Posts by Stephan

Welcome. Sounds like an enjoyable lifestyle.

Looks like a great design....

For pussies that can't pull their bands.

That said I give the guy props for coming up with a unique design that looks functional.

Not so much funny as interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQm4AU3caY

Toddo:

Hello and welcome. California is a big place and has a lot of coast line. We might be able help you a little more if you give us an idea of where to in California you are moving, your age and experience in the water. A name might help too. There is a lot of information on this board and helpful people who may be willing to take you out.

Welcome.

Neat video. Humans are capable of amazing things. What struck me was that he was walking. I would think that would be a very inefficient way to use your oxygen and not very sneaky but I guess he got his fish. Thanks for posting that.

Great videos Alex. They remind me of what an incredibly expansive and tranquil place the lake is. Even during the party season you can find a place to get away.

I noticed you mentioned crayfish. Have you ever returned to the scene of a kill and seen whether the dead carcass attracts the crayfish. If I ever get out there for a spearing I'd love to pick a boils worth of crayfish. At least that way I would get a tasty meal out of all the shooting.

Nice. I will now take dolphin steak off my bucket list.

I hate to defend the yuppies, but based on the limited explanations here (divers in the water at night on the boat parade course + spirits+ 10 foot flames) it does seem like pulling it was a prudent decision for lawsuit happy California.

I just saw and read that on Yahoo. Of course, its impressive. Diving aside, I wish I could lay claim to the focus and dedication Mr. Trubridge must posses, to be able to accomplish this feat, not to mention physical fitness.

Congratulations W. Trubridge!

There was also a story about Richard Geer and a gerbil. The nurse who told me about that had no reason to lie either. Both stories are possible thought highly unlikely. I'd like to believe the fish story and doing so is harmless so I will choose to believe.

Thanks for posting.

Sounds great. I'll mark the calender.

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Stephan the guy knew that his bugs were illegal. His ton of voice was pretty smug. Also the rest of his group tried to hide their lobsters as we walked by.

And I don't care about the lobsters that were stolen. By the time those lobsters became legal that area will be closed by the MLPA. The only thing that I care/cared about is to find a way for the authorities to catch the poachers.

Right now my future poaching plans are to call the local police, ask for an estimate on how long it will take for them to get here, and go from there.

But you know I've got a cool idea. Next time I see a poacher I should pretend to be real friendly ask to exchange phone numbers so we could go dive together in the future. If he says yes then I'll go back to the car, call the police real quick, and then run back to the poacher's car and chit chat with them while the cops show up.

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My point was not so much those specific lobsters, but that in general these guys are stealing from all of us. In fact they are even stealing from those people who simply wish to observe them. I was just trying to personalize it. Anyhow, I agree your strategy may be the most effective yet. It would be nice if the police had a line that you could simply send a text message to. That way you could be even less conspicuous if you wanted to remain un-confrontational.

Daniel: The guy's remark makes me think he had no clue and probably didn't even have a gauge. I'm guessing you did have a gauge. If it were me I would have offered to measure his lobs and if they came up short then asked him to release them and explain why. His other option is to get reported (drivers license). Your right that it may have never amounted to an arrest but these guys need to know that all eyes are on them. The way I see it, 4 of those lobsters belonged to you, another to me and the others to Darren and Alex. They are ripping our bugs that we were dutifully waiting to grow and reproduce before bagging them. They stole your bugs.

Thanks for reporting. I hope to get back in the water later this month. I'll be extra vigilant.

California primary voters for giving me the options of either Meg Whitman or Jerry Brown.:frustrated2:

I did see one from aboard my boat off of Avalon about a mile out. The lower end of my engine busted and we were being towed from Avalon to Long Beach. A large (in my opinion) white shark slowly surfaced in the wash behind my boat and since there was no prop churning the water was pretty clear. Once his dorsal was completely out of the water he sank out again just as he came. To damn big to be anything else. I've also seen them eating tuna remains at the end of a days fishing at Guadalupe several times, so I also use that as a reference for identification. Its probably best that I've never seen one while diving.

It sounds like you just want the jaws and that area of the fish is pretty thin, not too fleshy so I would say maybe about 30 minutes. The nice thing about it is you can just create a pocket that you can open, inspect and close again, just like you were going to prepare a piece of fish on the grill. As a matter of fact I would probably just freeze the jaws and wait until the next time you want to grill some fish anyway and put it on at the same time.

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Oh and the carcass is sitting in the backyard right now drying out. I'm thinking of boiling down the head to see what the jaws look like. But I need to buy an electric or propane stove so I can cook it outside. Last time I tried cooking down jaws in my house and it stunk for days

Dan:

Just cut off as much as you can around it, wrap it in foil and put it on the BBQ. You may want to add a table spoon of water but the moisture within may be enough. This is what I did for my sheephhead jaws. It didn't take long. (I'm assuming you have a propane BBQ in the back yard like everybody else.)

Nice going Daniel! News of this fish found me while away on vacation. Nice going for sure.

I don't normally wade into conspiracy theory territory but it would not surprise me if those same smart phones were attaching the GPS info to voice packets and text messages. "They" can already narrow your location down by triangulation from cell phone towers. This just seems like the next logical creep.

Wow! That platter of sushi got my attention. Nice.