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Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:09 pm

Anyone here go diving for Abalones?I was just thinking of the season opener in april and thought I would ask.

Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:43 pm

Guess not lol, that is going to be the first trip with the bus, gualala Ca.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:54 am

where can you dive for abalone? i thought they were all fished out///

Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:10 am

Not only that, isn't it illegal? I know it is around these parts.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:15 am

I do know that it is illegal to sell abalone meat in the US. There's a "farm", Joe's Abalone Farm just north of Morro Bay on US 1 that strictly has to sell to overseas (ie, Japan) buyers. As for diving, I wouldn't do it because it's just simply too dangerous with ocean currents and great whites.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:20 am

splitty wrote: I do know that it is illegal to sell abalone meat in the US. There's a "farm", Joe's Abalone Farm just north of Morro Bay on US 1 that strictly has to sell to overseas (ie, Japan) buyers. As for diving, I wouldn't do it because it's just simply too dangerous with ocean currents and great whites.

I see it all the time in sushi restaurants. Is that not real abalone?

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:28 am

I can order it online here from a farm in CA: http://www.abalonefarm.com/order_online.php

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:44 am

Its not illegal to dive for it , the season opens on April first.You can only take 3 a day and 24 a year.As for sharks your right its very dangerous ,but you can rock pick and still find some nice abs.Abalone diving is a very exciting sport though , even just rock picking when the tide is down.You guys should pick up the movie The Hunt For Red Treasure, it was made by 3 Gualala locals and its very interesting. :D

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:46 am

spoon wrote: Not only that, isn't it illegal? I know it is around these parts.

Illegal south of San Francisco.

coad wrote:
I see it all the time in sushi restaurants. Is that not real abalone?

Farmed abalone is ok to sell.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:53 am

RixiesRide wrote: spoon wrote: Not only that, isn't it illegal? I know it is around these parts.

Illegal south of San Francisco.

coad wrote:
I see it all the time in sushi restaurants. Is that not real abalone?

Farmed abalone is ok to sell.

Good to know, thanks for the correction Rixie.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:13 am

A little over a month ago two kids were busted coming out of the water with over 120 rare black abalones, just south of Carmel. And I read that there was a Redwood City guy that got caught poaching for the third time within a year. Bastards.

From what I read the season is from April to November (North of SF Bay).

Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:48 pm

It's cool you can still "go for it" and take 3! I think I'd want a heavy wetsuit in the waves/rocks! I might have 10 huge abalone shells in my flower beds here? There's 4 crab pots hanging in the barn! Friends gave us some crab they caught on the coast a while back!

Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:08 pm

This post brings back memories. When I was going to Cal Poly SLO, I lived in Avila Beach. We used to crawl around the point toward Diablo Canyon and abalone were everywhere. This was back in the 70's. We used to make abalone chowder. Yumm!

Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:19 pm

Don't dive for it but it tastes great, too bad it's so expensive. At the Point Lobos National Park, So of Monterey, there used to be a fantastic display of carved Abalone shells, done cameo style. They were beautiful. Some lowlifes broke into the old whalers cabin, where they were kept and stole them all. These dated back to the mid 1800s. Hopefully they were recovered.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:36 pm

From what I've heard, Abalone tastes better than Lobster....Is that a true statement?

Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:19 pm

I had one (2") in my fish tank but it died and the fucking hermit crabs ate it.

Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:52 pm

ya i cant really say its better than lobster, but its definantly up there with it.There is a video on youtube about abolone poaching, one of the biggest bust in history.Look it up just type abalone poaching.I hate the people that aren't following the rules and getting more than 3 a day , theres people out there that even dive when its not season :( .

Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:27 am

Typ311Dave wrote: From what I've heard, Abalone tastes better than Lobster....Is that a true statement?

Nothing is better than Lobster!

Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:50 pm

RixiesRide wrote: Typ311Dave wrote: From what I've heard, Abalone tastes better than Lobster....Is that a true statement?

Nothing is better than Lobster!

i can think of one thing that is much better than lobster, red snapper :lol:

Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:54 pm

red snapper tastes kinda like lobster.At least the one in portugal which is called (pargo).