Posts by Don Paul

Very cool Davis...nice sage walls mate.

Cheers, Don

Quote from chris oak

Mayans must have had a clue about the MPA closures, also known as End Times.

''In the planting cultures,there is a sense of death as not death somehow,that death is required for new life.''

Joseph Campbell

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Quote from Joe Acevedo

Sorry guys , the group I was working with couldn’t seem to get the event off the ground for several reasons , Logistics , lack of interest from key players in rod and reel community, cost , time ,sponsorship, commitment Etc ,etc

Joe, do not apologize for the actions and commitment of others. You and your son Noah have set the bar very high on doing every thing a working dad and kid can do, thank you. I will always remember the two of you at the MPLA meetings I attended.

The speros in Laguna and those that travel to dive there are the hardest hit, money talks and nobody walks.
Welcome to the world of dealing with spearfishing rights and those that never kill anything them selves to eat.
They want us all to get our food from the store....where nothing dies.

Cheers, Don

Thanks mate, I have some plans for it this spring when the fish come back. I wish last year was better for fall tuna at my spots. The little air gun really puts the shaft out there fast, I look forward to testing the new Sporasub air one as well. I will also post some reports this spring, now the the MPLA nightmare in my back yard has sunk in some what.

Cheers, Don

Quote from Budlite

Well according to my buddy the "swimmer" was no expert and there is no way to know what it really was. I know there was a small salmon shark seen near there a few months ago.
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I think Mike E or ScienceMike saw a real shark between abalone point and reef point a while back.

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Here it is...

Cheers, Don

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Great ! Now the Germans will be all over us.

Ciao, D

Out for a bay watch swim.

Posting this for a Kiwi friend in New Zealand.
220 cm is the distance from where the handle rests on my foot to the loader cross.

Cheers, Don

I think Mike E or ScienceMike saw a real shark between abalone point and reef point a while back.[/QUOTE]

That makes allot of sense, El Moro has lots of huge bat ray and other snacks along with being close enough to the New Port Canyon and drop off.

Cheers, Don

Quote from O2 deprived

oh yeah-- Hoff the Hairy . He used to come to our sorority parties. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

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Cheers, Don

Quote from Dan

LOL that's one hairy crab. But I didn't know Hasselhoff was considered hairy.

Looks like he must be a-wax-in it in that picture.

Cheers, Don

Welcome mate, a few guys here in your area.

Cheers, Don Paul

I've seen small basking sharks there.... way out at 3rd reef, out side the farthest kelp stringer, along with whales,
7Gill, Soup fin, and of course Leopard sharks. In thousands of dives between Reef Point and Salt, I have never seen a '' real shark''....that would be cool.

I'm not saying they don't swim past every outcropping point as they move up and down the coast, just never got to see one.

See if you can get more background on the story and the spotter if you can.
I do remember some clue less tourist filing a ''Shark Attack report'' claiming a Mako bit him on the foot in the surf zone. twenty years ago.

Cheers, Don

Drove down the block and came back....not funny what I just posted.:( I just flashed back to watching a guy die on a hospital bed and the horrible sounds his last gasping breaths were.:( yeah he was young and a smoker.
Don't smoke kids.

Don

Quote from Marco

In Italy is not uncommon.

But those pictures shock me.

Me too.. Cuban cigars on my birthday and vet's day only, I take very good care of my lungs.....well except for the fire I tried to breath one day.

Cheers, Don

Yeah....but does he smoke?;)

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Welcome mate.

Cheers, Don

Looks allot like a Totuava from Baja, they get over 100lbs.

Cheers, Don

Nice Cobia Matt.

Cheers, Don

Quote from toptuna

When is the date? I'll be there with whatever beer I have ready.

2/25/11

with a meeting next Thursday @ Main Beach, I'll get the time from Joe.

Cheers, Don

When legal actions brought on by user groups have come to a end, we the spearfishermen, the commercial lobstermen and line fisherman, need to have the largest organized wake for the Death of our American Rights to Fish. It needs to be a nice sunny day when the Main Beach is packed. Fishing boats, paddle boards, surf boards and lobster-men at the paddle out. Those that can't attend can have a toast to our long lost friend in sports bars out side Laguna and homes in Cali. Western Outdoor News and major media will be invited to this very sad day. Maybe Guinness would step up with some easing of the pain ? I'll personalty invite my heros; Dana Rohrabacher and Buzz Aldrin to the sadness.

Don Posted 11-30-2011

Joe, Great minds think alike. I'm in except for any ''illegal'' fishing. Glad you have a date.
I'll call Dana.

All the best, Don