you guy's can have your stinking burger's

[kf_tree]

ha ha ha ha

 

[DanManofStihl]

I love fresh seafood.

 

[skwerl]

WTF is your 385 doing on the kitchen counter? Do you use it to slice the bread?

Oh, nice bugs. Merry Christmas.

 

[Lakeside53]

Nice lobster... I'm geting crab cakes and champagne tonight!

A very merry xmas to all.

 

[Joseph]

Ken,

Did You go diving or did You purchase them at the market?

 

[kf_tree]

Ken,

Did You go diving or did You purchase them at the market?

they came fed ex.......i used to do alot of wreck diving.......i've grabbed a bunch of 8lb bugs off of jersey, a buddy of mine grabbed an 11 pounder off lbi a while back. we used to charter a 42ft viking every wednesday night for the summer to grab bugs. but i haven't dove in years and recently sold all my gear to buy more 395's i still have some tanks i need to sell though. do you dive?

 

[kf_tree]

WTF is your 385 doing on the kitchen counter? Do you use it to slice the bread?

Oh, nice bugs. Merry Christmas.

i don't run 385's...........that's a 395 pal. and a merry xmas to you.

 

[skwerl]

A good friend of mine owns www.island-magic.com/index.php
It's a 42' with twin jet drive based out of Lighthouse Point and Key West (depending on the season). His primary focus is spearfishing (and lobster).


So, why is the 395 on the kitchen counter?

 

[kf_tree]

boy did you miss out on alot in the past year.........

 

[kf_tree]

Nice bugs. I've done some wreck diving in the cold waters off the coast of Delaware. Those big bugs fight back and can hurt ya. It's interesting how the habitat on a wreck forms and how the places that attract lobsters can be predicted.

findind bugs are simple........just go where most people don't have the balls and stick your arm in up to the shoulder.........

 

[xring]

You sure could make some mighty fine Etoufee with those mudbugs.

 

[kf_tree]

So, why is the 395 on the kitchen counter?

for skwerl and some of the new guys here. the saw on the counter is part of a long history that gypo started. i was not being arrogant with the burger heading on the thread, that has a history as well.

 

[skwerl]

nahhh, you were just being arrogant.

 

[kf_tree]

Nice bugs. I've done some wreck diving in the cold waters off the coast of Delaware. Those big bugs fight back and can hurt ya. It's interesting how the habitat on a wreck forms and how the places that attract lobsters can be predicted.

dan

i also spent some time urchin diving off the coast of maine. the money season was dec and jan. it was kind of like diving in slush at times. dry suit's and full face mask's was the only way to go. the worst part was cruising past all those HUGE claws sticking out of the hole's. if we got caught taking them by hand then the boat and all our gear would have been confiscated.

 

[Vman]

A good friend of mine owns www.island-magic.com/index.php
It's a 42' with twin jet drive based out of Lighthouse Point and Key West (depending on the season). His primary focus is spearfishing (and lobster).

i lived in Fl. for about 10 years...had a 23 ft walk-around cuddy..fished and dove. used Lighthouse Point inlet, Boca, and Boynton.

a guy from up this way needs to get used to bugs without claws..LOL
u got me reminiscing slamming Kings at night off the 3rd reef and diving the Mercedes...i got a pic of me sitting on the Harley frame that is welded to bow, got to see if i can find it.

 

[kf_tree]

nahhh, you were just being arrogant.

wanna see my tree?

 

[Dadatwins]

Those don't count as gifts, they are not wrapped, need to send them here and I will wrap them and send them back soon. I did not have the whole bug, just ate a bunch of bug tails for holiday.

 

[Lakeside53]

So, you like bugs?

Jan 1978 Christchurch New Zealand. Dived every chance we could, any weather, any vis. Dumb, but lucky considering the conditions...

Bad scan of old photos.

The big bug is about 12lb, and as a reference, the plate is a big serving tray! At the time, bigger was better, but now I feel a little sad - that guy was over 80 years old, and really didn't taste all that good (they take so long to cook whole that they dry out).

These are "Spiny Crayfish or "Red Crayfish"", not the Atlantic type with nippers. The spines nail you though - I think I'm still digging them out after 30 years, and the "rippers (big nasty claws on the front instead of nippers) can tear your hand open.

Now, if you want BIG BUGS, dive in the North part of New Zealand and get the "Packhorse Crays". No spines, green in color, but when you come face to face with a 30lb bug, you think twice about how to grab it, and hang on for dear life (lost many because they are so strong). I'll try to dig up some pix of those..

Packhorse cray : http://www.geocities.com/wenraylm/crayfish.html#pack

 

[ross_scott]

Jan 1978 Christchurch New Zealand. Dived every chance we could, any weather, any vis. Dumb, but lucky considering the conditions...

Bad scan of old photos.

The big bug is about 12lb, and as a reference, the plate is a big serving tray! At the time, bigger was better, but now I feel a little sad - that guy was over 80 years old, and really didn't taste all that good (they take so long to cook whole that they dry out).

These are "Spiny Crayfish or "Red Crayfish"", not the Atlantic type with nippers. The spines nail you though - I think I'm still digging them out after 30 years, and the "rippers (big nasty claws on the front instead of nippers) can tear your hand open.

Now, if you want BIG BUGS, dive in the North part of New Zealand and get the "Packhorse Crays". No spines, green in color, but when you come face to face with a 30lb bug, you think twice about how to grab it, and hang on for dear life (lost many because they are so strong). I'll try to dig up some pix of those..

Packhorse cray : http://www.geocities.com/wenraylm/crayfish.html#pack

I agree with you on the size of crays over here lakeside I am in the process of building myself a portable craypot as i go to a certain place up here in whangarei to catch huge assed snapper and there are crayfish right at my feet(can't dive after em too much current around the rocks) so I gotta get out there and have a pot out while I am catching a few fish for the smokehouse.

 

[smokechase II]

Oh I get it.
The reason a husky was in the first photo was because it was used as bait. The lobsters know that it's a better saw.