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Messages - dirkbeachman

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For Sale / Re: Used Cross Bar for 2007-2011 Honda CRV - $35
« on: August 08, 2020, 04:18:39 PM »
Hey Lingkiller,
I'd like to buy those bars, etc. I've got a 2011 CRV.  I live in Moraga so it would be easy for me to come by and buy them from you. Are you around tomorrow, Sunday the 9th?

You can call or text me on 925 876 3373

Thanks James

(I'm going for a run pretty soon so if I don't answer immediately I do still want them)

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: Reds and a 20+ lb ling
« on: January 08, 2019, 05:36:42 PM »
Man, great video and even better hunting. Cool to see persistence paying off! And some amazing structure too. Sometime you should get karen to film you from above if the water is that clear.

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: State Record Grassy 12/8/18
« on: December 11, 2018, 05:20:34 PM »
What a great write up! And, man, talk about earning your dinner! Never heard of being prepared with sleds, but that's a nice idea for the some of the bluffs we end up scaling with too much weight and hands full of stuff. Inspiring and glad that fish got you a record!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: Diving 10/14 @ Noon in Monterey
« on: October 10, 2018, 04:25:43 PM »
got to be another time for me, making a road trip to LA...groan!  Good luck, dive safe out there!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: fab weekend of diving
« on: October 08, 2018, 11:19:58 AM »
Thanks Keeneroo, will do. I was actually hoping to connect with either T-Slaya or another friend who lives in Monterey, but didn't work. But I'd definitely be down to get in some diving with you next time. Always better (and smarter) to go with a buddy!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / fab weekend of diving
« on: October 07, 2018, 12:20:48 PM »
Like a lot of you, I couldn't believe how nice last weekend's forecast was. Did a solo dive in upper Big Sur, that was only marred by the most determined harbor seal I've yet encountered. When I got there, a fisherman said he'd hooked a 20 lb ling but had to cut his line when a seal got it. Sounded like a "fish story" to me but he pointed a ways off and sure enough, there was a seal at the surface eating something. And there was a plastic water bottle in the mix too that the fisherman must have been using for some kind of float. Forgot about the seal and went hunting. My first rockfish was shot under a rock and as I came up I thought my spear or fish must have snagged kelp so I let go of the gun and let the float line run through my hands. As I pulled from the surface, I saw a seal had the fish and wasn't about to let go. He got it off before I could recover it. From then on he was with me like a shadow. At times, he would even drop down ahead of me- super annoying! Ended up with some reasonable fish, but the seal got one more before I quit.
The next day, I got a dive in up in Mendo with one of my daughters.Super gorgeous day! We had an ambitious plan to do a big loop, explore new territory perhaps get a few scallops that might not normally be accessible. But early on we found some good blacks. On maybe the second or third one, this one shot by my daughter, a big old ling comes cruising up from the bottom. My daughter's gun was obviously unloaded, I was holding a pole spear, and my other gun was unloaded and tied to my float, not within reach. Decisions, decisions... went for it with the pole spear intending to blast him in the head so he wouldn't go to ballistic in open water. From only 18" away somehow I gagged and clipped off the top of his head. He swam down with a big white blaze on his head and all our scouting plans vanished as I spent probably an hour trying to find him. It should have been do-able, but the only complication was a massive spawn underway. What appeared to be "bottom" was really a brown blanket of millions of 1/2" fry.  Under that was great structure, and I think the ling was still there, but, damn, I couldn't find him! 
But overall, a wonderful weekend and I was super grateful to have a day in the briny deep with my daughter and a good outing with our loyal pup,Skipper, who was busy on the shore burying stinky stuff!  Hope many of you got out, got back safely, and had some luck!

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Sounds like an amazing day! Thanks for the details and pic! Hopefully someone (other than a seal) ended up with that ling!

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What a great write up and even better trip! Thanks for the inspiration and photos!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: Great spring day of diving!
« on: June 18, 2018, 09:24:28 PM »
and what's with the squatting pose anyway? is that to prove you and luke still have functional knees? jk nice work bro!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: Great spring day of diving!
« on: June 16, 2018, 08:15:09 PM »
Great work! (and the ceviche was really good, I eat my words!) good luck down in Baja T-Slaya !

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: Mendocino 6/8
« on: June 12, 2018, 01:57:05 PM »
Great catch! Thanks for the inspiration!

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Thanks again for everything you and Matt did to organize. Pretty amazing to see the small army of people who showed up, although there are a hell of a lot of coves and urchins to go.
I saw on FB that you are already organizing the first Mendo one at Albion. I had a question on that. Now that I have some experience both smashing and collecting, I am convinced any diver can destroy with a hammer a multiple of the number of urchins he or she can collect, bring to surface, and move to shore, much less dispose of there. And of course it was impressive that up at Ocean Cove you had organized a jet ski and that other small skiff, but most of us can't count on that. I know you said DFG was afraid smashing would trigger spawning. My question is, when DFG (or other) figures out the science of spawning, can we have events that are outside that spawning window (I assume it's a calendar thing, hours of daylight or water temp triggered). For instance, if it's safe to smash them in Sept, then why not do a big event then? Or April or whenever works? Also I heard several times people mentioning that it seems somehow more appropriate to be crushing them in the ocean where they immediately become part of the (deprived) local food chain. Not complaining at all, just hoping we can increasingly leverage the available manpower!
Thanks!

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On your question of, "Where are all the fish?" I can just give you the opinion I got from a good friend, who has a cabin in Big Sur. Like you, I dove what seemed like an awesome area- rocky, holes, caves, big structure and only shot one single rockie. No clouds of blues or big cabs back in the holes. My friend told me that what I didn't see is what sport fishing boat had worked the cove hard. He said if you watch them, they are basically parked for a few hours, tons of bait being put in the water, and literally every rockie, cab, ling ends up on the deck, then it's anchor up and away. Diver shows up and can't believe that it's "vacuum cleaner" clean. That's the only possible explanation I can throw out there....

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Thanks for representing us all Josh, and continuing the battle!

Has there been any thought of raising sea stars in hatcheries? If hundreds of thousands could be raised, I'm sure the army of all of us ab divers would willing distribute them along the coastline. They work night and day, unlike the rest of us with our hammers!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: Little bit of everything
« on: May 16, 2018, 04:50:46 PM »
I'm curious about that crab too? I'm not.much of a gourmet and tend to think all crab meat is the same even though getting through the shell can be very different for different species.
But channel your inner BigJim and give us the foodie feedback on that crab pls

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