Posts by Dan

We were diving a ledge and Pantoja said he saw a black that wouldn't give him a chance. After 15 minutes I went in the other direction along the ledge. I dropped on top of the reef, peeked over the edge and proceeded forward slowly. Shortly I came up on the black that was over the sand close to the edge and was looking at me. I swam closer extending the gun and trying to keep a low profile. For a while he wouldn't move, as I got closer and closer I thought I'm going to have to shoot him in the forehead. This is a more difficult shot so I chose to get as close as I can. Just when I thought of taking the forehead shot he turned very fast as if to bolt but instead started swimming away slowly exposing his left side. I then took a shot which entered up and behind the gill plate and came out of his left cheek. I felt sorry for the bugger so it's good that I stoned him.

70lb is a monster yellowtail, I didn't know they get that big

See ya Larry.

Vis was terrible today. It was impossible to stay on top of structure so we had to stick to the shallows. It's amazing Pantoja and Alan were able to pull out as much as they did. Otherwise the conditions were nice. I was out of it diving the second day in a row, not my cup of tea especially with uninspiring bad vis.

It makes me wonder if spearfishers are more prone to this than hook & line fishermen. After all they can only exaggerate about what they caught :fishing2: we can also exaggerate about what we saw :shark1:

Cool, we don't have anyone here from that far north. Welcome to the forum.

No, I added the second pic and the question a little later.

It would've been a hell of a ride though

Here's the world spearfishing record for the great barracuda, 64.88lb shot by Paul A. Smith in Okinawa Japan Oct. 5 200g. The pic always looked photoshopped to me however http://iusarecords.com/twenty_first_century_record_list.php

From http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=108

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The world's record on hook and line is a 1.7 m great barracuda taken in the Bahamas that weighed 46.72 kg.

Hmm.. Pantoja looks to me about 5'1" or 2".

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Honestly I'm not sure about his height, somewhere between 5ft and 6ft.

Ahh it was that big double barb spearpoint. Also two 5/8 bands may be a little weak for an 8mm shaft and that big point.

Here's Pantoja's 40 pounder, the biggest one I've ever seen.

And another biggy which we never weighed. Sorry to clutter your thread with my pics, I just wanted to be reminded how impressive those big cudas are. Were you rigged with a float line and float? I believe in open water that thing could've taken a speargun with a reel if the shot didn't hurt it.

That's one unpleasant day, sorry for you bud. How was the Riffe gun powered? 80lb is a monster cuda, I didn't know they get that big.

No, not me, Pantoja really wears underwear to dive. A shameless display :cherna:

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Jack Crevalle (Jiguagua for you cubans, right?) is one of the best eating fish if prepared properly. Next time try this: Fillet it very thin and deep fry after passing it by Egg and bread crumbs batter.
Season the fish first with adobo, toss it in egg, bread crumbs and to the fryer. Squeeze some lime juice and you will see the results! Just great!

I tried it your way today except I used flour. I sprinkled four cheeses shredded cheese on top of the fillets as soon as I removed them from the fryer. The cheese melted and stuck to the fillets. It was pretty good.

Environmental protection. I got stung badly by a Portuguese man o war about 8 years ago, I was wearing a shorty wetsuit and still it got me very bad. You can't really avoid them at times. There's also fire coral and some people get sunburned.

Thanks.

Need one diver for tomorrow 09/02/2009.

Final adjustment to the weight. Today diving with 5lb I had to kick all the way down to 60ft. I couldn't get to into a glide at all. I found that doing it this way messes with me psychologically and negatively affects my bottom time. I put on one more weight, so now I was at 6.25lb and got into a glide at 40-45ft. All other considerations are secondary to being able to stop kicking at around 40-45ft so this is the weight I'm finally staying with, except if I lose weight and become less buoyant. Getting back up with 6.25lb is still fairly easy compared to the weight I had on at the very beginning. I was diving in a Lycra top and bathing trunks BTW.

Short day. Started out cloudy, then some rain and wind, some chop built up, then the sun came out and the sea became flat again. I got a 14lb black and Pantoja got a couple of muttons and a couple of hogs. Diving was enjoyable but the vis wasn't good.

spearcuba?

Dave, sorry I grabbed your post from SB, but I thought it was pertinent here.

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Last weekend I tried the Mares Razor footpockets with soft DiveR blades. I was unpleasantly surprised about their performance as I initiated my surface dive. It's kind of hard to explain, but the fin angle combined with looong blades, messed up my execution as I use the fin blades to slightly lift my upper body just before tucking under and getting vertical. I think the problem has to do with the angled/long blade being much further underwater than a conventional long blade fin. I have not given up on the DiveRs and will try to adapt my execution when I have more time to experiment.........Dave

And the carbon fins http://spearfishing.world/fins…s/881-carbon-fins-fs.html

Diving with Pantoja tomorrow 09/01/2009 out of Haulover. Start at 8am finish around 2-3pm. Need 1 or 2 more guys.

What an animal. In Cuba a strong guy like that is used as a cordelero.

So the purpose of the dry bag is to protect the car from the wet gear ie. to keep the moisture in the bag.

My experience has been that by the time I get my mesh bag to the car everything is already dry to the point that it's not dripping water. What do the rest of you think, dry bag yes or no?