Posts by Don Paul

    [quote='hau','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=26611#post26611']damn I look old :hau:
    I'm gonna go view and contemplate the "psychological acceptance of death" thread <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">


    Yeah, but at least you have your Rosary beads close at hand,;) we used to do wt harness's like that back in the day.:thumbup:


    Cheers, Don

    When we are old and not able to do this sport anymore, we are going to think back and tell those stories to our granchildren and hopefully create new generations of freedivers that not only do it for the sport, but also because is in their blood and spirit.... Quote: Joe 25


    Hi Joe, only thing I can add is take pictures and log some of the best hunts. Do not rely on your friends to help remember the adventures. Some some will die, others will move over seas and some will forget.


    I am 58 and plan on diving into my 90's. Mother Ocean, exercise and a few close friends are the tools
    to live a life worth living.


    All the best, Don Paul

    Have any pics of that necklace/bracelet? Quote: Fuzz.


    No.



    I've saved a bunch over the years, but it's really a pain... & when friends began to ask to save the heads for soup, I stopped cleaving most of em. Though I did make soup a couple times with smaller ones & butterflying the heads, then grilling/broiling them first gave the broth significantly more depth.
    Quote: Fuzz.


    I have a Filipino friends Mom I save the heads for after I wash and gill them.


    Cheers, Don

    Don, you are a treasure to this community. i admire your humble attitude in the face of, or because of, your immense wealth of knowledge and wisdom


    Thanks, but now that I look back on it, it had nothing to do with Fuzz's beautiful images and fine fish.
    It was more just meant to be a toast/joke between Fuzz and I. I should have know Dan's keen eye would
    lead him to ask what they are.
    Don

    Yeah. After drooling in the water for 15-20 minutes I finally got up enough nerve to to ask for a beer. Man did that hit the spot. Ice friggen cold!


    Mike


    I hate to ruin the fantasy,but these ladies were no porn stars. It was more reminiscent of an elephant seal haul out.


    You could have lied ;) I know the spot I think? 25 years ago I swam to the beach and fell asleep for a few hrs. (hang over) and when I woke up I was surrounded with a dozen ''guys'on beach towels' in speedo's and no chicks. They were cool, and I thought I might start my long swim North to my car.
    Cheers, Don

    OK Mike, I've been doing allot of baseball with my kid on weekends, any WSB story's.;) did you shoot one in the face with the Riffi'e black, length impaired Steely Dan?
    Cheers, Don


    PS Never mind, intel it was a 10lber from OC. My guns will be back together in one more week, we should
    hill dive.

    Earbones from wsb. Otoliths. A lot of socal divers keep em as trophies. :)


    Thanks Buddy for giving Dan the scoop. I was trying to wash the green dye out of my hair and go-tee.:@
    Found out the hard way, food coloring is a bitch to get out. ;)


    Those are just the bones from the first ten years, cutting them out on a rocking boat offshore got old
    real fast. I think it's funny listening to all the WSB experts on other sites.... if they only knew.
    I never wasted any meat and I loved feeding 10 friends at my home sometimes, we had great Polynesian
    parties.
    Cheers, Don

    What's that Don?


    A coffee cup from Lockburne AFB ( where I was born in Ohio) full of White Sea Bass otoliths.
    I made a necklace and bracelet with larger ones I had. I only remove them from the fish over 50 lbs now.
    Cheers, Don

    Check this out:
    Quote: Marco.


    Thanks Marco. I'v been following the X-power site for a few months. I'll keep our air stuff over on my Airbalete post.


    Happy Saint Pats.:toast::toast:
    Don

    Great fish Marco, looks kike a fun crew. I love eating snapper <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">.
    I doing some tweak's to the fart gun, before I bother camo-ing the barrel. The reel is a little flexi at the
    mount plate. It loads easy for me at 30 bar.
    Cheers, Don

    Welcome lidiver, I'm a ex Connecticut yankee but F the cold. I used to dive Montauk Pt when I was
    a kid. All the guys here are great, and have a lot of experience and are just plain fun.
    Looking forward to your posts.:thumbup:
    Cheers, Don