Posts by Kyle V

Very cool

Thanks Virgili
Great video. Wahoo is on my bucket list. maybe this year.

Hey guys.

so there is an area here in the island that from the coast you can sometimes find big amberjack ( a guy i know caught a 50 kg one last year) and i've been diving there for awhile now looking for a fish like that and so far i havent seen one. i sometimes chum the water with some grinded mackerel or sardines and bread,make a mix and slowly release it to try and bring them in. my question is, do you guys have any tips for chuming? what depth should i deploy the chum bag, should it be on high tide or low tide? any tips would be apreciated
Thanks

wow great fish

welcome mate.

wow be careful with that stuff.

Quote from Wayno

Hello, Kyle.

Wahoo are my target almost every time I go spearfishing. I shoot almost all of them at depths of 10 meters or less, and they often come in just below the surface. Hanging flashers work well. Mine has 6 separate flashers tied about 1 to 1 1/2 meters apart, with the bottom one set at a depth of 10 meters and the top one at about 4 meters. Something that imitates a squid works very well as the bottom lure/flasher.

Tying it to the kayak should work, but if the kayak seem to be spooking the fish, just try attaching the buoy to the kayak with a length of rope so there is a distance between the kayak and the flasher.

I also highly recommend you make a throw flasher (several, actually, because they tend to get lost easily). I have often seen it where the wahoo show no interest in a hanging flasher, but will come right in to a throw flasher. Throw it several meters away from you and watch as it sinks. If nothing comes to it, dive down and retrieve it at about 10 meters and pause and look around for a few seconds after retrieving it before going to the surface. The wahoo will often be circling around you just out of visibility range, and they will sometimes come in for a look at a suspended diver.

Good luck!

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That helped a lot Wayno thanks for the tips i apreciate it

Around 10 12 meter . thats usualy my comfort zone.

i look at those photos and all i see is good food hum humm

We get yellowmouth barracuda in abundance, not sure about great barracuda, maybe offshore only.

I usually catch them, kill it instantly and bleed them out right away ( they say its the best way to preserve the quality of the meat. i like to grill it and apply a lemon garlic and white wine sauce while cooking. its delicious. it has a bit of a dry meat so goes along great with anything that has some sauce. has for any diseases, i never heard of any here in the azores, but im sure thats not the same everywhere.

Yes wahoo and other pelagic fish. but a wahoo would be the main objective. ill try it thanks

Over here they are very popular to eat. and very expensive on the market too. and hard to catch aswell

Hello All.

Im planning on spearfishing next season using a kayak, and my idea was to use the kayak as a tool to string some flashers to it and spear fish around it. my question is, how deep should i deploy my flashers? will more depth harm its shinyness? Will it work being to close to the kayak?

Cheers

kyle

Thanks

That looks pretty cool wetsuit. I'll think about it Thank you

Only the dusky grouper Marco. Its a protected species. the rest of the grouper family is free to catch.

Hello all.

Im thinking of buying a new wetsuit as the one i use is old and in bad shape. I've seen some ads for red wetsuits. Do you have any feedback about them? i heard red loses colour at a certain depth and i wonder what impact it has on spearfishing. I dont mind the camos and colours a lot but am curious about them.

Cheers

Kyle

Well if you ever come to the azores one day, im sure you will love it. Lots of challenging species to spear and very tasty too. A simple coastal dive can provide wide range of species. and almost no sharks

Here in the azores, beettween spearfishers it is said that aproaching the barracuda right from top of it, makes it much easier to get into range. i believe this to be true.

idk if it helps.