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    hit it for the nice slack low tide. vis was pretty crappy. maybe 8 ft. on my way out to the zone i saw 2 shorts .... really short. if there was a big fish around it would've ate those things. anyway, once out to the zone the tide started to fill in. i spooked a fish not too far below the surface. the viz was so bad, all i saw was something long and silver swimming away. i tried to drop and give chase to no avail. i swam outside for a bit and swam around in the slight current. no action. good bait tho -- lots of spanish. i circled back to near my earlier sighting. i made a drop and up in the canopy was the telltale outline of a seabass. the fish caught notice of me and tried to sink out. i followed it and it started to disappear! one kick and a long shot -- did i hit it? reel line starts going out ... yes, i did. i put the brakes on this one and it circled and ended up tying up just below me. ditch the gun with the crater float attached. knife to the dome and i pulled that fish up. my smallest fish of the season, a whopping 34 inches. im still pumped .... i havent shot one for a while now. sorry, no photo.

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    Quote from coreyf

    hit it for the nice slack low tide. vis was pretty crappy. maybe 8 ft. on my way out to the zone i saw 2 shorts .... really short. if there was a big fish around it would've ate those things. anyway, once out to the zone the tide started to fill in. i spooked a fish not too far below the surface. the viz was so bad, all i saw was something long and silver swimming away. i tried to drop and give chase to no avail. i swam outside for a bit and swam around in the slight current. no action. good bait tho -- lots of spanish. i circled back to near my earlier sighting. i made a drop and up in the canopy was the telltale outline of a seabass. the fish caught notice of me and tried to sink out. i followed it and it started to disappear! one kick and a long shot -- did i hit it? reel line starts going out ... yes, i did. i put the brakes on this one and it circled and ended up tying up just below me. ditch the gun with the crater float attached. knife to the dome and i pulled that fish up. my smallest fish of the season, a whopping 34 inches. im still pumped .... i havent shot one for a while now. sorry, no photo.


    The fish looks much bigger in your avatar;) I was in the in the area yesterday, till 4.30 did not see as much as you did, just the bait. Bands of red tide came in and it was a long swim out to the boat. I actually blew chunks when I climbed back on the skiff for the second time in 30 years.:@ The GF's massive green pepper. onion and very hot Cajun spice omelet at O-Dark thirty looked like a shimmering mosaic behind the stern. But my new friends had a great laugh. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin"> <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin"> Sorry no photo.


    Cheers, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

    Quote from Don Paul

    The fish looks much bigger in your avatar;) I was in the in the area yesterday, till 4.30 did not see as much as you did, just the bait. Bands of red tide came in and it was a long swim out to the boat. I actually blew chunks when I climbed back on the skiff for the second time in 30 years.:@ The GF's massive green pepper. onion and very hot Cajun spice omelet at O-Dark thirty looked like a shimmering mosaic behind the stern. But my new friends had a great laugh. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin"> <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin"> Sorry no photo.


    Cheers, Don



    Don,
    I saw you guys out there. The red tide bands were very visible from atop the bluff. Did not see your chum line.


    Mike

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    34"er sounds like it was a solid 14-16 lber! That's my favorite size fish for eating:toast:


    Big enough to feed a few people with fresh fillets and not having to freeze anything:thumbup:

    I dove the sea sick murk til sunset last night. Found about 10-20 feet of vis on the bottom at 30ft. It was dark. No wsb, no croaking , no bait and no other divers.


    Mike

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    Haha, Don I thought you didn't want that kind of info to get out? In all fairness it was a real bad cross swell, I almost got sick too. BTW it was a pleasure having you on the boat, you are a true waterman and innovator to this sport as well as a wealth of spearfishing knowledge. And I don't know when the last time i got Hurling footage in High Definition, that alone is priceless ;)


    Good diving with you, let's do it again soon but hopefully with better conditions.
    Paul

    Quote from Mr paul

    Haha, Don I thought you didn't want that kind of info to get out? In all fairness it was a real bad cross swell, I almost got sick too. BTW it was a pleasure having you on the boat, you are a true waterman and innovator to this sport as well as a wealth of spearfishing knowledge. And I don't know when the last time i got Hurling footage in High Definition, that alone is priceless ;)


    Good diving with you, let's do it again soon but hopefully with better conditions.
    Paul


    Thanks Paul, I really had fun, that Hull is bicthin and you were a good skipper. I have all ready told the GF no more more huge Cajun Omelets before mud dives.^^ Looking forward to doing it again.
    Cheers, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

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