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diamondbear
02-01-2009, 05:04 PM
I went diving today for a limit of Pismo clams , water temp. @ 57 deg. and vis. surgy at 10 ft. It took me 15 min. to find em and 20 min. to collect . [ NO SHORE COLLECTING HERE ] // db http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/db_bucket_photos/IMG_0780-1.jpg

BIGRED KILLA
02-01-2009, 06:09 PM
Very cool thanks for the post.




Bigred

dirty girl
02-01-2009, 06:41 PM
wow steve! all that in just over half an hour! that's really fast and dirty! i dont know anything about limits on clams...is that the limit? do they have size restrictions? great job and beautiful pic!

keepin it dirty,
dirty girl

ghetto dad
02-01-2009, 06:49 PM
Nice report man...those clams look like they must have put up a good fight! :LOL: Thanks man

GD

Troutman65
02-01-2009, 06:50 PM
Diving for Clams ?


:Cool::Razz:


Nice going Steve. Thanks for the post & pic.

How are you going to eat the Clams? Making Chowder ?

diamondbear
02-01-2009, 07:18 PM
ghetto dad , they were WFO , haha . Ive been diving this area for 12 years and always got my limit fast , but not this time . [ first dive ] I spent 1 hour on the bottom in my usual place or area and all the sand dollars were like standing on there edge and even buried beneath the sand , alot of nice rock crabs but not my goal , skunked . [ Second dive ] I moved over a couple of hundred yards and added more wt. to my B.C. for better bottom grip and started poking the sand with my dive knife instead of abalone iron and found em . [ bottom time was 34 min. ] even came across a small lobster just feeding out in the open [ realesed ] it seems the army corp. did a dreging of the local area harbors and then dumped the sand in MY SECRET SPOT , lol that second dive really kicked my butt as I could hardly make it back in with 30 lbs. of clams wting. me DOWN . I joined photobucket today and had more pics but could only get one photo to paste at a time . I poked my knife right in the back of a buried sting ray and it scared the s_it out of me , lol . fun day at the beach , take care // db

diamondbear
02-01-2009, 09:36 PM
http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/db_bucket_photos/IMG_0778-1-1.jpg

chris
02-01-2009, 09:42 PM
those are huge clams nice job

diamondbear
02-01-2009, 09:43 PM
FLAT WATER CONDITIONS http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/db_bucket_photos/CopyofIMG_0781.jpg

olfishergal
02-01-2009, 10:51 PM
Very cool DB........yummmmmm clams

Fisherman57
02-02-2009, 09:30 AM
Very cool post, thanks DB!



57

SoCaL_Ep3
02-02-2009, 05:32 PM
pictures of the meal?

diamondbear
02-02-2009, 08:16 PM
Iam going to probably mix the meat with some left over abalone and yellowtail from this summer and make a killer ceviche with it or maybe deep fry with a Tampura batter .

spartafish
02-02-2009, 10:45 PM
need a dive partner, or was that your cameraman?

atfish
02-03-2009, 04:26 PM
Nice job.. Down her In SD I just go at a neg and poke around with my fork, but I dont post those reports any more.

diamondbear
02-03-2009, 07:46 PM
SpartaFish , I just sent you a PM , finish your dive cert. and we'll plan our dive for early march . // db [I dive alone alot and the pic was takin by a county worker ]

FISHSTIX
02-04-2009, 09:40 AM
Niiice job, those are some big clams. do you need to have a certain kind of license or card when collecting clams?

diamondbear
02-05-2009, 07:20 PM
FS , nothing more than a fishing license is needed, and a guage of some sort for 4.50 inches . read the DFG website on clams . I really don't know much about these things anywhere else . good luck .

TroutOnly
02-11-2009, 08:42 PM
FROGMAN STEVE, YOU NEED TO HIT THE DVL UP WITH YOURE GEAR AND SPEARGUN SOME HOLDOVERS,,,t/o