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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
Dennis, did you catch?? hooping seems to have gained in poularity in the past few years. Not as easy as it used to be. The bugs are still there, but
its a traffic jam of boats trying to find a spot...Picture from the good old days (last season).. |
Oh yeah. Caught a lot of 'em. We knew the bottom well, where the sand met the rock. Couldn't help but catch them in those days. To give you an
idea of the abundance of everything once upon a time, high school in Newport Beach, our first metal shop project was to make an abalone iron.
Everybody made one and most everybody used them. Didn't even have to dive since they were in knee deep water. Folks then would rather have spaghetti.
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much the same reaction to a few free ab's here in the sunset cliffs area, circa 1970. now you pay $100/lb at point loma seafood for frozen. can't find
an ab to save your life....although, the navy does have a secret patch where they are studying the growth and movement of ab's out there
somewhere.....
AND BTW, fresh bugs on the beach in baja is ONE of the reasons for living, no?
edit: photo.....
[Edited on 9-20-2007 by woody in ob]
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BajaWarrior
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First job, Point Loma Seafoods in 1977. Learned to love eating seafood from then on. To this day my favorite lunch is smoked Albacore and a chocolate
milk.
We don't have Lobster in San Felipe, but we got all the Jumbo Tiger Shrimp that is half the size of a Lobster you can ask for!
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Gypsy Jan
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Ohh.. Rememberance of Abundance Past
Catalina Island in the 60's - summer camp at Little Harbor. Abalone could be harvested by snorkeling. I worked in the kitchen, pounding the steaks
with a wood mallet to tenderize them, trying to avoid incorporating the ever-present, hovering bees into the meat.
Also, hunting wild boar with arrows for the luau.
I quit the Newport Beach Scuba group when I saw the guys haul pounds of catch out of Emerald Bay and just let it all die on the beach.
[Edited on 9-21-2007 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
I quit the Newport Beach Scuba group when I saw the guys haul pounds of catch out of Emerald Bay and just let it all die on the beach.
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That would be the Submariners? Jeezo....Those people had an insatiable blood lust. They would shoot a Giant Black Sea Bass just to see how far it
would tow them around before it died.
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
....although, the navy does have a secret patch where they are studying the growth and movement of ab's out there somewhere.....
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I've been to that secret spot! Or, one of them.... I even caught a White Sea Bass there 
Unfortunately in addition to over fishing, the researchers are finding out that the abs have a fungal disease that does not allow them to tightly
hold onto the rocks and in big surf they get washed away. 
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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Phil S
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In Phoenix at this writing. Tried Maine Lobster at Red Lobster. HUGE disappoinment. They claim they are flown in "live"???????????????
Anyone else had this disappointment???????? Can't beat the Loreto lobsters. Won't make that mistake twice. Red Lobster. Yeah, right!!!!!!!!
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jerry
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I personally prefer Maine but you need to buy it live and cook it yourself so you know its fresh or go to a seafod place thats not a chain
Red Lobster is very inconsistent
jerry and judi
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Mexrick
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The taking of lobsters in Mexican waters is PROHIBITED.
Read: http://www.sancarlosmexico.com/fishregs.html
Rick - MeT
Live Where You Play
Mulegé, BCS, Mexico
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beachbum1A
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True, if you hold a private fishing license; the "fisherman" in my original post was a commercial licensed fisherman. My inquiry was directed at
confirming whether or not they were taken legally (within an "open season")
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Mexrick
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That does make a difference!
Rick - MeT
Live Where You Play
Mulegé, BCS, Mexico
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shari
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It is a busy time here in Asuncion with the lobster fisherman all making their traps(hard work) to be ready for the Oct.1 opening..they put the traps
in the night before and get the first catch on the 1st. We are all salivating here waiting for the season to open. Thank goodness there are strict and
well enforced laws on size here so we still have nice big ones. Yesterday we were talking to some folks from Abreojos and they say due to the big red
tide, there will be NO lobster season there for at least 2 years, maybe more...very sad for this village. A nice big lobster can be purcased from the
coop for around $10 each, you need paperwork on them to transport them or watch out...serious fines and maybe jail!
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dean miller
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
"That would be the Submariners? Jeezo....Those people had an insatiable blood lust. They would shoot a Giant Black Sea Bass just to see how far it
would tow them around before it died."
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It is recognized that the Newport beach Sub-Mariners was a pioneer free diving spear fishing club established for and devoted to breath hold spear
fishing. It was certainly not blood thirsty wanton killing organization as you have insinuated.
They were some what successful in hunting and on occasion landing Yellow Tail, WSB, and BSB on by breath hold diving using very primitive but
effective weaponry available in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sadly most of the members are now spearing in the great reef in the sky, therefore not available to establish a defense against your unfounded and
certainly unwarranted accusations.
Your type of post can be very damaging especially to the reputation of a very fine organization who pioneered the way such as the Newport Beach
Harbor Sub Mariners. Please refrain from making future posts concerning events or organizations that you were not privy to be a active component.
Its very degrading to you and the organization.
It is apparent that you were not are not and familar with the procedures for spearfishing larger fish such as the BSB and WSB. In the 1950 &
1960s a canister of line called the 'line pack' stored 200 or more feet of line terminating in an inflatable float, present day divers use a long
trail line with an inflated float as termainal gear. A big fish was/is punched and the line and float deployes slowing and hopefully stopping the
fish for horsring --that was when the fun began. Riding a big fish was avoided by all...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dean miller
It is recognized that the Newport beach Sub-Mariners was a pioneer free diving spear fishing club established for and devoted to breath hold spear
fishing. It was certainly not blood thirsty wanton killing organization as you have insinuated.
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Well, excuse me. My friend and neighbor was an active member in the kill-for-fun Sub-Mariners. I went on some of their excursions as well. How
could I have been so misled to not know that those air tanks and weight belts were the tools of a free-diver. I was the only free-diver on board and
since the water was so deep, I was the only one who didn't bother to get in the water.
What a bunch of sportsmen with their multi-rubber Sampson spearguns fitted with explosive power heads. They could sink a ship with those things but,
my neighbor would pile up a days take on his front lawn untill they would draw flies. Black Seabass rotting in the sun. Since you seem to be
familiar with this bunch, I'll tell you his name. John Evans. He's dead. My knowledge of this club is from the late fifties.
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