surf_dude
06-23-2010, 12:57 AM
First off... i never realized how much of a sissy i am until i was diving around. So i just started diving & this past weekend.... went to 1000 steps for my first dive (hey, i like the beach so i though it'll be fun to dive there)... as it turns out the visibility was pretty bad... i couldnt even see the tip of my spear gun... i'd dive down & my gun would hit (thats how i know i was at the bottom).. didnt see a damn fish...
anywho then the following day I went to Leo Carrillo, visibility much better (8-10ft) but it was surprisingly cold 59-61, didnt see much of anything so i practice shooting at kelp leaves... as i was reloading i saw a nice rock fish swim by as i was trying to reload my gun (figures). My roomie (beginner too) saw something BIG under water & scared him
Anywho then the following day after that I went to El Matador, visibility was prolly around 4-8ish but i didnt see anything worth shooting at (a couple palm sized fishes swimming in pairs)... but as i was swimming around in the kelp bed i came across something that totally freaked me out.... i think it was a crab i'm not sure... it resembled one of those aliens from the movie ALIENS that wraps round your face & puts an egg in your chest cavity.... the sucker was wrapped around a kelp stalk... i saw two of em... they looked like giant ticks, pale fat & round (about the size of a volley ball or bigger).... wtf are those?!?!? i almost swam right in to them!?!? can you eat those? if so how do you catch em.... i almost shot one w/my gun but decided against doing so; not because of any outstanding character trait, but out of fear of having to remove a pissed off extra-terrestrial marine creature from the tip of my spear... do those "things" bite? are they good eating?
anywho i might be heading out tomorrow to either Laguna or Leo.... havent decided.... one day i'll catch a fish... subsequently, one day i'll my dignity will be restored
thanks!
J0sh
anywho then the following day I went to Leo Carrillo, visibility much better (8-10ft) but it was surprisingly cold 59-61, didnt see much of anything so i practice shooting at kelp leaves... as i was reloading i saw a nice rock fish swim by as i was trying to reload my gun (figures). My roomie (beginner too) saw something BIG under water & scared him
Anywho then the following day after that I went to El Matador, visibility was prolly around 4-8ish but i didnt see anything worth shooting at (a couple palm sized fishes swimming in pairs)... but as i was swimming around in the kelp bed i came across something that totally freaked me out.... i think it was a crab i'm not sure... it resembled one of those aliens from the movie ALIENS that wraps round your face & puts an egg in your chest cavity.... the sucker was wrapped around a kelp stalk... i saw two of em... they looked like giant ticks, pale fat & round (about the size of a volley ball or bigger).... wtf are those?!?!? i almost swam right in to them!?!? can you eat those? if so how do you catch em.... i almost shot one w/my gun but decided against doing so; not because of any outstanding character trait, but out of fear of having to remove a pissed off extra-terrestrial marine creature from the tip of my spear... do those "things" bite? are they good eating?
anywho i might be heading out tomorrow to either Laguna or Leo.... havent decided.... one day i'll catch a fish... subsequently, one day i'll my dignity will be restored
thanks!
J0sh