Posts by Don Paul

Quote from LOMartin

Damn, that's a nice fish.

And I was about to add my little 22pounder.

Thanks,
I think Griswold has a fish that is bigger then mine
Cheers Don

What do you guys in Florida call this snapper? In Cali we call them Dog Tooth, I got this one in La Paz.
Cheers, Don

I was up at 5am and home from MPLA meetings at 8:00 PM .... We got GOTFUC-ED yesterday.I'm burned out.
I lost the the 6miles in front of my 10 year kids house in Laguna where I was teaching him to dive.
I post more about it after I can chill with a few drinks.:angry5:
Don

Quote from monster slayer

Great looking guns..
Erevo is a mythical deity of the first cosmic theogony, accordyng to Hesiod. Is the eternal shadow or the eternal darkness that comes from the primordial void or Chaos. The gun is black, hence the name.

Porfíria comes from the latin perfidia, but the first is known as a methabolic disease, also in spanish perfidia means evilness. But porfía means tenacity. That´s the most logical usage for the word in this context.

Define quality......;)
Don

I like the way you guy's think.
Don I got to turn in one more MPLA meeting at O dark thirty
I feel like I'm lining up to get shot... Their FU-KING US.:angry5:

Quote from Dan

Never. You can't do it deep and in bad vis, and you're limited to bottom fish. In the Bahamas was the only time I used a sling, and I rigged it with a shooting line, I got some nice fish like that in open water too.

Roger that, I hate wasting fish....But I have sinned, I freedove a 90' ship wreck in Lapaz years ago and lost a
150# Mero when it cut the cable on the sharp plates. I sat out the rest of the day.:(
Don

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Quote from Dan

Exactly Don, a different tribe, nothing to do with what we do.

Do you guys freeshaft freediving?
Don

I'm from a different Tribe....I've never taken a fish on the hose....I have taken bugs on air though.
Don

Welcome G.R., these guy's are good divers and a lot of fun.
Cheers Don Paul

Thanks Fuzz... I owe you big time.
Where did you dive when you were up Noth?
Cheers, Don

Now this was a ceremonial kill celebrating my first 105' freedive in the blue water of Aitutaki atoll

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Fuc-n -A- Mate.

Quote from fuzz

How long ago was this? & what's the story behind your username?

That fish was taken in 2003 , My first name is Don and middle name is Paul.
Don

Quote from LOMartin

Nice fish Don.

Must be annoying to have to deal with kelp. We have it easier over here.

Do you remember what camera took the photo it came out looking very photoshoped.

What would you compare a yellowtail to in south Florida waters? An AJ?

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I like kelp a lot it is amazing to hunt in when the water is clear.

The image was scanned from a photograph on a HP 2210, no photoshop.

Yellowtail are in the Jack family, I feel AJ's fight a little harder.
Don

Quote from pantoja

Guys this thread is nothing important , but I wanted to share something that happened to me today kind of funny.

I was with my son today who I had to pick from school for being sick , I take him to burguer king to eat something and when i finish paying I see this guy coming to me walking kind of weird , moving to the sides , he comes really close to me , looks straight to my eyes and says " it must be the weather" shit , he freak me out and I go ....." fuck yeah IT IS the weather" fucking A .

It's the mad cow :@:@ :nono: just eat fish and Cuban food.;)
Cheers, Don

Vintage 1997 DoDo, 45.7lbs taken in the Sea of Cortez
Cheers, Don

Cortez Bank Yellowtail....I know, I know, they get a lot bigger in New Zealand.
This one was 48.5 lbs.
Cheers, Don Paul

I was diving with a buddy on a 105 mile offshore bank and we had washed the deck and packed the fish and were on our way home. My friend says '' let's hit one more bank that has some kelp for White Sea Bass''.
After a 45min ride he drops me on a 100 foot kelp bed with no current.I swim 50 feet into the bed and make a dive to look for bait, but it's dead. As I reach the surface I flinch as a Nice Yellowtail charges into my face
and disappears behind thick kelp stalks. I take a hail Mary and seconds later my float is getting dipped on the end of the 100' drag line. After my buddy Donnie spots me I begin 20mins of deep diving, cutting and clearing kelp to get to the fish. The shaft had entered the gill slit and out the gill plate. Back on the boat the fish weighed 48.5lbs. A nice way to end a long dive day.
Cheers, Don Paul

Quote from Dan

Of course. Why do you ask?

Just checking I don't but some guys here in Calie dive Halibut on the hose.
Can I post some recent Cali fish? Yellowtail ? I bet John Hanson has a big White Sea Bass to post.
Cheers, Don