Underwater Corona Chronicles

Been awhile since I posted anything...

Been struggling with some personal stuff and that combined with all the Rona BS, and work keeping me busy AF, I haven't had time or been in a place to interact in a positive way...with anybody...at all... 

Things have been better recently though, and forced to actually be at my desk for the first time in a long time so figured would share some UW porn...

Between ocean access issues and SIP orders I have gotten out safely and legally here and there to social distance underwater...

Some decent fishies have tried to get too close and I had to take them down...

Here is a little vid and a few pics...



Hope you all are staying safe and doing well in these crazy times.....

 

Sincerely,

Jim

nice pics as usual, thanks  Jim!
stay safe out there!

nice pics as usual, thanks  Jim!
stay safe out there!

Thanks Sean. Hope you and Laura are doing well!!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Holly Molly. Are you related to Chuck Norris ? 

Nice haul. Love to hook one of those sheep head.

Those lingcod have defective eyes. lol

Definitely been trying times for me as well with everything going on. Especially work.

Small glimmer of light starting to show at the end of the tunnel.

Tight spear fishing lines to you. 

Alex

Awesome as usual Big Jim !

Hoping you and the family are well !

Jim, Glad to see you visiting Ma Ocean, Thanks for sharing the vids, helps a bit to relieve the the ache of saltwater withdrawals... This is my longest dry spell in 50 yrs of diving, hoping things change soon.... feeling parched    .  Stay Safe and have FUN.

Bad Ass as usual Big Jim....
Taking shit out on some nice fish. Thanks for sharing. nice video.


TW

Great stuff, Jim.  I'm glad you're getting out there.  Keep your chin up, buddy - eyes on the prize.

Thanks guys. 

In continuation of my Corona Chronicles......

I've been trying to get in the water at least once a week for my physical and mental health...

I've lost over 20 pounds since the virus started, and haven't had any booze in almost 6 months now.

I live closer to sandy bottoms than rocky reefs, so a lot of my swimming is over sand...

Got lucky about a month ago and even though the water was pretty green and murky I spotted a nice halibut hiding in the sand...

I could see enough features to know there was a fish there, but viz made it hard to actually figure out where the body/head were...

After what felt like forever staring at the patch of sand I made out the head and placed a shot right behind her gill plate, pinned her to the bottom, and after a little tussle got my hand in her throat and brought her up to the surface.

Very thick and meaty pig of a fish, and pretty stoked on her.

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Family was out of town so gifted most of the fish to my buddies who had just scored some opening weekend Salmon, and they shared some of their fresh catch with me as well. 

 

Here's a few pics.

 

Sincerely,

Jim

You're da man    Thanks for the fish porns Jim 

Corona Chronicles continued...

Between not drinking, and being stressed AF....I haven't been sleeping much...

So have been swimming at night instead of laying in bed or getting up and getting a drink...

Sometimes not very productive and just some good exercise...sometimes I find a fish...

A few months ago I found two on a double dip night swim...

First spot was a lot rougher than I was hoping for, and was gonna give up but found a nice 28 incher on swim back to shore...

Threw fish in the cooler and drove to a spot I thought might be calmer...

It was a little better but I wasn't seeing anything exciting, until I saw a big old head buried in the sand. 

Placed a shot right by her pec fin and thought I had stoned her...until she was on my stringer and woke up and went ape shit. 

She had a good sized gash on her side (seal? gaff? spear) but the wound didn't mess up any of her meat.

32 inches and thicc.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

WTG Dude
Sorry I missed you all on Wednesday afternoon
I honked as I drove by going to work

Way to go on puttin' that drink in it's place...hope the new stoke blows your mind...be well...dem fishees got plenty more to fear now...

Great pics and getting fish on. Thanks.. inspirational!

Thanks guys. 

Here's a couple more pics from the past few months...

 

Sincerely,

Jim