Vets day The Fort.

First I would like to thank the men and women who made this possible for me! Thank you Veterans!...I will not be doing this again till next year...... .....

 

 

 

 

Nice Job Andy! Looks like a great day on the water! There is still time this month to get some more. I hope to dive one last time this month still have 7 spots on the card

What A great trip I learned alot! I learned I will NOT be doing commando runs again! Takes too much out of me Jim I dont know how you do it!!!!! Anyway was out my front door at 4 AM Arriving at AGarcias at 5:15... In the water by nine off by 11;30 OR SO...I was feeling under the weather and waas able to get myself A clicker! ... Art did well with some nice abs! ... It was great chilling with my sensai, the kid who was with me on my very first dive!!!!!!!....

Great report, Andy.  Looks like a great trip.   

AWESOME report and pics dude!!!!!!!!!!!

WTG Art!! Those are chunky looking abs!! 

Andy, really want to get out to the Fort with you one day so you can show me around...I still have never dove there!!

Looks like nice conditions OTW too!!!

If you're back from Idaho before 11/27 come up with me and my Dad!! Course it will be commando styley, but I will drive so you can sleep/drink!! 

Congrats again bro,thanks for sharing and hope to see you soon!!!!!!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

ps...The new ink of the spearo is SICK!!!!!!! 

Andy left out some key details:

*PMs on Wednesday...
FM1:You thinking about a Commando run up north?
Me:  Please son, I only make commando runs.

*He stayed up till 2 am pounding frosties while his cousin was laying down his new ink. At the end of the day he said he wanted to come out and impress me......when I'm hungover I don't drive 4 hours to get beat up in the water only to spend 6 hours driving home in traffic. Consider me impressed 

*Salmon Creek was pumping with non-stop close period head high to overhead groundswell.  I thought it would taper off as we headed North but it did not....well not by very much.  The Cove had some verrrry thick powerful slabs moving through it.  When we were done diving we talked with a couple other cats who just got out of the water, they reported that the Ft was the only diveable spot between there and Pt Arena, everywhere else was blown up. 

*Viz was patchy from about 5' in some pockets to less than 12" in others.  At one point I found a hole with a couple meaty abs in it, I popped 1 then dropped it in my float and returned to the same hole only to find that the vis had gone to sh*t when I returned on a second drop.  It was fluctuating with each passing swell and by far the best technique was to descend and brace on bottom and hope the surge would clear things out and open it back up.  Worked about 50% of the time. 
-Side Note, when we dropped off our gear at the beach and Andy was walking back down from the parking lot he ran into some guys that were walkin up, they reported crap vis and the whole group blanked. I will not repeat what he said but he was confident that his skills would not produce the same results 

*When I first started surfing, me and Hippy Mike used to make fun of the fruitcakes in the lot that were helping each other put their wetsuits on, I vowed to never take part in such funboy behavior.  I'm sad to report that my vow has been broken and because of Andy and his dive suit my reputation has been sullied.
-Side Note, Andy wears the same wetsuit as a famous person.......guess who she is!

*Andy lost his dive light in a hole then we split to another spot to find better vis.  Vis sucked everywhere so we returned and Andy re-found his dive light in the hole he left it in.

*Fat guys get fat abs.....Andy you need to eat more carnitas if you ever want to pop abs like me kid.

*I seen two fish, a big greenling and a stupid rainbow perch that swam right into my speartip.

*The autographed pics of Mooch riding a lingcod are everywhere.  The guy at the divieshop said kids come in and get freaked out by it 

*Ab Irons make great bottle openers, I will now carry one on my keys.

*Six tags gone....only 18 more to go 

Love the left out key details Art!!!!!!! 

Wish I could've been with you guys...next time!! 

Art if you're free on 11/27 and wanna try and use some more of your tags shoot me a PM and we can coordinate!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thanks Art! You not as hard core as i thought! ...

-Side Note, Andy wears the same wetsuit as a famous person.......guess who she is!

Wait, is that Andy or Tiger Woods' exwife in that pic?! 

-Side Note, Andy wears the same wetsuit as a famous person.......guess who she is!

Wait, is that Andy or Tiger Woods' exwife in that pic?! 

 ....... ..... Just think of all the suites in the world that one of the most welthy persons could pick! Was the one I have! ... Even if she has tits.

great pics. Love the guard dog