Don

To clarify, that would be the inside of the breakwall that starts out of (SHIP ROCK) ;):D I'm not sure where pier 400 is.

That's nuts though. I seem to remember something about that on Bloody Decks....errr BD Outdoors, now that you mention it. I'm pretty sure I was still in the clear though.

choke lolo buggah, our Cali section is not '' private'' any more, sorry for the edit of the spot name. I have some friends that live there. I know the spot is a big area.

All the best, Don

Howzit,
After exemplifying Einstein's definition of insanity by driving to Malibu, North County SD, PV, and OC trying to find vis, I decided to go casting during the grunion run on Saturday night to try to hook one halibut. The break at each spot I tried was firing, and I guess the grunion and predators weren't feeling it.

I rolled out of my sandy bed the next morning and impulsively checked Surfline :rolleyes1:. Determined to get some ono grinds for Memorial Day (I don't buy meats), I strapped my Scupper Pro down and told myself I was diving; vis or no vis. As I chowed down on a lengua burrito, I decided to dive everyone's favorite spot in Long Beach. After dragging my yak across the beach and paddling the 4 miles uphill in windchop to the spot, I was pretty huhu to see whitewater washing over the wall. Being stubborn, I kelp-clipped and rolled into the water. In the 5-6' vis, I 3-pronged a couple calicos and a few sargo (surprisingly ono in ceviche or poke), cut out a half-limit of scallops (I cut the meat out on the bottom so the organisms on the shell can still live), and plucked a few turban snails (you don't know what you're missing!).

In short..........

Vis: 5-8'
Temp: 56
Swell: 2-3' wind chop + 5-6' groundswell

With Scallop hand rolls, turban snails strips (exactly like clam strips if done right), a few grilled leftover lobster tails, and halibut tacos, Memorial Day was da kine. :cool2: Blessed to have such amazing local resources and the ability and knowledge to gather and prepare them.

Next time I will take pics.

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If anyone spots this shark please shoot me an email. ladvr89@yahoo.com

Thanks

p.s. Might be a good idea to keep speared fish off your stringer. Maybe on a float or sponger.

Do you think that's the same shark that's been seen around Hag's/Malaga? It seems to be about the same length. Will keep an eye..or two out.

Quote from Don Paul

Welcome Kai, it's going be a good year for da tail.;)

Cheers, Don

65-68 degree water all the way from the border to the peninsula.... in MAY! :hooray:

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If I may ask, why do you not like hunting the ghosts?[/QUOTE]

Of course, man. For me at least, it distracts me from the reasons behind why I dive. When I pull up to a spot and feel that rush of competitiveness when I see 6 boats and 8 shoredivers in the bed I'd like to dive, I feel like drawing the line. There's nothing wrong with it, and shooting a big one after putting in the work is an amazing feeling, but I would rather dive for halibut, skirt the outside edge of the limu for jello-tail, or work on my stalking techniques with some calicos, where I can have more fun and a higher success rate. I'll dive for whites occassionally, but usually when I know a bed is hot, or in early/late season when the fair-weather WSB crowd thins out.

In short, it's all just personal prefernce.

Hey guys,

My name is Kaimana (you can call me Kai....but no relation to the Hatchet-wielding hitchiker). I grew up fishing, surfing, and diving. I fished and surfed for the first 11 years of life, and then followed in my father's footsteps and started exploring the ocean. First, without a spear, then with a polespear, and now with a speargun. So in all, I've been diving, spearfishing, and foraging for 10 years, but I am hoping to take part in this forum to learn from those with whom I share the ocean's bounty with, not to mention posting some reports.

I am based out of Costa Mesa, but I have a bad habit of spending choke kala on gas to dive anywhere from Ventura to San Diego when I'm not studying. I love almost any kind of diving, whether it be for Turban snails or Yellowtail, but I'm not very stoked on white seabass diving.

Shoots den,
Kai