Posts by seaweed
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Cobia was good. Not at all like the one you gave me once. It was firm texture not much fish taste.
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Went out on a trip last friday with Harry and Jim. The plan was to hit the deeper wrecks for big blacks we had seen the week before.
We went out in forcasted less than 2 ft seas which turned out to be easily 3-5 with some big waves making their way over the bow at times. Harry's boat handled waves like a dream so much I wasn't even worried about the seas.
We motored to the first spot and we must've put in the wrong numbers because we were in 50ft when it should've been 90. So we headed further south to another wreck holding blacks and couldn't find it either so we decided to drift the reef in 70ft with top to bottom vis.
The reef was beautiful but completely barren of any shootable fish. About 10 minutes into the drift I caught a glimpse of 4 shadows in the blue about 100 ft away and 50 ft under the surface. I had just come up from a dive and realized they were cobia.
I remembered what Harry told us about cobia not being spooky and I bolted right after them. The biggest one came up and met me half way. As I shot him I looked to the bottom and saw the reef moving. There must have easily been 50 or more circling around a sleeping ray on the bottom. Jim dove and shot a small one before he too realized all of the other cobia on the bottom.
This fish put up a great fight and made a long run instead of just rolling like they usually do. It was like shooting a train and there was no stopping him. Harry found us and made a shot in the cobia since he saw the flopper was right under the skin. The cobia immediatley bent his shaft and we both hauled him up to the surface where it proceeded to kick my ass. I was so determined to kill it since Harry said it couldnt be done and I think he is right. Even with it throat cut and all of its guts out it still thrashed like crazy.
I measured the cobia in 3 parts (11 pound head, 14 pound fillet, 17 pound other fillet and bones) on my scale which came out to about 42lbs gutted.
By the time all was said and done we lost the school and couldn't find it again so we decided to go home since the seas were rough and I puked all over the place.
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One took my buddy's 30 inch AJ and his 110 euroshaft last weekend ---- whole. Davie was there, not me though.
It broke his reel and almost popped his thumb off also. The reel line wrapped around his thumb and he had to cut his line loose as it dragged him through the water.
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Each gun has it uses. If you can catch everything you want with a JBL that's great. If not then you have to try something else.
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How deep can you freedive and when are you free?
We usually go out of Government cut but we fish the area by fowey. It is shallow and there are blacks but they are very spooky. Best is to hit the wrecks by there.
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Exacltly right. I learned to use the Whetstone in the boy scouts. I never used a belt as a strop, but good move.
I've always wanted a lansky knife sharpening system as lunkerbuster alluded to.
I have the lansky. The stones are way to small and I always cut my fingers. You really dont need it unless you are trying to sharpen a knife with no edge at all. 1 or 2 large stones will do fine. If you make a 15 degree wedge to hold the knife straight on a big stone that would be ideal.
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I know in Hialeah there are mobile knife sharpening vans that go from restaurant to restaurant. They are Cuban knife sharpeners that continue to do the same trade here.
They'll pull up behind a restaurant and whistle then someone will bring out the knives and they will sharpen them right there.
They have a distinctive whistle which my dad says is the same used in Cuba.
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seaweed
Yellow Jack
2008
Haulover, FL
?15? lb
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seaweed
Twin Mutton category
May 29/2006
Islamorada, FL
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seaweed
Hogfish
Aug 1/2008
Boynton Beach, FL
9.5 lb
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The v-sticks work great for me, shaves hair right off, are super cheap and super fast, ?$1.99 online but $4.99 basspro?. I use the one from gerber, gerber pocket knife sharpener.
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That is a big ass cuda!!!!
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Let me tell you, looking at this last video again is pretty funny. They mention that spearfishing in Eritrea is "forbidden", then the next sentence mentions they "shot fish for lunch"
Que pinga es eso? I guess fishing is illegal unless you spear for lunch. How about Dinner? Or Breakfast? Also, el Gato Solo ese tienne unos dientes jorobao que no estan facil:0.Same thing I thought. It just shows how they think. Spearfishing is probably forbidden because commercial fishermen will deplete the area. However since they are not commercial fishermen then it is ok to shoot fish for lunch.
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“I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. . . . Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him. . . . There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity. I do not understand these things, he thought. But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
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The Old Man and the Sea (El Veijo y el Mar) by Ernest Hemingway, my favorite book.
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He was at the blue wild expo, gave a speech and answered peoples questions.
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I heard you just slide them in. Be careful drilling the holes, use tape and drill in incrementing diameters.
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Post a picture of the rudder maybe it's an easy fix.
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Ouch hau, hope you get better.
