Scary dive video from FL Keys

Greg Mossman

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Oct 31, 2009, 6:41:52 PM10/31/09

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Dive knives have other uses besides stabbing your buddy:

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/21485601/index.html

Dan Bracuk

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Nov 1, 2009, 7:36:03 AM11/1/09

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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:41:52 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman

>Dive knives have other uses besides stabbing your buddy:
>
>http://www.wsbtv.com/video/21485601/index.html

For a real challenge, bring the entire pumpkin down. Cut the top off
and empty the innards underwater.

James

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Nov 1, 2009, 11:14:56 AM11/1/09

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Dan Bracuk wrote:

They have a contest like that here in the local reservoir. The the fun
part is the water is about 50* with about 4' vis. Jim

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Star

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Nov 2, 2009, 7:47:23 AM11/2/09

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BTDT. Also done in the Puget Sound, with large, hungry critters, dry
gloves, and current. We do the whole pumpkin (ling cod and rockfish in
particular love the guts) and you can use only a dive knife.

*
"She's very much more than a dive babe, but they don't have a name
for it on this planet yet."
~ Douglas W. Popeye Frederick

Dillon Pyron

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Nov 4, 2009, 6:54:03 PM11/4/09

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[Default] Thus spake Star <lcl...@gmail.com>:

>On Nov 1, 8:14�am, "James" <bald...@remove.earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>> > On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:41:52 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman
>> > > Dive knives have other uses besides stabbing your buddy:
>>
>> > >http://www.wsbtv.com/video/21485601/index.html
>>
>> > For a real challenge, bring the entire pumpkin down. �Cut the top off
>> > and empty the innards underwater.
>>
>> They have a contest like that here in the local reservoir. The the fun
>> part is the water is about 50* with about 4' vis. Jim
>>
>> --
>
>BTDT. Also done in the Puget Sound, with large, hungry critters, dry
>gloves, and current. We do the whole pumpkin (ling cod and rockfish in
>particular love the guts) and you can use only a dive knife.

Same thing in Lake Travis, only it's cats, big mouth and bream (who
usually wind up feeding the other two). Of course, lately the saying
has been "80 is the new 50". The lake is up about three feet right
now and they're letting water out of the Highland Lakes so it should
come up. Some.

The cheaters (like me) slip the pumpkins in mesh bags with about 20
pounds of weight. Once the sucker is open and flooded, no problem.
Always fun to watch others. Some of whom have seen the rest of us
year after year.

>
>*
>"She's very much more than a dive babe, but they don't have a name
>for it on this planet yet."
> ~ Douglas W. Popeye Frederick

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- dillon I am not invalid

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distract the guy enough to make the second one count"
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Grumman-581

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Nov 5, 2009, 8:11:43 PM11/5/09

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On Oct 31, 4:41 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> Dive knives have other uses besides stabbing your buddy:
>
> http://www.wsbtv.com/video/21485601/index.html

It would be more interesting to see what sort of pumpkins they might
create at 190 ft or so on air so that a bit of narcosis could add to
their creativity... <grin>