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Forum: Pacific Northwest 06-10-2018, 11:28 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 21,876
Posted By Navanax
Re: San Juan DeFuca Info

Pretty much. Not sure where the line starts for R/F take but all of Puget Sound is closed. They are coming back well. Saw a number of large and super gravid copper r/f yesterday (but no lings)...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 06-10-2018, 11:21 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 18,935
Posted By Navanax
Re: Netarts and seals

Years ago I was working at Santa Cruz island and a male seal lion was nosing around for the 1st two dives. I decided to swim in the mid water back to the boat and he's doing big circles around me. ...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 02-11-2018, 11:53 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 16,943
Posted By Navanax
Re: pregnant lingcod

Yep. That's why they close fishing season during spawning season for them in WA. Each time you take a nest-guarding male (the smaller dark ones with scuffs and scrapes on them there in the middle)...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 02-11-2018, 07:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 16,943
Posted By Navanax
pregnant lingcod

It may be a slow time of year for spearing but it is a busy time for lingcod. Peak of nesting. I was on a starfish survey in Puget Sound today and came across a 31" super-gravid ling. She'll lay...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-28-2017, 07:44 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 17,384
Posted By Navanax
Re: No ab season in California 2018

Yep. Looks like they decided to postpone a decision until March and close it until then.

http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20171228/abalone-season-put-on-hold-in-oregon
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-17-2017, 03:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 17,384
Posted By Navanax
No ab season in California 2018

I didn't check the Cali board but suspect this is already widely known. Feeling better I made my trip last summer.
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Forum: Pacific Northwest 11-05-2017, 09:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 21,876
Posted By Navanax
Re: San Juan DeFuca Info

Yes. Hein, Eastern, Partridge are all diveable on the right tides. Never tried Coyote. It's deep (I hunt at 80' over a 90' bottom) and pretty neat. Not very productive as they get fished so hard...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 09-10-2017, 08:33 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 14,846
Posted By Navanax
Yellowtail rockfish in Puget Sound

It's not unusual to see a YT RF in the sound, but was came across a huge school of little guys (4-6") the other day in the North Sound. I started counting by clumps of 10 and estimated between 900...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 09-10-2017, 08:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 18,711
Posted By Navanax
Re: 66lb halibut jaw mount

This is terrific. I think ling jaws will hold up just fine. I have found several from lings dead on the bottom and they hold together well. A new quest!
Forum: Pacific Northwest 05-29-2017, 08:32 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 3,674
Posted By Navanax
Little bugs, big bug

I haven't been doing much sport diving so consider this a Spring recap

The Spot Prawn season in Puget Sound was good.

Here is the Shrimpinator ready to dive:
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And the results - 40+...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-21-2016, 08:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,136
Posted By Navanax
Re: "Rockfish Explosion"

I was in Winter Harbour (Quatsino Sound) in August and the clouds of juvenile rockfish were unbelievable. Lots of them in the bellies of both rockfish and salmon we caught. There were humpback...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-04-2016, 01:53 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 85,126
Posted By Navanax
Re: "Off season" pursuits and bragging thread

Thanks. It's not quite a deer or elk but far easier to clean and process. And I have found they are easier to stalk. When I start going on about chanterelle spore scent and approaching mushrooms...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-04-2016, 01:49 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,931
Posted By Navanax
Re: Good sized Shark in the Columbia

There was a news article, interview, and crisper video on this couple weeks ago. Looked like a GW versus salmon shark. Really cool to see them in the river and area.
Forum: Pacific Northwest 11-24-2016, 11:45 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 85,126
Posted By Navanax
Re: "Off season" pursuits and bragging thread

It's towards the end of mushroom season but found the largest white shaggy parasol ever today in perfect shape. 7" across and 7 oz. A feast.

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Forum: Pacific Northwest 10-31-2016, 10:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,040
Posted By Navanax
Re: fall foraging

Yeah they are pretty cool. They find a slime trail of another slug, follow it, and eat the other slug from behind. They are quick (for a slug). Just checked Wikipedia and it says Navanax inermis...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 10-30-2016, 11:27 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,040
Posted By Navanax
fall foraging

I think foraging for stuff is part of how we are wired as divers. You never know what will turn up.

So what started as a quick "get some exercise and maybe a crab" dive turned into an great...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 09-23-2016, 09:48 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,822
Posted By Navanax
Re: Mukilteo Oil Dock

It is gone.
Forum: Pacific Northwest 08-04-2016, 06:26 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,562
Posted By Navanax
Re: Baby Bugs

anthropisces, Welcome to the PNW. It depends on your definition of success. I like diving, the thrill of the hunt, quick turn around time, and not messing with the boat. But I catch fewer in an...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 08-04-2016, 12:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,562
Posted By Navanax
Baby Bugs

I admit I have allowed work, visitors, and a renovation to limit my diving. But did manage to get my snorkel wet in a Washington lake last weekend and got some baby bugs (crawdads) for breakfast. ...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 07-09-2016, 12:07 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,726
Posted By Navanax
Re: Crab Season Area 10

Congrats. How do the red rock crabs taste?
Forum: Pacific Northwest 02-16-2016, 01:05 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,656
Posted By Navanax
Re: A little salt to neutralize the chlorine...

I'll see if I can find a picture of the little buggers.
Forum: Pacific Northwest 02-13-2016, 02:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,656
Posted By Navanax
Re: A little salt to neutralize the chlorine...

How long were the powder blue matchsticks? They may be larval lingcod. Nesting season in Puget Sound is wrapping up, with some nests hatched out but the majority still being guarded by the males. ...
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-18-2015, 08:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,275
Posted By Navanax
Re: Spearfishing in seattle area

Agreed. Not sure anyone spears in the sound this time of year. Plenty of people free dive for crab. It can be good at times if you work the outside edges of the eelgrass beds.
Forum: Pacific Northwest 12-18-2015, 07:56 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,521
Posted By Navanax
Re: Balls and Bugs

Brent, yes. Terrific place to go to school and many lobster were boiled. PM sent.
Forum: Pacific Northwest 11-30-2015, 11:58 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,521
Posted By Navanax
Re: Balls and Bugs

Thanks Max. Yeah, most people say "so you went diving in California and brought home... a rock?" But with two geologists in the family it is a battle for prominent space in the yard between the...
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