| Relatively easy to catch hard to cook |
[Aug. 14th, 2005|02:57 am] |
http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/43001944zb27b708d/bd92/__sr_/a812.jpg?phX6BADBBwe4_Bft Friday evening I rented a sit on top double kayak from Outback
Adventures and bought a new trident speartip. At home I cooked some
chum and prepared everything for evening spearfishing. When J got off
work we went to La Jolla Shores and entered the water. Friday was a
first day of decent visibility. The smell from the ocean reminded us of
dying dinoflagelates that cause red tide. Pass the La Jolla natural
reserve we chummed water and waited for the ocean beast to come out. We
were sitting on top of the La Jolla shores canyon which was around 600
ft deep. Overcome the fear we entered the water. First feeling was that
the visibility sucked, because we could not see anything around,
everything was deep blue. But then I saw my roommate who was 20 m away
from me crystal clear. Then I felt the bottomlessness of the ocean. We
tried to freedive 30 ft or so but could not see any fish. Then we went
over to the caves and fish there. Nice patches of white sand and reef
were awesome. A lot of fish and lobsters. La Jolla caves are definitely
great place for snorkeling. We shot two fish. J got surfperch and I
shot rockcod. I also saw a morey eel right where we parked our kayak.
It was a nice hunt but the trouble started at home when we were trying
to cut the fish. Our fish pooped all over the place when we tried to
cut it. Hard to pull out the scales with the absence of the special
tool. Sharp fins cut our fingers. Whole kitchen smelled like
fisherman's wharf at night, thanks to our broken garbage disposal.
Cleaning and cooking kept us up till 2 am. Next morning I was gonna
ditch my kendo class and I almost did but I forced myself to get up
early and knock people on the head with bamboo stick (shinai).
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