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Abalone Dreams of the 2015 Harvest Season at Sea Ranch

February 2, 2021 by Donna Martinez

Abalone Dreams Come True!

Your abalone dreams have been answered. The day all divers along the northern coast of California have been waiting for has arrived. Could this be a day greater than Christmas? And just like Christmas be sure you’re nice and not naughty! Meaning- make sure you have your California tags.  And know your limits! This year’s limit on abalone cards is 18 total.

But only a total of nine can be taken from Sonoma and Marin counties. 

And just like it was at Christmas in our house… you may not dig into your prize underwater package before 8 AM.

Incentives for finding that 10″ 

Abalone diving is a particular incentive for visiting Sea Ranch. To help you realize your abalone dreams, here are is a little picture walk down abalone memory lane to offer up encouragement for Abalone Season 2015. Many of our abs were taken out beyond Smugglers Cove in The Sea Ranch. Others are from Ft Ross. Hope you enjoy our photo essay.

 

Abalone diving secrets

Abalone dreams come true in our favorite location for diving at Smugglers Cove.

Smugglers Cove
Smugglers Cove just a 5-minute walk to the beach

 

two divers
Divers head out from Smugglers Cove

 

Prepare for the game warden!

California tags
You MUST have CA tags!

 

 book
Everything you ever wanted to know about Abs

Preparation secrets for your abalone havest

cleaning abalone

 

how to prepare abalone
How to clean and prep abs for cooking By Monterey Abalone Company

 

Our namesake and the challenges for finding the yummy mollusk

Owner holds two abalone
The 10-inch abalone which is the namesake for Abalone Bay

 

climbing down to the ocean
Jorge walks down the cliff to dive in Fort Ross. NOTE- this year, 2015, parts of Fort Ross State Historic Park are closed to diving.

 

suiting up for diving
Suited up and almost ready to go.

 

abalone , Sea Ranch , Fort Ross, Abalone Bay
Walking back up with a full catch of abs and fish can be tricky on the cliff’s loose shale.

Dinner prepared and served

preparing the mollusk
Nothing better than all joining in a great abalone feed.

 

serving abalone
Freshly caught, freshly fried, feasted upon in a frenzy!

Christening Abalone Bay

Abalone Bay
Abalone Bay with wishes of a great catch

 

Woman showing abalone in each of her hands
Our daughter is a pretty good diver too!

 

two divers with abalone
We have diner tonight! Jorge Martinez co-owner of Abalone Bay and good friend and diving buddy, Doug

 

Fish cleaning station
Fish cleaning station located next to the garage

Abalone dreams of beating the record

largest abalone
Matt Lum of Santa Barbara, has the heaviest animal ever recorded by Buzz Owen, who has spent over 50 years studying gigantism in Haliotis (abalone) animals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Diving and Fishing, Fauna of Mendonoma, Holidays, Things to do Tagged With: 2015, ab diving, abalone, Abalone Bay, diving, Mendonoma, photo essay, Sea Ranch, vacation, vacation rental

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    June 10, 2015 at 12:08 pm

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    […] after establishing new regulations in an effort to thwart their diminishing numbers. They included two critical changes for the abalone season. They included both a shortened season and the annual bag limit […]

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