UW video #3... another glimpse underwater & very late report!

The Video:

Here's video-compiling attempt #3.
First half is from outside the cove, roughly 35-55ft
Second half is from Carmel City Beach, roughly 50-60ft



*Please open in youtube, 720p... much better quality.






The report:

So... I'm about 3 months late on this, which is about par for my procrastination.   
Finally set a block of time to splice all the clips together.

Follow up to Porky's report:
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,27877.0.html


Nate & I headed down to Stillwater & got in the water just as the "triple threat" of A-hulls were paddling in.
I had been texting Joe (bloodbath) to see where they were... not knowing that we were a few hours late.
We definitely won't be winning any early bird contests...   

Paddling up, we talked a bit as I got distracted taking pics of a nearby otter doing the "field goal" pose:


I invited them to dive with us for a bit more... but Big Jim squirmed in his wetsuit, muttered something about taming a MFE, & paddled back to shore...   

Paddling just to the other side of the rocks, we found some very clean water & tons of fish.  Bloodbath joined us for a bit, working the area with his polespear.  Like diving in our own personal supermarket/aquarium, Nate & I picked out some olives and a red to take home with us.   

After a bit, I made the call to move to Carmel City Beach, so we paddled south.  Turned out to be the wrong call, since the vis had degraded a bit from our early spot.  Nevertheless, we still enjoyed respectable vis and a plethora of fish!

Beautiful day on the water & great water conditions.
Nate shot his first red... & later followed it up with his second PB red!
He got his first olive as well... quickly followed by 2 more.   

In total, we worked through a handful of reef systems & found new grounds.
In the end, I managed to fill out my limit with a random assortment of colorful rockfish.   

Well worth the wait Harold. Awesome vid man. Love the part where the verm comes to color as you surface. very cool.

Oh wow...friggin fantastic video.  Like ravensblack said, well worth the wait.  Watching that vid is a great way to start the morning.  Thanks!

Looking forward to getting home and seeing the vid Harold!! Darn work computers won't let me access YouTube...

I invited them to dive with us for a bit more... but Big Jim squirmed in his wetsuit, muttered something about taming a MFE, & paddled back to shore...   

 

Yeah, I wanted to double dip and dive with you guys, but had to get home to the wife....she likes the MFE too!!!!
 

Glad I convinced Joe to keep the BigYak and dive with you guys, and I am looking forward to the next time we all get out there together!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Great video! Thanks for nice morning dive video, a great way to start the day. Makes me want to get out there very soon.

Awesome vid. w/ a catchy little tune. I almost started to have a panic attack because I needed to surface for air.
Takes me back to my diving days, maybe again some day. Thanks for sharing, nex't best thing to being there.

Same problem as Jim for me here at work. I'll have to see the video when  I get home as well. Nice haul
there bro.

Jedmo

BTW...Love the Field Goal Otter shot Harold...nice work!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Great video!  I don't dive but watching your video sure makes it look like something I should try.   Thanks for the great entertainment.

Martin

Great work on the vid - that's a fine example of some superior diving and spearing skills on display! 

Can you please hug a big ling for me?   

Bravo! Great job Harold! Loved the video! Hope the vis is good tommarow!

I love the shot of the red, when coming up you can see the color get brighter.

Awesome. I could watch this stuff all day.

Wonderful video    You've got some skills    Really dig your music selection for all your video's.  Just cant get enough of these videos of fish porn 

Wonderful video    You've got some skills    Really dig your music selection for all your video's.  Just cant get enough of these videos of fish porn 

uh, what Al said!

Really great vid Harold. Way to capture the great conditions. Bravo!