Kurt Posted August 16, 2015 Member ID: 22641 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 37 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 31 Achievement Points: 411 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 11, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Last November, I went on a short trip off the So. Cal. coast out of Ventura, to the Channel Islands. Santa Cruz, one of the closer islands in the bunch is a great place to fish, dive or hike at. Not only did we get to see many pods of dolphins but also whales. I got several dolphin videos but the whale video was a tough one. We had to try to position the boat where we thought the whale would surface and my buddy Gary hit it dead on. Dolphin video. (I was holding phone in one hand, the rail on the bow in the other, leaning out as far as i could. They were close enough to touch but i would've ended up wet and minus one cell phone!!) https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM-dTIBGeU8PJ4oySgcN8usom2-q-JmkpJkH1xt https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOvuJa0tfY76qDraoSp57zwHndyegrJJ5RG8jC- Did someone say Lobster? How bout some red lipped scallops?!! Lobsters and scallops are caught bare handed except tool for scallop to pop them off their base. All the fish were speared by a 19yr old girl, (who just happens to hold the record for largest Sheep Head fish caught free-diving with a spear gun for a women. Leadfinger, Coffee4You and little_old_man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted August 16, 2015 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Years ago I used to SCUBA dive a lot around the channel islands and caught buckets full of scallops and some delicious lobsters. Your pictures bring back some great memories. Leadfinger and Damage_inc- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted August 16, 2015 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted August 16, 2015 THAT IS THE LARGEST LOBSTER IVE EVER SEEN.HOLYCRAP Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted August 17, 2015 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 17, 2015 THAT IS THE LARGEST LOBSTER IVE EVER SEEN.HOLYCRAP It's the old "big fish" trick. She's holding it straight out in front of her body making it look huge. West coast spiney lobsters are about the same size and east coast lobsters. Mule, Damage_inc-, Leadfinger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
El Presidente Posted August 17, 2015 Member ID: 2137 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 43 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 514 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 320 Achievement Points: 3993 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 12:53 PM Birthday: 05/20/1964 Device: Windows Share Posted August 17, 2015 nice looking LOBSTER but see they are from warm waters we have cold water one here ,uk waters and the LOBSTERs have large claws which some find the best part. http://britishseafishing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RS-Lobster-C-Haplochromis.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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