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Likewise! Hope you had a great holiday.

Thanks! I do not. My suit is a farmer John though so that offers more thermal protection than a waist cut.

@PNWSamson would you recommend a vest if someone has a waist cut, diving around vancouver island?

Beautiful spot for sure. I was hoping to spot some wolf eel but no such luck.

I've yet to make it past Port McNeil. Can't wait to explore hardy one day!

Depends on the area. Around Vancouver it's closed 365. Some places in British Columbia the season is from May 01 - Sept 30 and other places from April 01 - Nov 15th. Yeah, I heard Washington is pretty tight when it comes to spearfishing specifically. I believe the season is longer for anglers right?

Hmm possibly! Localised adaptation too. That was one of the few places I had seen that.

You need the case for the camera to properly stitch the underwater footage together. They are expensive but are essential for the 360° camera to work as intended. You can film in single camera mode without the case though.

Thanks dude! Happy to see your comment. Stoked your still following along! Hope you had a good time over the holidays. 🤙

Thanks for the feedback man! Yeah, I've been seeing your name pop up for years. Stoked to see you are still following along. Hope you had a great time over the holidays!

Yeah, definitely some trial and error involved. I appreciate your feedback and perspective. I think the quality reduction I see when I crop underwater footage is due to the low light conditions in our dark green ocean. I probably dive in some of the toughest conditions around. I don't notice the quality reduction as much if I film above water. I posted one 360° clip. I like to edit my videos with music and tell a story. With the insta360 software, you're very limited to what you can do with 360° exports. I don't want to invest in Adobe.

@@lukejolley8354 sanitary closures are usually around industry, marinas and waste water treatment plants. I likely wouldn't be harvesting in proximity to them even if they were testing. But yes, the DFO err on the side of safety. There are still many open areas outside of the lower mainland.

That's exciting! Most of the underwater stuff was between a GoPro 8 and GoPro 9. I've been filming with the ace pro for the last year though. I'm about to go dive Porlier pass and I'll be trying to ace pro 2 today. I'm excited to see how it performs.

@ Wow the quality of GoPro’s has significantly advanced since I had one! Awesome, thank you!

@@11KAB11 no worries!

Thanks! Hope the diving has been treating you nicely as well. Safe travels!

Thanks dude and will do!

Cheers!

No worries man. And good stuff! I have all my scuba gear but I've yet to use it. It's all brand new and waiting to get wet! If you dive locally I will likely see you one day. Cheers man!

No worries at all!

I haven't yet but I might start. I have more fishing lures than I know what to do with. My tackle box was already full from stuff I purchased years back.

@ let me know if you do. I, like a few of your followers, would probably be interested

@@CraigWarden1 sounds good!

Haha yeah. I left those for the in-laws lol. I have a small hammer I use. I wrap the crab in a kitchen shell and tap the shell until it breaks. Works good!

@@PNWSamson I have a knife with a built in hammer in the handle. I used it to break open the red rockers we caught, and made Singapore Chili Crab with them. Che'fs kiss! haha

Haha true. I was thinking about leaving the location out of the video as I'm sure others will be out there looking now. However, the more people that are looking, the cleaner the spot will be. Hopefully each time I go back there will be less.

Damn, that's a solid clean up. And no doubt eh, fishing line can be a killer. I'd imagine some of those reefs offshore would be jammed full of lures too.

@@djmilhaus thanks, happy to hear that. I like diving with a purpose, it always feels good to give back.

Haha Murphy's law.

@KamArte-x4d thanks! And likewise. Hope you had some solid time with family.

Haha. Cheers dude merry Christmas!

Yeah man, imagine those hard to reach areas. I need a rebreather haha. Merry Christmas man, happy to see your stuff around.

We have bait bans for some species. Bait would be the best option for sure. It's organic and if you lose it, something will eat it haha.

Haha imposter!

Haha. Not sure what the plan is! Probably a give away. Maybe a small contest. We'll see!

Haha wicked.

I teach safety courses. Went up to Horizon and Albian.

I actually had someone reach out who seems down to melt some down for me. I'll definitely share the love though!

Thanks dude. I think I'll melt down the ones in bad shape and make some dive weight. The ones in good shape I'll do a give-away with. Stay tuned!

Killer dude! Happy you find some value in the content. I've never been to Texada but the diving off Texada is awesome. I should go there this summer for a weekend and check the island out. Do they have a skatepark haha?

​@@PNWSamsonNo skatepark yet but fingers crossed we can get some funding for one soon! I build parks with Transition Construction out of Maple Ridge so hopefully in the next few years. 🤘

@alistairclark6814 oh nice. Yeah, that would be awesome. 🤞

I agree. I fish/dive to get away from people. I don't enjoy places where I have to stress about other people.

Haha. They catch fish for sure. I believe they make vibrations that catch fish's attention. It's been a while since I've used one though.

That's a good idea. I'd need to use the action camera mask to have both my hands free. You should post the videos! This one did much better than my average videos. Apparently there is a niche for lure diving haha.

Thanks! 🤙✌️

Yeah good call. I did a cleanup off the ucluelet pier once. A bunch of dock lines had fallen off the dock and were resting on the bottom. We found tons of squid jigs that must have been snagged on the ropes. I'd imagine braided line at depth would be doing the exact same thing. Apparently they do make biodegradable monofilament. It's a little more expensive and has a shelf life but you can get a solid year out of it. Seems like a good idea.

Haha thanks dude! I appreciate the positive feedback. Maybe I just don't find editing the clean ups very exciting. It seems my audience feels otherwise. Apparently there is a niche for fishing lure diving haha.

@@benjaminaxselholm in that video, I removed a drone, plastic bag, lanyard, fishing net, a broken fishing rod and over 60 lures from the ocean. Many of those lures had a plastic film over them. I also grabbed a bunch of fishing line. Many lures had broken off at the knot but I grabbed as much line as I safely could while solo freediving.

The motherlode.

Nice! That's a pretty solid catch. And yeah, me too. It's crazy that virtually every lure out there will inevitably be on the bottom one day.

Imagine what the bottom of Porlier would look like? Or spots greater than 100'. Those spots would never have been cleaned. Crazy!