I was a civil servant - I worked to provide power and water for the Island. The Navy was pretty tight about scuba, but didn't seem to care if we took a little swim. I had dived abalone on the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts prior to my posting to S.N.I., but never really thought about what else you could accomplish on a breath hold. I started catching lobsters and shooting cabazone and an occasional sheepshead with a Mares shortie. One of the guys that I dived with bought Terry Maas's book and I started wandering further out - moved up to a JBL - started taking calicos and bigger sheepshead. I had a white seabass pass beneath me while I was resting up to retrieve a large sheepshead that was tangled in the kelp around 30' down. That was the last sheepshead I ever shot!!
That was long ago - I injured my right shoulder and - i don't know- maybe it was just an excuse - anyway been reading this, Freedivelist, and Spearboard. I know some rod-n-reel guys that catch wsb in Capitola (actually they loose most of them in the kelp) and since you posted that loading tip - well I can't say that I can't load my gun anymore. I haven't been in the water for a couple of years, but I'll take it easy - don't really care if I pull the trigger or not - just gotta have the gun in case.....
Had to reply because you should know that you've made a difference for me -CJ
|
