Posts by jaguigui

  • O'ahu dive and spearing report

    Hafa Adai and Aloha all,


    just wanted to start this thread on my dive adventures diving O'ahu.
    I'll update this thread when I actually have some ability to catch fish.
    I apologize in advance if my stories pale in comparison to the other diving legends
    on this forum.


    so my first report with pics is my adventure diving the south-side of O'ahu. Conditions were PERFECT, winds= light and variable,
    sun shining bright, no current, no chop. 40' vis.
    We started our swim out and w/in 10 mins, I saw this big thing on the bottom change color. I said to myself "WTF is that?".
    Dove down and realized it was a tako (he'e in Hawaiian, gamson in Chamorro) and its the biggest one i've seen so far in my diving.
    it saw me coming and hid in a hole but it was game over from there. I proceeded to "tickle the tako" with my shaft and grabbed it as it
    shot out of its hole, ink blowing everywhere. I made it to the surface shaking the hell out of it to stun it, i debated whether to bite it between
    its eyes to crack the skull and kill it or use my knife. I decided for the latter since I didn't want it to rip off my mask and snorkel. Dispatched it and put it on the
    kui (stringer). Missed a couple shots the rest of the dive day but oh well, got meat for dinner.



    Dove last week with a couple of the boys on the south east side again. Conditions were less than favorable, 10-20mph winds, strong ass current,
    strong chop, 15' vis. Anyways, started off slow for me with me missing shots on a couple uhus (parrotfish). I figured I'd check some ledges/shelves for
    menpachi but forgot to grab my 3 prong from my float so had my gun when I dropped down. When i landed on the bottom, i gathered myself and looked in the hole and saw
    this fat ala'ihi cruising inside. Pointed my roller at it and stoned it. After that managed to catch two tako when i was scouting other grounds. Funny story with the tako, I figured i'd bite it to kill it. I ended up mistiming it and idk what happened but when i bit down, one of the eyeballs popped off in my mouth, the legs grabbed my mask and snorkel.
    Got pissed off, grabbed my knife, and brained him. All in all a good day.
    Dive safe guys!


  • Sinus cleansing flushing neti pot

    I feel like I should contribute given my persistent sinus problems.
    I used to use the cheap CVS sinus rinse pot, then "upgraded" to the Neilmed tea kettle one with more water volume. It was on again off again for me until I went to go see a naturopathic doctor here on Oahu.


    He basically told me my sinus mucosal tissues were irritated from the constant vog Hawaii receives from Kilauea volcano and said it was good that at least I knew about sinus rinsing. He did say however that just using the normal neti pot was only covering 1/3 of the sinus tissues/area. His new method has worked in draining out my sinus.


    He explained to me that there are three turbinates on each side of the nose that needed to be rinsed with warm water mixed in with salt which acts as a solvent to thin the mucus in each of the turbinates. To accomplish this, I use a nasal aspirator or you can use a syringe. Wash the 3 turbinates on one side and then the other side. Repeat 2x. To get the right angle for it, the first turbinate, you point the syringe/aspirator in a straight line parallel to the ground into your nose, it's tough at first to get the right positioning, but you will know its working when you feel the drainage in the soft palate at the back of the throat, what comes out of your mouth should be clear and viscous like watery mucus. The second turbinate is at a 35-40 degree angle, the last turbinate is almost at a 90 degree angle pointing towards the eyes almost. At first, it takes it takes about 10-15 minutes to get the right sensation but the whole process, once mastered should take less than 5 minutes. I do this process in the morning and night everyday. This is what works for me.

  • How to...convince better half

    Starting this thread to find out what everyone tells/asks their better halves (gf,bf,fiancé,wife, husband)
    when they're going to go diving. Haha


    Examples:
    "I'm going to go get dinner"


    "...fine ill take you shopping if you let me go diving"


    "...I'm just going to go test out my friend's gun"


    Would like to hear input from the more "experienced" in this topic as to what
    works for them. Lol

  • Foot pockets without tendons


    Dan, what thread was this on when you notched the tendons? I would like to read more about this. Thanks.

  • Bloody Nose

    Hi guys, I didn't want to start another thread and clog up the forum but need some advice from you all. Went diving two weeks ago and had some sinus pressure that usually just goes away and "squeaks" out when i get to a certain depth, however this last time I had bloody mucus coming out my nose and in my loogies when I hucked it out. I waited about a week and went on antibiotics per the doctor's orders and did the neti pot 2x a day 4 days before my last dive and took claritin D and mucinex to help thin my mucus. This past dive, sinus pressure wasn't as bad, but still had some blood coming out.


    Talked to my dive buddies and had two different opinions. One said to not dive for a month to give the blood vessels time to heal and the other said that diving more often helps cleared him up when he had the same problem. Any advice from guys that have similar experiences?


    Thanks!

  • Ceviche, crudo or any other way?

    I'll contribute to this thread with a Chamorro Fish Kelaguen recipe. It's similar to ceviche' we probably just are using different names for it.


    So you take your choice of fish (some people use parrot fish others use marlin) and chop it up into cube sized pieces. Mix in a bowl with: chopped (minced) white onions, salt, limon china (chinese lemon) or you can use calamansi, HOT chopped red pepper. Add grated coconut and more lemon and salt to taste. Sprinkle with chopped green onions for garnish and more chopped red pepper if your feeling adventurous.


    Usually this is served as a side dish and eaten with red rice and some other barbecue meat or you can eat kelaguen and corn titiyas (tortillas) by itself as a meal.




  • Spearfishing wetsuit Speardiver Reef

    I like it based on looking like the varied grounds of the reefs over here in Hawaii. Maybe not aesthetically as pleasing as the other patterns (2 colors or less) but I like the cream colored for the sand patches, the darker green for the coral areas, and the red just turns grey after 20 ft (currently using the speardiver predator and my partner said I disappear, kinda, after 20 ft). I'd rock it!

  • Waikiki

    Goatfish are good! just not that one.
    Kumu, Munu, and Moana Kali are the prized goats out here. Lot of fishing pressure on them however because they're so highly prized. I think a 3-4lb Kumu around the holidays will sell for around $50 out here.

  • New member - old spearo saying hi

    Dang what a life! Seems like you've traveled quite a bit, must be a really good experience.
    Welcome!


    P.s. get the Speardiver wetsuit, the mako was the first open cell I owned and it held up...until I tried the speardiver predator (red). It's unbelievably stretchy and comfortable. The mako was too stiff and didn't conform to my body as well as the speardiver one does now.