Northwest Dive Club

I thought about going with the regulator setup but that puts a lot of cycling on the regulators and I have read it might be potentially too hard on the regs and seats.

You are right, a zip lock bag and 2 spot ties is a pretty cheap way to go for trimix. :-)

I forgot to add, in the first pic you can see my normal input tube coming down from my nitrox stick. When I'm done with the helium I just pop one grey tube out, stick the nitrox tube back in and am filling with nitrox within about 15 seconds from the time I stop pumping helium.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1352597907.358633.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1352597923.739059.jpg First pic is my helium bag hooked up to the compressor. As long as you keep the bag somewhat pressurized all is good. Second pic is my needle valve that I use to keep helium in the bag. It's from McMaster Carr...

I used koos's method once and I ended off just a bit on the final mix. I think it's because I have oxygen creep as the tanks fill. As the oxygen started to creep, it was really a guessing game as to whether to increase helium or decrease oxygen. I did a little of both and ended up off Can I ask why ...

It might also be a good idea to express that we are not against people that spear fish just not in a place like Cove II. While that may be true for a good portion of people on this board, I do not personally feel it applies to everyone. I believe there are some that would like to see it banned comp...

I would think the regulation makers would be most concerned with not "hurting" the octo underwater when there is a chance it could escape injured and then die. That is essentially a waste... but not entirely, because even a dead octopus in the ocean will feed other animals. The ocean is ve...

No worries amigo. You have always seemed very level headed to me and just proved it again.

I know this is a hot and emotional topic.

After spending some time in the reg's. I'm didn't see anything pertaining to 'HOW' you are to kill your prey. I saw that your not allowed to puncture the creature, nor are you allowed to use chemicals to get them out of a den and several other 'don'ts'. I'm assuming that you must take them physical...

I use a lowrance hds-8 and love it. It's a bit higher than your price range, I got mine for 1600. I don't own the side scan and probably won't buy the upgrade to use it. If I find something on the normal sonar and am interested, I just strap a tank on and dive it.

Washington absolutely has Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) sometimes for all species, sometimes for selected species, and sometimes just limiting gear types. So a "no harvesting GPOs by scuba or snorkeling/free diving" in some defined area has plenty of precedent. As would "no harvest o...

Can you fish at Edmonds? Can a boat drop anchor in there and fish? All watercraft are forbidden inside the park ... including divers on scooters. But let's not cloud the issue ... that is a City ordinance, and not something dictated by the state. As a Marine Preserve, fishing of all types is forbid...

Can you fish at Edmonds? Can a boat drop anchor in there and fish?

It has been 2 years since I have reviewed Washington fishing regs, but I seem to recall there being no such verbiage about "no underwater take zones" or anything of the like. Not saying it woud be impossible to get it created, but I think it would certainly be easier to develop something w...

This is awesome! Maybe cut Octo hunting while watching eggs, limit to less than 1 a day (imagining if 100 divers caught their limit each day for 1 month shudder) and have Cove 1 2 and 3 be sanctuaries. Do the GPO spawn throughout the year or only during a certain time? It would be impossible to enf...

Hahaha. I love it. NWDC... The place where boat owners can offer to take a regatta of folks out diving and within a day, have it turn into...whatever this is. If I was there, EVERYONE would want to come on my boat. I'm just that cool. Lol Problem is, I would want to be on Boydski's boat. That thing ...

Damn. That was a long time ago. You need to organize more boat regattas! Wish I could come, but I sold my dry suit. Haha

My dive knife is no bigger than anyone else's... Or so I'm told.

We dove the Tennaco Towers yesterday. They are old oil platforms. Vis was pretty crappy and it was a lot darker than normal at 100 feet. Perfect Halloween video.

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Josh. The dives I did today with Chris put me over 225 for the year. I think this qualifies me as NOT a cyber diver. As such, I am going to comment. I routinely dive with a 19 cuft pony bottle strapped to my leg. My dive knife/sword is held securely between my teeth. I simply alternate the knife wit...

Richard, was the last trip the one we did?

I hope so. They don't do to well going through the scooter prop. Hehe

They are great eating. All white meat, not a drop of red in them.

I made a batch of ceviche with our recent catch. Chris enjoyed it, but it ended up causing him to perform a modified war hammer today.

I hope so. They don't do to well going through the scooter prop. Hehe

They are great eating. All white meat, not a drop of red in them.

I made a batch of ceviche with our recent catch. Chris enjoyed it, but it ended up causing him to perform a modified war hammer today.

Chris will probably soon post a lionfish kill video that will surely have PETA wanting to burn me at the stake.

Some video of Kracky being Kracky on the Union Express.

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That may be so. But my lobster is easier to clean and cook. And it's in season damn near year round.