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Originally Posted by calicojack
I lived on San Nicolas Island for 3 years and started freediving there. I was successful using a 50' norprene float line, but I was rarely in water deeper than 30'.
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What a super place to learn to freedive. Were you in the Navy, or a civil servant?
On that float line length thing, I'll have to confess to being overcautious. I'm sure that you could get by with less with the great majority of fish. World record holder Skip Hellen preaches letting them run with no pressure till they tire out, and last thing I read by him he said you needed 120 feet. But others point out that if you put on hard pressure, they will turn and tie up (if they don't tear off). When I'm in water that is too deep for me to freedive to the bottom safely, I often try to put on heavy pressure and hope I can make them tie up shallow. If you have a short float line, then it would probably be best to do the same.
I sure wish the weather would let me see a white sea bass instead of just talking about it. This time of year I always begin to wonder if I'm kidding myself when I recall getting fish. I had a horrible start last year, but then had a wonderful July and got a 54 pounder among others. This year I'd like to get one with weight in pounds equal to my age in years, but that gets harder every year. I'm 66 now, but I can dream, can't I?
