Posts by sdeisen

  • Would you use a white snorkel?

    Quote from Treebilly3

    I personally would not. I agree that white is the best to show under water, but my experience with setting shrimp and crab pots white buoys can be a pain to find compared to orange or bright green. The worst is if it is white caping or any foam on the water it makes it the much harder.


    Agreed, when its choppy white gets mixed up with wave chop. I was referring more to when youre spotting for someone during there dive. While any neon color can probably come so close to white in visibility the difference is negligible, I just like white.

  • Tips to relax when im doing my breath up

    Dan pointed out probably the biggest thing, that the best thing for becoming more comfortable in the water is spending time diving. I imagine you guys are getting out at least a few times a month, in which case you are inevitably going to be progressing. It may not be happening as fast as you would like but dont let that deter you. That said, how confident are you in your dive technique? There are a few things that are huge in relation to breathhold. For example how much energy are you expelling in your duck dive, with good form and proper weighting it shouldnt be winding you. Bigger thing: when you descend are you staying vertical with your head tucked until you are ready to plane out or are you going down at a 45* angle looking all over? Your form while descending makes the difference between a nice long aspetto at the bottom or turning around half way to the bottom feeling all shameful of your performance. Also, a natural kick cycle conserves energy and oxygen. If you are kicking too hard before you begin to sink you are bound to run out of air quick. You mentioned you are happy with your out-of-the-water breathhold but keep in mind that doesnt really translate to the water. On a positive note your breathhold in the water is aided by that mammalian dive reflex they write about which sends your body into O2 conservation mode. You will recognize this when your form is right and you are relaxed. Its great you have a dive buddy who is confident and do your best to watch his dives from start to finish. Ask him to watch you and tell you what he notices. It sounds silly but little things make all the difference in how your dive is going to go. I get frusturated with myself all the time when I see pictures or videos of myself and think how much better I could be diving.

  • Dive Buddy?

    Quote from Hamptonyj

    thanks for the heads up jaguigui. im staying in kailua, but i have time to go where the fish are. I'm not trying to find spots to steal, i'm looking for a guide/dive buddy. I'll blindfold myself if necessary, i just want to get some fish haha


    Hey hampton, I stayed in Kailua 3 times, Lanikai to be specific. There's a lot of shorediveable stuff right from the beach there. Its very shallow and the fish are smart but you could do well there. Everything else Jaguigui said is spot on from what I experienced. It'd be great if you could hook up with someone, I did and I saw some INSANE stuff if your dive abilities up to it.

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from hank

    You only had to shoot it once?


    I've only shot about 5 cobia but man, they're nuts. They swim around like nothing's wrong until I touch the shaft….then….whooaa. The last two we got were shot twice and one still twisted a shaft right out of its head on the boat deck. Insane…..


    That's why it looks like such a mess of line, two shafts in it.
    I cut the gills and it bled heavy for at least 5 minutes and was fully alive in the boat. Crazy.

  • Nate died spearfishing, Sunday 6/8/2014

    I'm with Nate's family now in Louisiana. I drove up here yesterday with his truck and boat packed with all his belongings . I would like very much to not watch the video again. You all do raise some good questions concerning the details, though. That said the details really are inconsequential. It was a very hectic dive and there wasn't just one technicality that botched it. I wrote out a response answering all the specifics then deleted it as I feel it wouldn't help anyone and it felt degrading. We all know the text book way to dive. Nate's last dive broke a lot of the rules. I love Nate like a brother and I don't want to rehash his death anymore, granted I would if his blackout had been on a more routine type of dive and the specifics might help someone else not make the same mistake.



    Always take your time to breath up correctly.
    Never exhaust yourself chasing a fish to the point you can't safely make surface.
    Never turn around once you have begun to ascend, it's extremely taxing.
    Always dive with someone you trust and matches your dive ability.
    Never overweight yourself.


    I won't always meet those criteria but there's what I think the video shows.


    If anyone would like to pm me about certain aspects I'll do my best to explain.

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Late report,
    Got out with Greekdiver a few days ago and found good conditions, although the current picked up as the day went on, making drifts a bit tough. We got a serious upper body work-out climbing in and out of the boat for one-drop passes on the wrecks. Last spot Harry shot a prehistoric mutton (I know cause I saw video) but it got torn apart before he could yank it up. I was on the surface above Harry and heard his gun go off. Right then a big bull tore past me full speed in his direction, I don't know if it knew the sound of the gun or could sense the fish in distress.
    I shot this cobe and missed on a nice king :rolleyes:
    Harry shot some other fish

  • JBL mini magnum

    If u can get it for like 50 bucks or less get it just to see if u even like spearfishing. Most ppl started with that gun or some variant of it.


    Thing is if u like spearfishing u will want something else real quick