Congratulations to John Davis who celebrated his 60th birthdat last week and bagged his first limit of abalone this week. I guess John thought the regulations were too simple in the past. This years regs are complicated enough to finally interest him. The tide was -1.2' and John had his limit in about a half-hour of looking. There are some really low tides coming up this spring, down to -2.0, so even if you've never tried it before this could be the year to try rockpicking for abalone.