Posts by Don Paul

  • Rattle Rattle

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    Don you volunteered to do that. Such a selfless act. Class all the way <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    If my memory serves me, she was a dancer, I just didn't want her to die on my watch.
    Cheers, Don

  • Rattle Rattle

    Quote from monster slayer

    <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Don you really amaze me, is the same spot, pretty close to Punta lobos, San Pedro and Cerritos. Due to the snakes, must people are shy to camp around there. Still too wild :)


    Remind me to tell the story of how Jay Riffe bailed out of my rear axle hopping, traction deprived, soon to hang from the drop off, rear wheel drive Ford. :@:@


    Cheers, Don

  • pv 7/15

    Quote from coreyf

    hit it for the nice slack low tide. vis was pretty crappy. maybe 8 ft. on my way out to the zone i saw 2 shorts .... really short. if there was a big fish around it would've ate those things. anyway, once out to the zone the tide started to fill in. i spooked a fish not too far below the surface. the viz was so bad, all i saw was something long and silver swimming away. i tried to drop and give chase to no avail. i swam outside for a bit and swam around in the slight current. no action. good bait tho -- lots of spanish. i circled back to near my earlier sighting. i made a drop and up in the canopy was the telltale outline of a seabass. the fish caught notice of me and tried to sink out. i followed it and it started to disappear! one kick and a long shot -- did i hit it? reel line starts going out ... yes, i did. i put the brakes on this one and it circled and ended up tying up just below me. ditch the gun with the crater float attached. knife to the dome and i pulled that fish up. my smallest fish of the season, a whopping 34 inches. im still pumped .... i havent shot one for a while now. sorry, no photo.


    The fish looks much bigger in your avatar;) I was in the in the area yesterday, till 4.30 did not see as much as you did, just the bait. Bands of red tide came in and it was a long swim out to the boat. I actually blew chunks when I climbed back on the skiff for the second time in 30 years.:@ The GF's massive green pepper. onion and very hot Cajun spice omelet at O-Dark thirty looked like a shimmering mosaic behind the stern. But my new friends had a great laugh. <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"> <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"> Sorry no photo.


    Cheers, Don

  • Rattle Rattle

    I know the spot very well, ;) I used to camp with the ponga guys near the fish camp on the point. One year one of the girls
    didn't follow my advice to stay on the path and keep her eyes open for rattlers. She took a short cut back from the cove to the jeep and got bit on the thigh. F'ed up the dive weekend when we rushed her back to San Diego, I volunteered to suck out the venom on the ride back.^^
    Cheers, Don

  • NIce Halibut

    Nice going Hut, if you ever find them on a bolder or rock you can shoot the on a sharp angle if you keep the tip pin sharp. One other thing that may help you see them is a black mask, so your eyes will dilate more without the light coming through the skirt. I have used a favorite Italian mask for thirty years too, but I have a 1/8'' neoprene skirt glued around the frame to keep out the light.It may finally soon get retired if the Bob Hollis mask I ordered fits. I really like that white float line.
    Cheers, Don

  • found gun in pv, blue jbl explorer

    Quote from Mr paul

    Did I miss something? Why is it on every thread, the first post just diverts you to the second post?


    Here Paul...I found the post, it's at the top of our Calif section.


    The California section is now private. Guests browsing the forum will see the threads in this section, but when clicking on a thread they will only be able to see the first post. The reason for this is that we don't want non members to use information we post about conditions and locations pertinent to spearfishing in our area.


    For this reason you are urged to not disclose in the first post conditions information such as visibility, which fish were present in numbers, where you were diving etc. It takes a little bit of creativity but you can divide the post in such a way that the fun part with pics will be in the first post and the specifics on conditions, if you choose to give out this info, in the following posts. Quote: Dan



    Cheers, Don

  • Hi guys

    Ahlan wa sahlan Qui, we have some very good freedivers here and some of them also spearfish.


    alla ysalmak, Don Paul

  • cat conditions 7/15

    Thanks Chris for the report, I think the temps will come up after all the late June/July gloom.
    A big swell looks to be setting up for next week so maybe it will push some warmer water in.
    I like how this forum is shaping up for us and the freedom to post reports to our brothers.


    When I get into quality fish out there you guys will be the first to know.


    I just want to tell you guys how much I appreciate the respectful posts and camaraderie you are showing here. Thank you.


    Don Paul

  • Barn Report / Sort of

    Quote from Gogo

    No Jetski Mafia here. I do dive with some guys that are in it. I hope the water warms up too.
    Gogo


    Thanks mate, That rig looks like a great way to stick and move, and the hull is chew proof.
    I hate when small blues scratch their head on my little Zoidac , even with a patch kit on board.^^


    Cheers, Don

  • homemade polespear

    If you build another one, try to find some rems from a fab shop of 7075 tubing, it can be heat treated to T6 condition and then powder coated.
    Cheers, Don

  • found gun in pv, blue jbl explorer

    Quote from Miguel

    The way it was rigged it looked like they were swimming out and it fell off a float board or something, even though it was loaded and in the middle of a kelp bed it wasn't ready to shoot, so fortunately it didn't look like they were diving at the time. Did look around but didn't see anything else, hopefully they're ok and turn up looking for their gun :)


    Went to the store site to see what one looks like...... it lists a effective range of 22 feet.... <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"> <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"> :rolleyes: I've been shooting the wrong guns.


    Cheers, Don