Mendocino 6/8

This past weekend has always been the weekend of the big ab/big ling comp in Manchester. My family and I along with wifes family had a cabin booked before the comp was cancelled. We decided to keep the cabin and make a weekend of it. The forecast didn't look great but I wanted to secure some seafood friday for the weekend. I got up early Friday and was launching by 7:30 in the Mendocino area. Dropped two crab traps on the way out then paddled to my dive spots. Water was a horrible 45-46* all day. So cold it hurts to get any flush in your suit. The viz was a good 10-20ft but the surface was disturbed from all the wind we have had. I picked off some nice scallops and an assortment of rockfish. I saw lings to 8 pounds but gave them a pass. On the way in I pulled the traps for 4 keeper dungeness. My seafood mission was a success and my family and I went on to have a great two days of camping.

Cancel changed to a Big Score!! Way to go!

Nice harvest, bomber scallops, Adam!

Great haul for a chilly experience. 

Good stuff Adam.  If I'm not mistaken I think my wife and your wife have conversed on the Marin Foodies page.  Maybe we will eat together one day.  You are a slayer!

Good stuff Adam.  If I'm not mistaken I think my wife and your wife have conversed on the Marin Foodies page.  Maybe we will eat together one day.  You are a slayer!

Thanks Eddie. Ya my wife showed me a few of your sturgeon pics a while back.

Glad you still made something of it. Nice hall and lucky lings you weren’t in the mood 

Great job Adam!!!

I dove a pinnacle a couple miles off the BigSur coast two weekends ago and was soooo cold...couldn't stop shivering! 

Glad you and the family made the most of the weekend!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Great job Adam!!!

I dove a pinnacle a couple miles off the BigSur coast two weekends ago and was soooo cold...couldn't stop shivering! 

Glad you and the family made the most of the weekend!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thanks Jim.  Pretty crazy how awful 6 or 7 degrees below normal can make a dive.

Nice move keeping the cabin and making the most of it.  Thanks for the report. 

Great catch! Thanks for the inspiration!