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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: hornhunter1987 on August 19, 2014, 03:06:36 PM

Title: dove up some crab
Post by: hornhunter1987 on August 19, 2014, 03:06:36 PM: Went out just after the southern sound opener. It was my first time scuba diving for crab What a blast!
Title: Re: dove up some crab
Post by: Practical Approach on August 19, 2014, 03:11:18 PM: Nice. I bet it is pretty cool to sort through the crabs visually. How do you swim with a limit of crabs?
Title: Re: dove up some crab
Post by: h20hunter on August 19, 2014, 03:13:22 PM: I always kept a mesh bag on my hip. Crab gauge in the thigh pocket. The can run pretty darn fast. You learn real quick how to judge size and gender from a distance. Don't want to suck up to much of your tank chasing them down.
Title: Re: dove up some crab
Post by: hornhunter1987 on August 19, 2014, 04:08:48 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on August 19, 2014, 03:13:22 PM
I always kept a mesh bag on my hip. Crab gauge in the thigh pocket. The can run pretty darn fast. You learn real quick how to judge size and gender from a distance. Don't want to suck up to much of your tank chasing them down.
:yeah: I also had my spear with me and was able to get some nice flounder.
Title: Re: dove up some crab
Post by: 206 on August 20, 2014, 08:10:44 AM: That's a monster. Did you get a back measurement on it since the standard guage would not work?
Title: Re: dove up some crab
Post by: hornhunter1987 on August 20, 2014, 03:24:11 PM: I had a gauge clipped on my bag. Not sure how big, I just know he was legal.