Dang! What a great spot, thanks for the story and photos Schoolie!
John

Beautiful ocean, nice boil, great fish antics. I like the fishing, didn't care for the audio. Liked the textual posturing even less.

John

Great report and photos, thanks !Sounds like an all out awesome trip. What an awesome hitchhiker catch on the Ling.

John

BTW... nice cop moustache!
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Nah, that is just a red wine filter. You know, so when you get to the bottom of that last glass from the bottle of fine wine you don't end up choking on the crystals that are left. Right Van? (I mean Dan)

John

Heading in towards a promising rock formation JNO Gualala I see my partner catch a wave on his SOT - he is jammin' and hootin' - I start laughin' and not paying attention to the overhead set coming like a locomotive behind me. I get sideways and plowed, I'm still laughing until I realize as I go over gulping salt water that my weight belt, mask, snorkel and fins are loose in the footwells.

I am about chest to neck deep water, I let the 'yak go in on its own, grab the fins before they disappear, my mask/snorkel is partially stuffed in one of the fins so all I am out is the weightbelt. Cheap SOG that I am - I flounder in the surf after dropping off the rest on shore and manage to find the belt before the next set comes in.

Proceeded to get Maytag'd - and got no Abs that day, but did pop a very good lesson. I try not to laugh too hard while floundering anymore!

John

Great report Janice! I have fished there and caught nothing but shaker cabbies, but have heard of others doing well. Gophers make SUPER tacos!
John

I dive in the Gualala to Fort Bragg areas mostly and I really like the Tilos 3mm Titanium gloves with the "dot" palms. Not too terribly thick but plenty warm and cost $25.

Weight for the weight belt - I use plastic coated 6# lead I got from a buddy. I have had to replace some borrowed ones in the past (another story for another time) and found that in my area the soft weights go for about $2.50 a pound. For lead they can be had for about $2.75 for 2#, on up to $8 for a 5# weight.

The guys I dive with all seem to like something different but overall the most common are the hard weights. - http://www.scubatoys.com/store/Scuba_Weights.asp shows both for an idea offering 1-5 pounders.

John