40 ft. vis

My buddies dove up at Salt Point on Wed.  I was home with my 4 year old who was coughing like a baby seal.     They told me tales of 40 ft. vis and several ling cod to 15 lbs.  If anybody has time, I would say a venture up north would be worth the drive.  Vis like that doesn't happen every day.

hey dave, thanks for the report. im gonna head to fort ross and i'll let you know how that vis is holding up. i'll take anything around 8-10 feet

 

thanks!

john

Wednesday's 40 ft viz turned out to be 15-20 ft by Thursday afternoon at Salt Point north of the reserve.
Did see a couple of lings, no monsters so I let them be. Got a black and some urchin for dinner.
On Friday I paddled out of Ft. Ross in thick fog towards the reef. I made it as far as the two rocks on the south cove and dove there 'cause I couldn't see nada but fog. Swell picked up and viz dropped to 10-15ft - still nice. It was all fogged-up (not a typo) until about 1 PM. It was surgy when the sets rolled in. I had the ocean to myself. Got some fish including two lings, couple more blacks and blues. Funny thing is the urchins at Salt Point were great the ones at Ft Ross dad hardly a sliver of roe - go figure.
Adios!

I got some uni at fort ross a few weeks back and they didn't have any roe either.

This line of discussion got me wondering so I found this article about grades of uni.

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/food/la-fo-calcook14apr14,1,2950601.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-food