This year's Dr. Death Invitational on the Peace was on Tuesday and Wednesday October 10-11, 2006. This year we licked out with light Santana winds and sea was flat calm for the whole trip. We left Ventura at 10PM on Monday night. Our first day at Cortes Bank produced bugs on every dive, but no monsters. Most people came back to the boat with one or two on each dive. However one pair of divers found a "glory hole" in the afternoon and came back with a bag full.

On the second day we went to Santa Barbara Island because the Navy had closed San Nic. On the first dive at Santa Barbara Island a few divers went into the boilers between Webster point and Sutil Island. All who did came out with nice bugs. On our last two dives we worked the moonscapes outside the boilers. The current was ripping, but many nice bugs came up from this area. I got a 6 lb. female and the winner for the day (and biggest) was an 8½ lb. male caught by Mike Smith. At the end of the day many of the divers released their largest bugs.
The trip was highly successful. Everyone had a great time and the boat took 230 bugs for 20 divers.

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Kenny & Mel	Trish & Sweet Cheeks	Suzanne, Chris, Mel, & Larry	lost bird at Cortes Bank
Conan & Jerry	Brian & Captain Eric	Larry	between dives
Captain Eric fills tanks	Lee, Todd, & Steve	Kenny	Chris
Jack with the day 1 winner	the moon	Todd's bugs from the boilers	Todd
Suzanne	Suzanne & Chris	Chris, Suzanne, & Chris	Chris
Todd, Mike, Chris, Suzanne, & Chris	Shel wieghs a Mel's bug	Mike releases the day two 8½ lb. winner	Mike releases the day two 8½ lb. winner
Mel releases his big bull	Jerry & Lee	rear: Chris, Chris, & Curt front: Suzanne, Carol, & Bob	Chris

©2006 Chris Grossman, diver.net

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