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- Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:06 am
- Forum: Diving Education (Recreational)
- Topic: PNW Spear Fishing Education...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 21876
Re: PNW Spear Fishing Education...
Oh yeah, if you go after a ling this year, PLEASE target on the small side, the giant ones are ALWAYS females and nothing will bum you out more than gutting a ling and seeing millions of little ling eggs inside.... That's actually not true.... females get larger than males earlier in their life, bu...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:22 am
- Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
- Topic: Steel 72's... what are they good for?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1697
Re: Steel 72's... what are they good for?
I love my LP72s - those and HP100s seem to balance out really well for me. I think I've got six or seven LP72s that I use for all manner of non-deco stuff. I've also got two of them doubled up for deco diving and they suit me perfectly for deep air/nitrox.
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:02 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 14924
Re: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
That's correct. There is no more lower limit on length for spearfishers of Lingcod.
- Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:38 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: WWII Wreck diving in Truk Lagoon - Photos, etc.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2089
Re: WWII Wreck diving in Truk Lagoon - Photos, etc.
I feel like I'm there for photo #2 above - thanks for passing these along for all to enjoy. Bucket list for sure!
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:50 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: What would I do if.....?
- Replies: 144
- Views: 15872
Re: What would I do if.....?
Had the same question myself. Once you ascend, you don't just sink like that. Much as I hate random speculation: if a diver were to experience an arterial gas embolism during a rapid ascent, they might aspirate enough water to become negatively buoyant. Maybe. Or maybe something else happened. Or n...
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:13 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: What would I do if.....?
- Replies: 144
- Views: 15872
Re: What would I do if.....?
I have no intention of pointing any fingers or engaging in "shoulda/coulda/woulda". But I do have one question that I hope the investigation into this tragedy will find the answer to: What made him sink? He was doing a rapid ascent, but somehow wound up back on the bottom. Knowing that th...
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:08 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Diver Missing At Cove 2 (11am Today 2/19)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 16999
Re: Diver Missing At Cove 2 (11am Today 2/19)
Both Seattle PD and Seattle fire maintain professional dive teams. They are police and firefighters who sign up for the dive team as (coveted apparently) duty so no they are not volunteers. King and Pierce county sheriff's departments also maintain professional dive teams. I don't know about other ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:00 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Narked?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10340
Re: Narked?
Been a long time since I did anything below 100' on air. I would have told you that before Trimix I was never narc'ed. So I guess that paranoia of watching my buddy and gauges not to mention the tunnel vision and super loud regs was just normal :eek: . After my first trimix dive, I was like Holy Cr...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:52 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Narked?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10340
Re: Narked?
DOING IT RIGHT: The Fundamentals of Better Diving, Jarrad Jablonski, Global Underwater Explorers, 2000 Table 5.1 Which more specifically states that the anesthetic potency of a gas is inversely proportional to that gases solubility in lipids. Table 5.1 is solubility coefficient for gasses in Olive ...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:24 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Protected Species!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3041
Re: Protected Species!!
Cool Jan! I think at Keystone we are witnessing the occasional jumping of the sills by species which are more typically found out in the straits. My suspicion is that species like Tiger, Bocaccio etc are not typically found in the sound proper because it isn't really the right kind of environment fo...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:04 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: SAC rate?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4685
Re: SAC rate?
Good discussion :) It has taken me a lot of dives to bring my SAC down from 0.7 - 0.8 to the present 0.2 to 0.3. I think that most of the improvement just happens with experience, but there are some things that I think have kept me progressing - maybe they'll work for others too: * got rid of excess...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:45 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Protected Species!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3041
Re: Protected Species!!
Tigers in the San Juans - yes, absolutely. Chinas though? I haven't seen one ever, but I think Pete says he did. Pete says he has seen one at Point Lawrence @80', and one at Davidson Rock @120' (Wayne Palsson thinks he saw the same fish during a drop-cam survey). Also claims to have witnessed a Can...
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:49 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Anti-spearos, why? NHZ please.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4984
Re: Anti-spearos, why? NHZ please.
After reading the Washington fishing regulations, I feel sorry for the spearos up there. It is sad that the fisheries there are managed in an anti-spearfishing manner that doesn't appear to be based on management needs (anglers have longer seasons and larger bag limits, so it isn't due to overfishi...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:13 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Anti-spearos, why? NHZ please.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4984
Re: Anti-spearos, why? NHZ please.
I spearfished in Australia a bit, it's good because you can select exactly the fish you intend to catch, eliminating bicatch. However, that was all done while freediving, which I think is way more legit than spearing on scuba. It's a hell of a lot harder, and more of a sport. Who would honestly say...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:38 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 14924
Re: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I was not able to find your discussion of 4B test fishery results or the full discussion of the PSRFEF in the recordings - I think they may have been cut short when posted. I don't agree that this proposed change addresses a "critical conservation need&...
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:15 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 14924
Re: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
As a follow up to this discussion, I wanted to make y'all aware that the WDFW has begun working through proposals for rule changes in the 2012-2013 sport fishing seasons. You can find a document detailing the proposals being considered at their regulations page . Apparently they are not accepting an...
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:48 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Long Island Wall
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1673
Re: Long Island Wall
Was a fine morning on the water, despite some significant swell coming across Rosario Strait and a pretty thick fog bank. 35' visibility at Long Island Wall. We set shrimp pots on the way around Iceberg Point and retrieved them on the way home. Four pots out, 3 licenses on board, and the first pot w...
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:03 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Long Island Wall
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1673
Re: Long Island Wall
Well that's timely - I'm heading out there _early_ tomorrow AM. I like Long Island Wall for the Strawberry Anemones
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:40 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: New fees at State Parks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2810
Re: New fees at State Parks
What's all the crying about???? $30 for a whole years access to all that great recreational property?? Well I got no problem with paying for it since I will be using it. It just makes sense to me. For those wondering I just looked online to purchase it and the total is $35. $33 plus a $2 dealer fee...
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Need ideas for dive boat!!! Help me before the wife changes
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4612
Re: Need ideas for dive boat!!! Help me before the wife chan
I would recommend an older 22' SeaSport - single outboard (with kicker) is ideal. Great all around boat that will hold its value very well.
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:37 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: New fees at State Parks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2810
Re: New fees at State Parks
The money to keep the parks functioning has to come from somewhere and given the current economic circumstances in WA where else would you propose it comes from? It's either usage fees or state income tax....I'm guessing nobody here wants a state income tax implemented. I am generally all for user ...
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:56 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 14924
Re: Ling Cod slot limits - how's that working out for ya?
I shot 8 Lingcod this year. Between my hunting buddies and myself the total was 22. I recorded data on all of them that I plan to use for future discussion with the WDFW. I've also registered a domain name that I plan to use for an informal "association" of SCUBA and free divers who harves...
- Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Pacific herring at Cove 2?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2246
Re: Pacific herring at Cove 2?
Surf Smelt perhaps?
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:28 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: CamOcean 2011 slideshow
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1327
Re: CamOcean 2011 slideshow
CamOcean is 10am to 4pm on Saturday the 18th at Cama Beach State Park. Hope you can make it.
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:05 am
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: CamOcean 2011 slideshow
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1327
CamOcean 2011 slideshow
On Saturday the 18th, Jan Kocian and I will have a booth at the CamOcean festival on Camano Island. Jan will have a bunch of his amazing photography and artwork on hand and I'll be showing a slideshow on my computer. We'll be talking to folks about REEF, The SeaDoc Society, local diving and underwat...