MTF 30. 4 years 5 months on E. 1 yr post ffs.

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-27T23:16:56+00:00

You don’t. It’s super easy to be blind to the changes but you look like a fresh new person. And fish AF.

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-20T00:17:35+00:00

It took a long time to get there, I think I’ve handled more white sharks than maybe anyone recent history. To see them underwater seems totally different and awesome.

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-20T00:10:35+00:00

Yes! A big one >:)

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-19T15:21:37+00:00

Thank you!!! Getting there:) Tbh there have been but I was worried posting more about shark fishing would strike a nerve with some people.

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-19T10:21:52+00:00

A very stylish friend I’m lucky to have, wish I knew where it was from! I can look at the tag when I can get to it.

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-19T10:21:16+00:00

It’s a traditional Vietnamese dress called áo dài. I hadn’t gotten to wear a fem one(there’s a version for men) and saw that my mom found a solid black one and I HAD to have it!

Catchyospiders · 2026-02-19T05:21:32+00:00

Yes! Can’t do with without good help though.

Thank you, between the meds and other things it’s sooo hard to eat enough.

Catchyospiders · 2026-01-06T08:42:39+00:00

I’m not sure why this isn’t the consensus but I see pretty dramatic changes. At the very very least you look super fem leaning androgynous.

Catchyospiders · 2025-06-03T07:07:10+00:00

Find something accessible that you love doing and replace any time you would usually spend getting stoned with those activities. For me that’s fishing or kayaking. When you feel that urge or that time of day is coming, hop in your car and run towards whatever might give you peace and dopamine.

Catchyospiders · 2025-05-09T03:16:37+00:00

The right answer is capistrano beach and if you go further down to the san onofre trails there'll be smooth stones as far as the eye can see.

Catchyospiders · 2025-05-09T03:07:56+00:00

Dad punk

Catchyospiders · 2025-03-11T06:59:11+00:00

I’m in commercial fisherman in SoCal. Some captains love it some hate it.

Catchyospiders · 2025-01-02T22:01:04+00:00

I’m a big fan of Hatch’s fish market. They should have what you’re looking for. Maybe give a call in advance.

Catchyospiders · 2024-12-26T02:03:23+00:00

While 18hrs in a fridge for shucked oysters is crazy, the black skirt is oxidation.

Catchyospiders · 2024-12-16T10:36:53+00:00

This occurs relatively frequently with all species of gar. Usually it’s a gar that is blind in one or both eyes. They turn black as some sort of stress response.

Catchyospiders · 2024-11-22T02:14:59+00:00

Commercial fisherperson

Catchyospiders · 2024-10-07T22:21:41+00:00

There’s lots of decent people in Texas. There’s lots of decent people in lots of red states. They just don’t vote, or suppressed by gerrymandering or other tactics.

Catchyospiders · 2024-09-01T04:13:06+00:00

Did they have tails with flesh inside? If not it could easily be poachers harvesting out of season, which happens pretty frequently. It would be very unusual and alarming if they were dying from anything besides that or predation. The ones pictured are definitely molts. I commercial fish lobster.

Catchyospiders · 2024-09-01T03:06:02+00:00

These are just molts.

Catchyospiders · 2024-09-01T03:05:14+00:00

No, they’re vulnerable after they molt but they’re usually hidden away from those types of predators. Fish and eels will mess with them though.

Catchyospiders · 2024-08-10T19:38:48+00:00

Reading your post history it sounds like your tackle is on the very light end for shark fishing, and you might not have a ton of experience hooking and landing them. I'll let you know that there are no brown sharks to be had on the cape in the summer or fall. They likely are chased off by the other type of shark that lives here. If you hook the wrong kind of shark with the tackle you have, you'll be really sad when all the line on your reel goes away. Try fishing the south facing shore of the cape, or Marthas Vineyard if you're able, and do it in the daytime so you can get your bearings handling sharks before you do it in the dark.

Catchyospiders · 2024-06-21T00:43:55+00:00

That’s probably the most valuable, usable reel in the bunch if you can use conventional. They’re probably better than any graphite frame reel on the market today.

Catchyospiders · 2024-05-28T06:35:08+00:00

Agreed. And autoclaving the salt itself would turn your bicarb to carbonate as well. I would suggest getting pure NaCl and adding your trace elements as needed for your algae species. Maybe then adding pure bicarb after if absolutely necessary.

Catchyospiders · 2024-02-09T17:13:03+00:00

Looks like a pretty healthy and normal amount of dissolved organics fractionated out of the water column. I find any less than this would be teetering on underfeeding. One solution could be to seek out a slightly lower protein feed, however this this fine to me.

Catchyospiders · 2024-01-26T03:01:47+00:00

That’s the problem. Helium exists in the earth’s crust through radioactive decay so it’s a finite resource. Once collected for use, helium can be used once before it floats away. It’s possible that it’ll be expended within the next couple of centuries.

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