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Saturday morning met up with fellow NCUH'ers mike bettencourt and joebob to do some trophy hunting. We met up at ocean cove about 9am Saturday morning and the place was packed they had a full sign at the front gate wow !

Today I played Hookie from work and went out diving with a real good friend of mine to my trophy hole or should I say where he told me to go to find my 10's.I had to after reading all these reports of fellow NCUH's scoring big Ab's and getting so close over the weekend I had to go. Well We got their about 6am and headed down, We already new were going to have great conditions on lake Pacific but the great thing was we had a solid 20ft or more of vis in a area that on a good day has 5ft.

Went diving on Tuesday, vis was terrible...about 3-4 feet. I am in search of the trophy. Spent nearly 3 hours in the water with the swells at 3-5 feet. Had a great time! Took 2 abs, one at 9 1/2 and the other at 9 1/8. I shall continue looking. Once you move up, you can never go back. Tons of 8's but no 10's...that I saw

i went out again today and got lucky again,found another ten. i was so exited about two tens in one weekend i didnt fill out the top part of my card only the tag, got back to spud point and got a ticket. my day went from being on cloud nine to draging my nose in the dirt. im the one that always tells everyone i dive with, make sure and fill out everything and check it twice. i wish i would have followed my own advice today. what really sucks is i only brought in one ab and got popped for something stupid, and there are plenty of poachers they over look,i guess the nice guy does finish last.

I went to my favorite trophy hole today, and was blessed with some prety good conditions and one really nice ab. i finally got my first ten incher, which measured 10 3/4. my ten year old pulled his first ab today also a 9 1/4. i was happy to see 8-10 feet of vis and hopefully i find the same conditions and the twin brother of the big guy tomorrow.

Met up with a couple of my die hard dive budies to hit a honey hole of mine. We all met up in monte rio at 8:30 and headed on out. Once we made our way up out of jener we could see good old lake pacfic and it even had the blue color that the ocean should have. We got to the spot and geared up and kicked out we had a solid 10ft vis we dove for a good 2hrs looking for that elusive 10 inch ab but no luck. I ended up with a 9 5/8 and 9 1/2 my buddy dan ended up with a 9 15/16 and my buddy ron with a 9 1/4.

went to my cove i like to call nine inch cove saturday. i cant believe how flat the ocean was. the vis was about 6-8 feet with alot of kelp starting to grow. i had a really nice time pulling a 9 7/8 and 9 1/2. i thought i had my first ten but the meat was between the shell and the gauge(damn). just thought id give a report on what i seen for conditions. seems to be clearing a bit.

Met up today with some fellow divers Jason and his buddy Jerry and Dan Anderson for some trophy hunting. We all met up around 8am and headed out to the coast. Once we hit Jenner we could good old lake Pacific but you could tell right off the bat the Vi's was going to suck the whole ocean had a brown tint to it. We still proceed ed to the desired spot in question. Once their we grabbed our gear and begun our hike. Once we got to the watter edge we could tell it was going to be diving by Braille. We got suited up and headed out. Today we were trying a new area from which we normally dive.

This is a short clip of me swimming throught kelp forest at ocean cove while free diving and of my son on the float tube on 5-17-09 at about 6:30 pm on saturday. here are the you tube links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mG5L-eU6oo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gbQiliEvjM

met up this morning to take a buddy out for his for a ab dive and for some spearfishing. I met him and his cousin at Gerstle cove camp ground this morning about 7:30am. Upon arrival there was a nice wind blowing. So after a cup of coffee we headed out. I decided to take them to Horse shoe cove. Since it produces lots of good Ab's and is a good spot for rock pickers and divers of all levels. We arrived to horse shoe to pretty darn good conditions. We headed down the hill or should I say cliff. and put on the finishing pieces of gear and headed out.