Posts by LunkerBuster

  • California dragon swim

    i didnt want to clutter a thread but what is happeneing there, a paper mache dragon attacking a crowd from behind??!? <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">


  • Intro

    damn Austin, nice intro...i really like the line about being a "steward of the sea"...i very much agree and will be appropriating your line <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    glad you made it over here, you will fit right in...looking forward to more great vids and some reports.

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    THe long story


    as ben said we were a little but apart..felt like 80-90yds and i was slowly covering the bottom looking for antennae. the bottom was swiss cheese reef of about 5-6 ft of relief off the bottom. I would say about 30 ft of water, 35 tops.


    we had been blessed with some amazing viz to start the dive and could easily see fish shapes 30 ft down and 50 ft away.^^


    I saw something large and white at my 11 oclock and thought it must be a ray. I dropped to the reef to meet him since a nice ray encounter is cool on a slow hunting day. As I was sitting on the bottom he came closer in to view and I identified him as a huge male hog. I immediately got excited and prepared to shoot him as he passed...I prepared to pull the trigger having pre positioned the gun to just shoot once the fish cam by, no movement.
    right as the hog passed the gun I sensed he was alerted by something and he did a quick dart to the way he came and then came right back. I had to surface at this point to breathe and did a quick drop behind the hog but he was fully aware of me. I knew this so I decided to just get some steel into him and not just watch him haul ass down the reef away from me. I kicked hard and shot him....high, real high, like hair cut high....he holed up in the reef holes and I could see tension on the shaft as I did a super fast breathe up..I dove on the hole and said to myself to me real careful cos it was a terrible shot and the second i touched the shaft....slack, gone!


    I was so mad I cannot express it...I watched him dart around inside the coral rooms and disappear under a large head...I reloaded and re wrapped without breaking stare and waited...I dropped a few times and couldn't find him in any holes and I thought i was done for sure...I peeked into one hole and moved on thinking there was an angel fish in it...then it occurred to me that this hog might be that big so I peeked back and bingo...spear wound. I immediately shot straight down on him and finally had a good shot...but he was in the reef real good.


    After about 8 dives of tetris I had him in my arms and was headed to the float...stoked on a PB...gutted he was 7.25 so I call him 7.5lbs..25 inches.