When I was at my daughter's house in Kaneohe, I was walking up to greet her and kicked a high chair with my little toe. It was sticking out perpendicular to my foot. So I bent it back in and have been holding it with tape every since. it's been about three weeks.
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Got out for a little swim this afternoon. Shot the little mutton to gut and try to stir up some interest in the water. Only about 15 feet of vis. This barracuda was kind of shadowing me. I kept going down and laying on the pipe and finally he came in close. Got a good head shot but the shaft went all the way through and he did take off. I hate when you can't see a barracuda who can swim. :@
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makelymyday,
dive safe and slay!!
Josh
In the second picture, with the yellow shirt: in your right hand…..are those two mu's? Holy shit !! Those are huge. Jake told me he saw some big ones on the Kona side and they're more spooky than the snappers here. I saw them on Oahu but nothing close to the ones you have there.
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Welcome to Speardiver.
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Based on the picture, the word from Hawaii is M jordani.
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Monster
I think it is either a young gulfie or a monster Cabrilla. From the looks of it and assuming you got it In The Sea Of Cortez I think it is a young Pacific Gulf Grouper (Mycteroperca jordani). I have shot a couple smaller Gulfies that look the same. Look at the Gill plate if it comes to a dull point (see attachment) it is a gulfie How did it taste?That looks like it. Pacific Gulf. And I believe it is a Mycteroperca, like the black grouper here. I was trying to Google groupers of Pacific Mexico but didn't see this one. Good call badehh.
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It looks like this but Epinephalus (goliath species) have rounded pectoral and caudal fins. Let me send your pic to an expert I know in Hawaii. I'll try to find out.
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I always said you was smart, Dan.
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No mechanic gloves at Sears or anywhere will fit?
Cutting the tips off the fingers will make them….fit…..I guess. But you're going to regret it when you slide your hand up into the gills of a grouper.
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Thanks for posting Patrick's pic first, it made my day
I have that same wetsuit but I don't get fish like that. <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">
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That beats those pool bars. There is no way I'll get into a swimming pool loaded with people sitting at a bar drinking. One big toilet.
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I think he was being sarcastic Dan. Meaning the tether is a pretty unsafe idea.
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Nice fish for an old man like you… <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">
<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"> You see the other two guys on my boat? The call me "the boy".
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Finally back in the water. We took down the fence that was blocking the canal to keep the sargassum sea weed out. The fish get pretty dumb when we're not out there for a while. <img src= " srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23">
The cubara just swam up to me at about 50 feet. There was a big school of dogs too but it was definitely a buddy diving situation.
I dropped in outside the reef in a cut and the boys went in with the boat. I drifted in and thought I saw a small reef shark coming in the semi bad vis. Nice cobia. I got a pretty good shot but still had to wrestle him Only 30 lbs but some good eating.
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A spring in the groove is needed to make sure the flopper actually engages.
I don't think the water pressure would keep the flopper down but the question is whether the extra drag of the slightly opened flopper is more than the o-ring.
But their sales pitch is that it is fully embedded but then they happily leave out mentioning the o-ring, but without it, it wont be fully embedded...I may be overlooking something here. But why would this flopper act any different than an external flopper, or conventional? The flopper on my shafts hangs down while swimming but when fired, it pins down against the shaft. After impact and passing through the fish, the sudden stop opens the flopper. Would this one be any different? And if so, why? We don't need an o ring on conventional floppers.
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Why is the O ring needed. The forward motion of the shaft will push the flopper down into the groove, won't it? It shouldn't need a o ring to make it stay down.
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Having realised that I couldn't have killed Jake or myself when trying to launch our own FAD, by dropping a huge weight over the side and getting tangled, I've come up with a possible better technique.
It would be safer and easier to put a 50 or 100 lb weight, like cement or steel, and let it drop to the bottom with the line. Then, keep sliding more weights down the line. Twenty 100 lb weights if you need them. You could store the weights on the bottom deck of the boat. But that set up int he pic….if you get some choppy water on the way out….and they way that boat listed when they were dumping it.
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I tried to order one today but my local dive shop does not carry Beuchat . Back to the drawing board tomorrow
Cheers, Don.
Holly shite I'm buzzed (whiskey) took me 3 times to spell Beuchat.
And you're part French? <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">
