Wilderneshunter pops his ab cherry!

Hey guys,
Bloodbath here. Met up with wilderneshunter early in the morning and made our way to the Sonoma coast. First glimpse of the ocean at Jenner looked good and glassy with just a small swell. We were getting excited at this point! Stopped by a friends house to make sure it was ok to hit up a secret spot, and off we went. Today was Brian's day to get him an abalone! My plan was to hang with him in the water until he plucked one, two, yup three! Now that's what I'm talking about. It was great to see Brian testing his gear, to identify what worked, and what did not.
On my first dive down with abalone iron in hand, I see a lingcod in a hole staring at me! Damn!!!!! Spear first or pluck abs first is the question?  3 abs each, first dive with Brian, awesome day. Enjoy pics.  

Nice score Bloodbath!

Had a really great day Thankyou again Joe, exhausted now can't believe you got this up so quick. Could not have done it with out mother Joe holding my hand and making sure I was doing ok . Swear this guy was not going to have a good day if I did not get my ab. I still need a little more weight on my belt took 4 attempts to get one and had to hold on to see weed to keep me down saw the biggest one 2 feet further down and just could not get to it.
  I was going nuts over how fishy the area was and wanted to do some spearing but Joe called and said to head in . This where I would have made a huge mistake did not realize how tired I already was and what it was going to take to get in . It did take everything I had left to make it in , I dragged my self the last 10 ft out of the water.Once again an example of learning from some one elses experience.
  Stopped in Petaluma for lunch found an awesome family owned place wish I would have paid attention to the name.
   

Nice. Sorry I had to pass up the invite Joe. Need to earn some WAF points for next week. Will definitely hook up for the next one.

Congrat on the Ab limits guys.  Thanks for the report and pictures Joe.

Sweeet!
Way to go on your first ab dive!  Btw, I don't know if it's the "3-boob abalone" look or shaving your mustache, but you sure look handsome in that 2nd picture.   

thx for sharing, guys.

Congrats on your first ab limit Brian. Those suckers are sure gonna taste sweet!

Joe you are truly a great guy helping out another club member gettin his ab on. WTG! 

 

Brian and Joe, you guys are great. Joe, when a guy stops to really take hid time to show someone else is what its all about. Great pics dudes and way more ab pics to follow through the years. Sorry i couldnt be there with you guys we had a flattie to kill. Brian you couldnt ask for a better guy to show you! Way better than last time.

WTG fellas!!!!!

Joe, let me know next time you are headed up that way!!

Congrats again to both of you and thanks for sharing!!

Sincerely,

Jim

Nice day guys!  Congrats Brian and WTG Joe on hooking a brother up!

Great Job guys!!!... Thanks for the report...

Nice work, Guys!  Way to help a Brother out, Joe, and way to kick some ass, Brian!   

Way to GET R DONE guy's ! I went out sunday I will post a report latter.

Good job guys. Brian, how much weight were you using?

I swear that one guy is John Cougar-Mellencamp