Channel Islands Reports and Discussion Thread, Santa Cruz Lobster in California Fishing; Once again the weather report was looking pretty bad so we decieded to sneak around to the lee of Santa ...
Once again the weather report was looking pretty bad so we decieded to sneak around to the lee of Santa Cruz. Saw hundreds of shorts with a few legals mixed in managed 14 bugs for 4 divers. Saw lots of cool life down there. A couple of mora eels, large octopus and in a weird situation I was working a bug in a hole and for some reason a decieded to look up and about 20 feet away a 5 foot soup fin shark is checking me out. In the past all of the sharks I have encountered, have done all that they can to advoid me as a diver. This one turned and made a quick charge at me. I swung at it when it was about 4 feet away with my dive light in me hand. It veered off in the other direction and I took off the other way. Call me a wuss but for the rest of the dive I was looking over me shoulder. After a couple of dives we fished the gap for some small rock fish. The crazy Russian on board also wanted some uni. Lots of life out there, whales dolphins and believe it or not even an otter at Santa Cruz. I wasn't the least bit stoked to see that guy eating some sort of shellfish.
I have never been diving at santa cruz island. My father in law has offered to take me and a buddy out to the island on his boat. Do you have any spots that you would reccomend on the lee side? I have heard of caves with lots of bugs...
I don't mess with the caves but anywhere along Yellow banks in 15 feet of water is usually productive. Lots of traps back there make sure you don't anchor too close to them. Look for the eel grass it's loaded but lots of shorts to sift through.
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