Northwest Dive Club

Made it up to Eds Faults again with Macdiver.This was your 3rd trip up there now. The weather was lovely.A hail storm greeted us as we came in to anchor up. The 2 dives we did went fairly well exept for a Mikes leaky mask and lost knife. vis was only 10-20ft at best ,but was good enough for some goo...

What are the normal sea conditions for this time of year down there.
If I knew the weather would be good I would take my boat.
I would hate to make the drive and not dive if it turns bad.

Guns and Shooting are my other main hobby also. I'm mostly a rifle guy but still handy with a pistol. Right now i'm a member of Tacoma Rifle and Revolver club where i do most of my shooting. I wish there were some good places to shoot 1000+yds over here on the west side but theres not. .338 Lapuas r...

I can't speak for this week but the last few have been exellent.
With all this rain its probably not the best down in the south part.
if the site is close to a river there is a good chance it will suck.
It should be fine around the Pinnacle and Pulali Point.

ORDiver wrote:Hey Don we're you in the aluminum commercial shellfish boat?

I was in the Boston Whaler.
Did you go out with the Down Time?

Thanks for the info.
Hopefully the next time i will have a camera to get some pics.

This was in the Hood Canal at the Pinnacle.the small fish was a greenish\brown color.

Seen something today i never seen before. There was a lingcod mid sized (3ft or so)with its mouth wide open. in it was a small fish about 2-3 inches long that looked alot like a baby ling. the big ling was not trying to eat it. it was still alive and didn't look hurt. was this some sort of cleaner f...

Your pressure in your tank goes up 50psi when you enter the water.

You know the game lets here them.

I am not an expert so this is my thoughts. When your fishing you can not use a gaff to land you fish(puncture) .Nets are ok. Once in the boat you may kill the fish with a knife ( puncture ). What i'm thinking with octos is you can not puncture them under water. but once our out its ok. The thought i...

I would like to sell 1 of 2 al80s i have.
they are both Catalina made in 1994.

one was hydro and vis in march of this year full of air for $100
the other need a hydro and vis for $50.

Thanks for looking
Don

Bandaid6 wrote:Anyone know how viz is doing in hood canal With all this rain?

At Pulali Point it was 30-40ft

The state closed the Hood Canal about 10 years ago because of the low oxygen and low fish count. soon after they closed marine areas 6-13 to all rockfish retention( hook and line ,and divers ). Do not get misled the Hood Canal has no special protection for GPO it is just a CLOSED fishery. look at th...

Thanks for going. sorry we didn't get a second dive in.
That was the best vis in a long time.its nice to be able to see for a change.

if i counted correctly ,56 new members since oct31.

For boat use you will want a fixed mount. you can still use a hand held but with a mount. the bigger the screen the better. you can get a gps chartplotter, or a combo unit that has a fishfinder to save space and money. for me i want a unit that supports detailed charts. it helps to find new and exis...

I think this take's the award for the shortest recap and trip report.

edit : that looks a little better

pm sent

I could go saturday if you need someone.

Time for a update. so far the light has been on 8 dives. The deepest has been 126ft most at 80ft+ I've used it on 4 of the dives, 2 for 40+ min. still the same batteries( 4 aa) I ended up buying a couple more. last weekend Macdiver used one i had when his can light went dead. for a $10 light it can'...

Made it up to Eds Fault today with Macdiver for a couple of dives. The water was perfect like glass with no wind. There were a couple of floats somebody left to mark the site so it was ez to find. The surface vis was exellent.you could see the bottom in 20ft of water. Its to bad the vis went to crap...

Bric Martin wrote:If there is a seat on a boat available I am in! Let me know and I will put it on the calendar!

Your welcome on my boat Bric.

plans made for this sunday.

Macdiver wrote:Hey Don,
I would be interested, when we're you thinking?
Mike

I'm open either weekend.
I was thinking being on the water by 9am.
either launching from Port Townsend or Gardner depending on the weather and what boat i take.

Seeing if anyone would be interested in diving Eds fault this upcoming weekend or next.
if you don't know Eds Fault is in Discovery Bay and is a boat only dive.
and yes i have a boat.