[ExFishermanBob]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

DID that off Stillwater Cove Monterey on a dive excursion only it was a nylon commercial fish net remnant. Better my prop than a passing migratory grey whale. Fortunately I was young (stupid but well insulated at 200Lbs.) and in a rented Aussie neoprene outfit with goggles. (rule one: never own your own dive $uit) I still have the dive knife w/fish line 'cutter notch' a most useful must-have tool on the inner right ankle. The best part was watching the ongoing Monterey Concourse d' Elegance Auto show through binoculars afterward and a good kelp-forest dive. Hindsight: the cheap solution: shaft rope cutter...that water's cold (32 F. @ 100ft.) BBY!

Heh - the rope cutter might cut someone's creels adrift: you had to tie off before cutting so that you could attach a new buoy. That knife would have been handy, though.

I'm glad someone else has done it - I was young too.