Posts by Hookinfish

Hey California regs are very strict and controlled nothing like Hawaii. You will have to read the regulations thoroughly to understand them and not break them. The game wardens will cite you a ticket here and they do check on people. For a pdf of the regs check out here:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=42130&inline=true

This link will show pictures of game fish by type and also habitat:
California Marine Sportfish Identification

Milton Love I believe has some good books on fish ID but I am sure an amazon search will help.

You will not be able to drag a diver down flag when you dive here for the most part as the kelp is thick. Its like diving in a hapu'u forest. Stuff is growing everywhere. If you go blue water then you could use a flag, if you go out on a boat or kayak then you should use a flag.

It sounds like you have the gear I would just read the regulations over and over again.

Another resourse that helped me when I moved to California on Fish ID is this one here:
California Fish [Pier Fishing in California]

good luck

I like to use this website for regulations and game info.

California Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Map

Nice! You got a Moana Kali. Those and Kumu are awesome eating. We would take the parrot fish to a Chinese restaurant in Kona and they would deep fry it for us with a sweet and sour sauce. Also very delicious. Although at home steaming parrot fish or Uhu is a lot easier to do right.

Bienvenido

lol. Better luck next time. At least you made it out.

Quote from infideldiver

i like both. right now i have my hammerhead but i was using a yokooji hybrid. and a homemade riffe cx3 copy.

How do you like the yokooji? I have heard great things about them.

I'm new to diving out here but I have seen both. I don't think it really matters. They all kill fish. What do you prefer?

This is a very cool DIY theard. Brings up all kinds of ideas.

I will be honest I do not use my 3 prong much. I took some perch with it. I think it would be great for scorpion fish at night or low viz water. There was a guy who recently took a 40lb white sea bass and a mess of other fish and won a pole spear competition recently. It was a very impressive haul.

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Hooking fish what size guns you guys use out there i have a 110 Hammerhead with reel and a 75 3 prong gun.

What Don said. I have a 90 riffe and a 6 foot 3 prong. I would like to get into a 110 or 120 eventually but you will be set for most diving out here with your 110 and 75. Your 75 with a different tip would be a great beach halibut gun and Nor Cal rock fish gun. The 110 seems to be what most guys dive with around here though.

Welcome. Whats your first favorite hobby?

Its cold here in LA. A 5 mm suit will keep you warm and the water visibility is far from Oahu. Up north I had 1-2 foot viz while abalone diving. In LA I have seen 5 to 40 foot depending on the day. Kelp is also different to dive in. Takes some getting use too but you will like it. You can hide better when stocking fish.

Welcome.

Quote from hank

Hawaii? Unreal. I went there for a visit in 1977, before I was going back to .....this is true....Ohio State to finish an agronomy degree.
I was there about 5 days when I decided I was going back to Ohio, sell anything I had and get back to Hawaii. It was kind of hard finding a job at first. But then I lucked into this shrimp farming career and it all worked out.

Not sure how old you are....but man, to be young again and off on another adventure. Go for it dude.

Did you work at OTECH Hank? I remember in the late 80s we use to fish for Salmon in their tanks as kids and pay something for each fish we caught. Now they have Spirulina, Mahi, Lobster, Grouper, Abalone and lots of other stuff in the tanks. Kona Kampachi is getting big there too.

Quote from LunkerBuster

You mean a rod through the entire gun? Integrated into the stock it might work, but I feel it would be tough to get it in without effecting the integrity of the stock

Yeah a rod through the entire gun almost like a guitars truss rod.

What if you ran a 63 inch shark spike then you could taper the gun to your original intentions? I'm no gun builder but it could work assuming you don't have some buoyancy issues.

Quote from sdeisen

yeah the surf kept me from getting to the outter reef. I paddled parallel to the drop off trying to find a channel to slip to the outside but the waves are massive.

What Island and side are are you on again? Looking forward to seeing more pictures.

Glad you found some nice weather to dive in. The surf this time of year can be really big.

Welcome

Next time keep the female on the line and jump in to shoot the male with your gun. That Marlin must have been a sight. A buddy of mine trolls live 40lb ahi to catch granders. I can only imagine what one would look like underwater.