TOBAGO New Years Dive 31.dez.2009

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went out to spearfish yesterday with the "Tobago Dark Knights" crew.

beeing "the Whiteboy"it was a little tricky to blend in perfect....

..but it turned out that i caught the most attention under water. this 50pounder was just a little too curious.

perfect start for the new year. all the best to all you....

blessings

dan, all of us were using riffe guns that day. only my back up gun was a modified beuchat "cavalero canon".
there is a riffe dealer in trinidad, and a jbl dealer. other guns not available, unless someone brings them in.
don paul, you could share these pics, no prob.
hau, we was diving over a shallow plateau about 20-30 feet deep. drifting over it with a 1 knot current.
on the edges of the plateau there are some big cracks and tunnel-like caves. anytime we started seeing big schools of bermuda chub in the open and black margate on the bottom we was getting close to one of these edges. start seeing the cracks and caves in the distance i start diving down and hold on to a seafan. the swells was pushing me a bit side to side. lying down , watching the entrance of two caves in 20-30feet distance, i see a 20pound black grouper coming out of the closer cave, swimming amongst the margates in my direction. i start lining him up, but he finally changed his mind and swims back into the cave further down. i surfaced and start swimming against the current to make me stay at the same spot. diving down again, rest myself on top of the caves entrance, push the gun over the edge and finally pulling myself over the edge to glide upsidedown in the caves entrance. as i looked into that dark cave i see a big shadow coming from deep inside straight up to my guntip. i realized that this shadow is too big to be the same grouper i saw swimming inside. and i just start seeing an eye appaering on the shadow, and start making out the shape of the head, i pull the trigger, and head to the surface. my single wrap cable stick all the way in the cave, just the part with the swivel connecting my reelline is outside. i didnt know how or where i shot the fish, but had the feeling it was a good shot. one of the divepartner arrive, and hold the tension on the line, as i took his gun to go down and see if i can spot the fish for a back up shot. as i start diving down, the fish floats out of the cave. turns out that my shot went in through his eye and came out down his belly. the spear went right through, so he end up on the cable. gave him a killshot and pull him in the boat.

for the ones that havent seen it yet, here a vid i made how the topHustlers chopping up a cubera i shot a while ago. all the best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1UQMQVpfrw