Big males like this are a key to keeping the local populations healthy. Males over 5 lbs have no natural predators beside man. Smaller ones are preyed upon by sea lions, large sheep head and other big pelagics. That being said, can smaller males breed with big females? Sure but rarely. Big females gravitate toward big males. The pecking order is clear. One larger females that doesn't breed in a given season is the equivalent of 4-5 smaller females not getting fertilized. I always take pictures of big females and males and release. Any bigger females that are plastered late in the season I will often relocate to preserves along the coast to (hopefully) secure the chances of successful spawning during summer. Caveat, I teach Marine Biology and it is just a personal preference. Just informing, not criticizing.
+Jeremy Bonnett Any sized male can reproduce with a large female. These huge males are not better at reproducing, they have just had more opportunities to do it.
I wish. I might try and make an impulsive trip down for lobster, but I am in my senior year and stuff is hectic. Maybe if the stars align with a free weekend and good conditions I will try to blast down.
+Patrick Hunter I have found that editing is pretty key to making a good video. I try to use nature documentaries as a gauge/model for what would be watchable. It is tough to take stuff you shot and cut out all those bits you find so interesting, but in general raw footage is pretty bad. I like to break my shots up into 2-5 second bits. Obviously that is not possible in some instances, such as this video, as cutting out action scenes can retract from your story. In this video I sped up the action so I was willing to watch it, figuring that was good enough. In spearfishing videos I have watched enough seabass being cut out of kelp, that I skip ahead from the shot to the retrieval (so I can see the fish). Watch yourself watching other people's videos. Do you skip parts? Do you find some things boring, or exciting? Make note of those edits. Then you only have to work on getting the perfect shots to work with ;) Good luck! It is a fun process to learn, and learning is constant.
Big males like this are a key to keeping the local populations healthy. Males over 5 lbs have no natural predators beside man. Smaller ones are preyed upon by sea lions, large sheep head and other big pelagics. That being said, can smaller males breed with big females? Sure but rarely. Big females gravitate toward big males. The pecking order is clear. One larger females that doesn't breed in a given season is the equivalent of 4-5 smaller females not getting fertilized. I always take pictures of big females and males and release. Any bigger females that are plastered late in the season I will often relocate to preserves along the coast to (hopefully) secure the chances of successful spawning during summer. Caveat, I teach Marine Biology and it is just a personal preference. Just informing, not criticizing.
Nice grab! Although I am curious if we should let the big ones go so they continue to reproduce.
+Jeremy Bonnett Any sized male can reproduce with a large female. These huge males are not better at reproducing, they have just had more opportunities to do it.
Awesome, Andrew! I hope all is well on the central coast. I miss it big time.
You coming down here at all for the lobster opener, or a WSB hunt?
I wish. I might try and make an impulsive trip down for lobster, but I am in my senior year and stuff is hectic. Maybe if the stars align with a free weekend and good conditions I will try to blast down.
Does that mean you will be free to chase pelagics come June? let me know if you want to try something before that.
I'll see what I can do about swinging a lobster trip this fall if time permits. I'll let you know.
do you have any tips on starting a diving channel? I made a video, but people at my school say it is really bad.
+Patrick Hunter I have found that editing is pretty key to making a good video. I try to use nature documentaries as a gauge/model for what would be watchable. It is tough to take stuff you shot and cut out all those bits you find so interesting, but in general raw footage is pretty bad. I like to break my shots up into 2-5 second bits. Obviously that is not possible in some instances, such as this video, as cutting out action scenes can retract from your story. In this video I sped up the action so I was willing to watch it, figuring that was good enough. In spearfishing videos I have watched enough seabass being cut out of kelp, that I skip ahead from the shot to the retrieval (so I can see the fish). Watch yourself watching other people's videos. Do you skip parts? Do you find some things boring, or exciting? Make note of those edits. Then you only have to work on getting the perfect shots to work with ;) Good luck! It is a fun process to learn, and learning is constant.
Thank you for the advice! And keep up the great videos!
great job which island?
+Brent Mitsch Thanks, we hit Santa Cruz and Anacapa.
Great video and good music Andrew :-)
Name of song?
+Roy G It is called "Sardana". It is off a royalty free music site.
No big claws on this one...
That bag is STUFFED!
+Roy G I could have squeezed in another couple...normal sized bugs ;)
nice video, man
Thanks!
I Luke only like to see one that big and have the chance to make a grab