Future Spearfishing Goals

    I thought I'd make a list off all my spearfishing goals, big and small, as of right now. It'll be fun to look back later and see what I've done. Maybe in a year or two I'll come back to this thread and see what I've done on from this list. Feel free to add some of your goals for yourself too~



    Future Goals


    Just shoot a big fish!
    Break any of my personal bests
    Shoot something I've never shot before
    Bag a halibut in the daytime
    Catch a halibut with just a stick, sticking it through the mouth and gills
    Grab a halibut with my just my hands
    Polespear a yellowtail at night on a shoredive
    Shoot/grab anything on scuba gear
    Shoot something with the polespear Jeff made me
    Touch a black seabass in the water
    Touch a white seabass in the water
    Win more spearfishing competitions
    Make another lobster mount
    Spearfish for the first time in Catalina Island, Cortez Banks, San Nicolas Island, or the Channel Islands
    Find more hidden reefs
    Visit new dive spots in general
    Dive Mammoth Lakes with video camera (come back later to catch big fish with rod and reel)
    See another huge lobster, 8+ lbs
    See a massive shark in the water and live to tell about it
    Go back to Baja


    Buy more guns

    • A small euro gun for reef hunting to use for videos
    • A 63-65inch gun 5/16 shaft for long rang paddy shots
    • A 100cm euro for carp. Closed muzzle, metal shooting line tab located in front of trigger, single rap of shooting line, single band, aluminum barre, no safety.



    Top/Hard to Reach Goals ~ (from most desired to least desired)


    Spiny Lobster ~ 10lbs
    White Sea Bass ~ 60inches or 65lbs
    Halibut ~ 40inches or 20+lbs
    Abalone ~ 10inch
    Carp ~bigger than Alex's
    Striper ~ 30lbs
    Yellowtail ~ any size
    Sandbass/Calico ~ 10lbs
    Dorado ~ any size
    Grouper ~ any size
    Lingcod ~any size
    Sheephead ~ 30lbs
    Bonito ~any size
    Triggerfish ~ 5lbs
    Vermillion ~ any size
    Cabrilla ~ any size
    Spidercrab ~ adult size
    Cabezon ~ adult size
    Turbot ~ any size
    Starry Flounder ~ any size




    Impossible Goals~

    Break a state fishing record
    Break a world fishing record


    Spiny Lobster ~ 12lbs
    White Sea Bass ~ 80lbs
    Yellowtail ~ 40lbs
    Halibut ~ 40lbs
    Yellowfin Tuna ~ any size (shot in SoCal)

    nice list-- keep working on it and you will get there. I think goals are important. :)

    Damn, I was gonna jump on & toss up a few random ones... but your list is intimidating!


    Gonna have to think about this for a bit...

    Striper ~ 30lbs Quote, spearstuff.


    I like em a little more wholesome.:D And why no local Bluefin ?


    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

    Striper ~ 30lbs Quote, spearstuff.


    I like em a little more wholesome.:D And why no local Bluefin ?


    Cheers, Don


    :laughing1: funny


    As for the Bluefin, I dunno. I just imagined it would be more difficult to find because of the slim reports of them being caught. Heard of a couple people spearing yellowfin's from local kelp paddies, but I've never heard of a bluefin being speared from a local kelp paddies.

    Quote from spearstuff

    :laughing1: Funny


    as for the bluefin, i dunno. I just imagined it would be more difficult to find because of the slim reports of them being caught. Heard of a couple people spearing yellowfin's from local kelp paddies, but i've never heard of a bluefin being speared from a local kelp paddies.


    :grin::bouncinboobs:


    DP

    "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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    No Blue fin are around , My Freind Guy Skinner shot His First BF Last year with his JBL Elite 3band 9/32


    Local YFT are easy to shoot in front of the Dolphin ,,, just get in front of them and drop some chum dive 20-30 as fast as you can ,,, pull the trigger and hall as to the surface before you get spolled :D



    Thanks for sharing your goals ,,,,,good luck and Have Fun

    all my goals will be on polespear(except lobster):


    grouper > 20#
    mackerel > 36"
    hogfish > 10#
    mutton - any legal size, those bastards piss me off
    dolphin > the required 20"
    tuna - any size
    triggerfish > 18"
    lobster > 5#


    I also like stone shots so I strive for them although they are rare.

    Well I can scratch a couple things off my list. Picked up a carp gun and met one of my halibut goals this week, a 41 inch 26 lb halibut.

    I would like to improve my dive times. I would also like to take one of the courses and learn more of the safety aspects involved any other achievements are caveats to a wonderful release from life (anytime in the water).


    .

    A friend of mine is looking to sell his Speardiver 60" Striker. I know it falls a bit short of what you want, but I thought you might be interested. I am the original owner of the gun and he has only had it in the water once or twice. he simply does not use it as he prefers his 55" hybrid and feels no need for such a large gun.


    The gun is in "like new" condition. PM me if you are interested and I will give you his contact info.


    Keeping to the original intent of the thread, I'll go ahead and add my goals for the season:


    16 lb mangrove snapper
    32 lb american red snapper
    75 lb king mackeral


    my first wahoo and yellowfin tuna

    A goal of mine is to break Daniel's cabrilla record by .5lbs, just like he did to me:atongue:


    But here are a few:


    Yellowtail over 50#
    WSB over 80#
    Calico over 10#
    Sandbass over 8#
    Halibut over 30#
    Bug over 8#
    Abalone over 10"
    Lingcod over 20#
    Gulf Grouper over 123# (to break my Dad's)
    Cabrilla over 25#
    Pargo over 70#
    Burrito Grunt over 10# (WR)

    Long Beach Neptune


    USCG 50GT

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