Posts by Don Paul

  • PV Shark Watch

    Salas said a KNBC-TV news crew had joined him to shoot video of blue whales off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. They were looking for Hook, a whale missing half a tail, and Delta, which has a tail whose ends turn upward like a plane wing.


    "While we were taking video of Delta the blue whale, we noticed a little bit of a disturbance next to the boat," Salas said. "We stopped the boat and there was an 18-foot great white shark that bit a 200-pound sea lion with one bite completely in half."


    Salas said he spent 30 years on the ocean and had never seen such a sight. Adult great white sharks, which can grow to 21 feet, are rarely spotted in local waters. Salas said the shark "came out of nowhere in a blink of an eye. In two seconds, it was over."


    "To see it right in of you was awesome," Salas said. "We were right off the coast of Palos Verdes. It's equivalent to a lion eating a zebra."


    After slicing through the sea lion, the shark then circled the carcass for 30 minutes before gobbling it up. Salas said he moved in closer so the crew could shoot video, but the shark wasn't happy.


    "The shark showed no fear," he said. "The shark came right to our 90-foot boat with no fear and swam right up to the boat to chase us away from his fresh kill."


    Salas said the coastal waters are teeming with whales and wildlife. Last week, a whale-watching captain saw a much smaller great white shark, and another one on Saturday in the same area.


    On July 10, the crew of a sheriff's helicopter cleared some swimmers and surfers off the El Porto section of Manhattan Beach when two large sharks -- about 6 feet in length -- were spotted below.


    "Maybe there are a lot more sharks swimming off the coast than we know," he said.



    I saw some vid of it on the news the night it happened, but can't find it now. I could see shore very clearly
    close by. This one is pretty big.....Dan hurry up with that shark proof Zebra suit.^^
    My club was nice enough to send me a email this morning to give me a heads up.:toast::toast:


    Cheers, Don

  • Ideal gun size for the Cortez Banks

    Alex you can target YT and WSB with that gun as long as you get close to them . The YT at Cortez will some times come right up to you if your cool to them. I had a 48lbr swim head face to face on the surface one time.
    Get a white cotton glove to wear on your secondary hand, if a wave turns them off, just wiggle your fingers. Wait till you see scales and eyes before you launch the shaft at center of mass, or spine. Back in the day tons of YT and WSB were taken by skilled speros with Jay's first production gun featuring a 40'' barrel and 1/4'' shaft thrown by 2- 9/16 bands and small double flopper head.(one fish- Tom Murray's Record was 65lb) .
    I would plan to go and have fun, and like Phil said making it to the bank is a throw of the dice. Capt George will
    not be risking your safety with big seas and wind.


    Cheers, Don

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  • new member from bim

    [quote='Bimfisher','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=83433#post83433'] I can only have one so it must be the right one the first time.


    I would not ever be buying a Mako if I had to live with one gun to import.




    I need a weapon for the bigger fish .target fish are cuda wahooo pompano etc.


    I would be getting the longest gun possible, your price point will narrow it down to Metal (pipe) wood or carbon.
    One of the best shooters I know (Red Tide) has given Dan's new wood gun very high marks, but I'm a wood gun guy.


    Cheers, Don

  • Ideal gun size for the Cortez Banks

    Quote from Hookinfish

    I bought the ulusub because I new it would be good for around here as a 110 but I was curious if it would be enough gun for the banks. Which I guess is not the case. I'm hoping to do some kind of wsb or yellowtail trip though I just need to rethink where.


    Alex, what does it measure from the front of the mech to the back of the band slot?


    Don

  • Ideal gun size for the Cortez Banks

    I have seen one guy shoot at a 90 to 100 pound WSB two times and not hit the fish with a powerful gun,
    another time a buddy came up short with a 50'' gun a monster yellow.
    I'm not trying to be a A-hole but I am a very good stalker of WSB and YT but I would not be using a 110 ever
    out there. Yes you can get YT and WSB but if a nice tuna or world record shows up you may just have a story. That is one place to leave the Calico alone. I would be using the longest gun I could get, blue water does not get any bluer on some days and if Whitie or a monster Mako shows up, a long gun is nicer to have to poke them with.


    Cheers. Don

  • Gopro C4 speargun mount prototype

    [quote='marginatus','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=83345#post83345']I tough you meant testing the mount in more destructive then usual situations....


    I did, just my weak attempt at humor.;)


    Cheers, Don