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La Jolla Cove Black Sea Bass – 628Lbs – Donnie Tomlinson

628lb Black Sea Bass caught off La Jolla Cove by Fishermen Donnie Tomlinson - photo provided by Eber

Nowadays if you did something “Bitchen” like catch a huge fish well, most would take a digital photo, upload it on the internet and sent it to all their friends, and of course have bragging rights for the next zillion years.

But, what if that fish was a huge   628lb Black Sea Bass – and back in the 1960s  things were different, like, legal to catch Black Sea Bass,  no internet, computers etc. And of course, getting photos developed took about a week and there were only a couple of places to do this.  Read more... (443 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

La Jolla Abalone Diving – Bird Rock, Casa Pool and Cove

Dennis Downie shows how it is done. Here he is with his mother, Tony Downie, on her back porch in Bird Rock with 18 "BIG"green abs taken in 1969. That was a good day, claims Dennis - photo provided by Dennis Downie

Back in the good old days, La Jolla abalone  diving was just a matter of getting into the water and searching for these  uniques creatures. Or in the area of Bird Rock, at low tide one could walk out and over turn rocks and there would be these wonder creatures.  The prime spots were Bird Rock to North Bird and anywhere in the general area of the Case Pool and Cove areas (which is now a marine reserve) due to their rocky bottom. In the early 1970s,  Richard Krug organized the 1st Abalone Dive Contest that was held off Point Loma, were the best of the best divers, free dived, and afterwords have a huge ab party.  Read more... (568 words, 1 image, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)