Lobster
- Thread starter C-Pelican
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In the words of Max Smart..."missed it by that much" We are sitting on the boat at the Isthmus, as we speak and will be heading home (Huntington Harbor) Sat. morning...will probably pass you mid channel. If we can stay up late enough tonight we will get a jump on the season at 12:01 AM. Hope your bug hunting is succssful.
Miles and I were planning to dive this weekend and hunt for the bugs we MISSED last time out (our first). But...things got in the way, like my starboard engine's lower end just got fnished with new seals (1 of the 3, not sure which). Took them 3 weeks, just called today for me to pick it up, I'll go early tomorrow morning. But then we have a front lawn to finish putting in, must do this weekend, association is on us to finish what we started just before the big heat wave here.
Maybe next weekend if there are any bugs left...
Maybe next weekend if there are any bugs left...
matt_unique
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My buddies and I dive for bugs here in MA. Since I'm sans boat until I take delivery of the Tomcat in March my last bug came from a shore dive. We're diving again Friday night. Lobster of course come out and walk around on the bottom at night but you can't take them. It's amazing to see how many there are...and the sizes are impressive. We literally need to watch if we want to touch or approach the bottom closely because there may be a large lobster with claws open.
Do you have laws in CA that specify minimum size, eggers, or v-notch restrictions?
Do you have laws in CA that specify minimum size, eggers, or v-notch restrictions?
Regulations governing the sport take of spiny lobster have helped to preserve the tradition of lobster diving and hoop netting in southern California. The 2007-2008 spiny lobster season regulations include:
Fishermen (16 years or older) must possess a valid sport fishing license.
Spiny lobster taken must measure at least 3 1/4 inches in length, measured in a straight line on the mid-line of the back from the rear edge of the eye socket to the rear edge of the body shell.
The daily bag limit is seven lobsters.
Divers may take lobsters by hand only.
Up to five baited hoop nets may be fished by a person for lobster with a maximum of 10 per vessel, regardless of how many fishermen are onboard.
Fishermen (16 years or older) must possess a valid sport fishing license.
Spiny lobster taken must measure at least 3 1/4 inches in length, measured in a straight line on the mid-line of the back from the rear edge of the eye socket to the rear edge of the body shell.
The daily bag limit is seven lobsters.
Divers may take lobsters by hand only.
Up to five baited hoop nets may be fished by a person for lobster with a maximum of 10 per vessel, regardless of how many fishermen are onboard.
Well Jeff, you made MY DAY -- even a SoCalifornian! Miles and I COMBINED over the last 3 years of hooping and diving have caught a total of 1 legal (yes ONE). Maybe we're not putting enough time into the sport, only about 50 hours so far... Congrats, maybe our day will come too! So where's the pics?
Hi "D-J",
I would be glad to meet up with you sometime and show you what I know. I can't seem to catch a fish but I am lucky with lobster for some reason!?
Write direct if you wish to plan a trip sometime. It is only right I share my knowledge as Keith, from C-Pup, was the first to show me lobstering, last year, at Cat.
Here's a pic of my friend with a bug we caught, I think it shows the scale nicely. Well, I take that back, I do not see where/how to attach a pic here, so I will put one in my album if you wish to look there.
Maybe you can refresh my scuba skills after 25 years of inactivity in the sport?
Jeff
I would be glad to meet up with you sometime and show you what I know. I can't seem to catch a fish but I am lucky with lobster for some reason!?
Write direct if you wish to plan a trip sometime. It is only right I share my knowledge as Keith, from C-Pup, was the first to show me lobstering, last year, at Cat.
Here's a pic of my friend with a bug we caught, I think it shows the scale nicely. Well, I take that back, I do not see where/how to attach a pic here, so I will put one in my album if you wish to look there.
Maybe you can refresh my scuba skills after 25 years of inactivity in the sport?
Jeff
Jeff-
Do you have a PC or MAC type computer? The process is somewhat different:
If you have a PC, the paragraphs below will help along with the thread
Attaching Photos to a Reply
(From Lyle T)
Here's a quick tutorial for IE - the procedure is similar for all OS's and browsers. It's a little tougher than a regular link, but once you do it a few times, you'll get the hang of it.
- Go to the picture you want to include. For this excercise, we'll assume it's in a C-Brat photo album, although it could be anywhere on the Internet. Here's a link to Digger's puller bracket in the Snoopy-C album.
- When you see the image on screen, move your mouse over it and click it with your right mouse button, then select Properties. In the window that pops up, you'll see an "Address" field - it starts with "http://". This is the text you need to make the image link work.
- Drag your mouse across the Address text to highlight it. Note: it may span more than one line, so make sure you get it all.
- On your keyboard, press Ctrl+C - this will copy the text to your clipboard. It will look like nothing happened.
- In the window where you are entering your new message post, position your cursor where you want the image to appear. Press Ctrl+V - this will paste the Address text you highlighted earlier into the message window.
- Drag your mouse across the Address text you just pasted into the message window to highlight it, then click the button that says "Img". The text for the picture on the linked page above will look like this in the edit window:
Code:
Click the Preview button, and you should see the picture in the message. If everything looks OK, click the Submit button to post your message, and as you'll see below, the pic makes it into the message.
Lyle
_________________________________________________________________
(from Joe again)
Jeff-
If you have a MAC, the procedure is a little different:
Go to the photo you want to include.
Press the "control" key. (bottom left)
A drop down menu will appear.
Click on "Copy Image Address" with the mouse.
Return to your text message.
Go to where you want the photo.
On One Line
type
add the photo address
type
The finished line will look like-
and give you :
*****Be sure to use the right [ and ]. They're the one's nest to the letter "P" AND DO NOT CAPITALIZE!
Hope this helps! Questions? Let us know!
Joe.
Do you have a PC or MAC type computer? The process is somewhat different:
If you have a PC, the paragraphs below will help along with the thread
Attaching Photos to a Reply
(From Lyle T)
Here's a quick tutorial for IE - the procedure is similar for all OS's and browsers. It's a little tougher than a regular link, but once you do it a few times, you'll get the hang of it.
- Go to the picture you want to include. For this excercise, we'll assume it's in a C-Brat photo album, although it could be anywhere on the Internet. Here's a link to Digger's puller bracket in the Snoopy-C album.
- When you see the image on screen, move your mouse over it and click it with your right mouse button, then select Properties. In the window that pops up, you'll see an "Address" field - it starts with "http://". This is the text you need to make the image link work.
- Drag your mouse across the Address text to highlight it. Note: it may span more than one line, so make sure you get it all.
- On your keyboard, press Ctrl+C - this will copy the text to your clipboard. It will look like nothing happened.
- In the window where you are entering your new message post, position your cursor where you want the image to appear. Press Ctrl+V - this will paste the Address text you highlighted earlier into the message window.
- Drag your mouse across the Address text you just pasted into the message window to highlight it, then click the button that says "Img". The text for the picture on the linked page above will look like this in the edit window:
Code:
Click the Preview button, and you should see the picture in the message. If everything looks OK, click the Submit button to post your message, and as you'll see below, the pic makes it into the message.
Lyle
_________________________________________________________________
(from Joe again)
Jeff-
If you have a MAC, the procedure is a little different:
Go to the photo you want to include.
Press the "control" key. (bottom left)
A drop down menu will appear.
Click on "Copy Image Address" with the mouse.
Return to your text message.
Go to where you want the photo.
On One Line
type
add the photo address
type
The finished line will look like-
and give you :
*****Be sure to use the right [ and ]. They're the one's nest to the letter "P" AND DO NOT CAPITALIZE!
Hope this helps! Questions? Let us know!
Joe.