Another DR 'Secret Spot' Exposed !

[DockRat]

Local Shrimp ! http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee128/riplake/_0165.jpg This is one of those spots that even locals don't know. Fishermen have been boating over this spot for years and have no clue these tasty Prawns are the. The spot is about 1/2 mile from King Harbor. You can get to it in a Kayak.

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/blueeyes11283/Pictures%20of%20the%20dogs/Flordia%20Trip%202009/1000683.jpg

Inside the Redondo Canyon about 300' to 500' feet deep in the side walls of the canyon is some crevices that are FULL OF SHRIMP. We were diving in the canyon on the boat Mother Goose with the mini sub Snooper and made this discovery.
The problem is getting them.
Check this site.

http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-162/persp.html

DR

[sansou]

You can dive 300 to 500 feet deep? That's nuts!

Post up a report & pics about your dive, I find it interesting.

[sansou]

Dockrat,

Not even one, thin, wafer like.....pic?

[DockRat]

Only have a couple pics of those days that was around 1980 - 82. Always stayed topside, only got to go on 1 dive in the mini sub on Farnsworth. We dove Pt Conception for a week but it was blown out every day by 8:00 am. Mostly did sewer pipeline inspections and some salvage jobs. They found the Brother Johnson in 1993, The sad part was that Don cut up the original Mini Sub Snooper to use some parts for his second sub. His third sub imploded on a deep pressure test. The forth mini sub is a one man. The first Snooper could go up to 1000' for six hours no probem. 24 volt batteries for the lights and motors. All built in his garage in Torrance. Snooper #1 was in the Navy movie 'Gray Lady Down' with David Carridiene were the mini sub goes down to save a stuck big sub.

Here is a pic of #2 Snooper on this site.

http://www.mtsmuv.org/commercial.htm


In 1865, the paddle steamer Brother Jonathan struck a rock off the coast of Crescent City, California. On board were 244 passengers and 700 tons of cargo including a large shipment of gold. There were only 19 survivors, making the wreck one of the worst maritime disasters in California history.
http://www.deltaoceanographics.com/jonathan.html

[smokehound]

Jenn-naay?

[Fishbones]

jenn-naay?


lmao..............

[yakker]

Good lookin out, that canyon reaches right up to the beach, I was checkin out what you said about the beach changing. I bet if someone was to put a shrimp down about 60-80 feet on a parallel beach drift downhill from the canyon into the rat flats they might, maybe, catch a big one. I kayaked around there years ago. Just stoked to see you posting up on the spot.

[labboss2003]

what a joke

[DockRat]

what a joke

Your the winner labboss1592 :Worship:

This was kind of a joking around post.
Must have been the Gump boat huh?
The shrimp are there (I'm sure you knew about them :LOL:)
But can you get to them ? Is it legal ?
Here is some more info since you are interested.
Also ZAPOT!

Seen a pile of shrimp traps in Pedro but those guys commercial trap shrimp at about 600'
Those shrimp traps are just like lobster traps except about half the size with 2" openings.

Luckly we have a NO Commercial Fishing Zone from Rocky Point to Point Dume.


Check out this awsome 3D SM Bay Redondo Canyon image.

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/la-persp4.html

Perspective view looking east over Redondo submarine canyon in southern Santa Monica Bay. The distance across the bottom of the image is about 9 km with a vertical exaggeration of 6x. The canyon begins less than 160 m from shore just south of the Redondo Beach Harbor and incises over 420 m into the shelf (A) or about the same height as the Paloes Verdes Peninsula (440 m at B). The canyon ranges in width from 660m at its head to 3.2 km were it ends in the Santa Monica Basin.


Check out Redondo Pier #3 destroyed in 1926 see the pic at the below website outside ZAPOT at the edge of the canyon.

ZAPOT A 1970's term used by Redondo Surfer Locals known as ZAPOT CREW

ZAPOT is TOPAZ spelled backwards, Topaz Jetty is home to Zapot Crew.

http://www.pacificwilderness.com/Dive%20Sites/LA%20County/Redondo%20Beach/Pier%203/redondo_pier_3.htm

The Old Redondo Pier # 3 site is a collection of old pilings left over from a once-busiest of the Redondo Beach Piers -- Pier #3. In the early 1900s, Pier # 3 served as a seaport that loaded and off-loaded cargo to/from ships. There was a railroad that ran right up to the end of the pier which was nearly 500 feet long. There was also a restaurant at the end of this pier.

Secret Spot Exposed ! RB Pier #3
The pier was destroyed by a severe storm in 1926 and now, all that remain were about 20 pilings that rise 10 feet off the sandy bottom. These pilings, fortunately, are divers-delights. The pilings are covered by beautiful and colorful sea anemones. Nudibranchs, octopii, sheep crabs, welks and other interesting marine life frequent these pilings. For divers who love collecting artifacts, the sandy bottom near the pilings have yielded many turn-of-the-century artifacts such as bottles and dishes, some bearing insignias unique to the era.

The outermost pilings are about 200 yards off shore right at the edge of the Redondo Submarine Canyon, in about 40 feet of water. North of the pilings, the canyon begins to drop off gradually. The pilings closest to shore are about 100 yards from the beach in 30 feet of water. To locate the pilings, swim on the surface to the end of the jetty and from there, descend to the bottom and swim on compass heading 300 (Northwest direction) for about 300 feet. If you find yourself dropping into the canyon, that means that you have missed the pier. In this case come back up the slope and head south. Using a long tether line of about 15 feet, buddy pairs may have a better chance of locating a piling on the first try. The pillars are quite far apart (30 to 50 feet). The center column of pillars are marked, each with a green tag. Each tag has holes punched in it to indicate which pillar it is. For examples, two holes in a tag indicates pillar # 2.


Here is a pic.Shrimp: Penaeus californicus, Brown Shrimp
Redondo Canyon

http://www.diverkevin.com/North-America-Diving/Invertebrates-Eastern-Pacific/Crustaceans-Eat/10039607_cNdS2/12/720285730_PZtAd/Medium

DR (never in Zapot Crew)

Bonus Squid Eggs Video in Redondo Canyon and a Octipus in a Corona bottle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enmDWzZSTWI

[yakker]

I'm hearbroken. Jenneeeeee!

What about taking a minisub down on the Farnsworth Bank? Begg Rock? The Pinacles? The 2 oh 9!

I was sufring topaz when I was still sackin groceries at Hughes.

So what kind of Doc are you anyway?

[klocked]

So what kind of Doc are you anyway?

He's a "spin" doc

Idioms & Phrases

spin doctor An individual charged with getting others to interpret a statement or event from a particular viewpoint, as in Charlie is the governor's spin doctor. This term, born about 1980 along with spin control (http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/search?q=spin+control), uses doctor in the colloquial sense of "one who repairs something."