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HThe only large species I've eaten in India was Kingfish (spanish Mackerel).

It's a whole different scene here in the UAE though. The Arabs over here LOVE grouper.

Yep, the Indian guys here always ask me if I can get king fish. They say it's their favourite. Here it's not Spanish mackerel. You have a big version of that there. They only get about 12 lbs or so here.
We got one of our king fish here yesterday. They're all silver with no spots. And here they get big. Look at the one in sdeisen's avatar.

Welcome

I have to watch my computer while waiting on the surface. it's like, "damn, he's been down there a loooonng time…is he ok"? <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">
It's weird because we haven't been diving even every week. I don't know how he does it. I feel good when I get 1:20….

It doesn't get any more calm than it was yesterday. Just Mo, Jake and i. Found a nice school of dogs but they were having nothing to do with us. Jake was diving 80 feet for 1:50 and 2:00 but they wouldn't come in. We did pick off a few strays though.
Jake got an 18 lb, gutted, yellow jack.
The best fish I got all day was a yellow tail snapper. hard to get close to them And a nice school master that I had to play with among the rocks at about 50 feet. That cubera was probably the dumbest one I ever shot. It was just swimming along midwater. Jake dropped down behind it. I dropped down to try to herd it back towards Jake and it kept coming. Pretty easy shot. Yep.

And DAN....as you can see Mo is wearing Tino's old wetsuit. I gave the new Speardiver one to Tino and I HAD to wear something. <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"> But it was nice to give Tino a new suit. This one is a bit worn.

Those are all challenging fish. That little porgy is really hard to get close to here. Yep. you should be proud.

Yep. Venezuela. But I know a guy there who is a badass spear fisherman....so I hope to get there and shoot a wahoo. <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">

Nish, what part of India are you from? I spent time between Visakaputnam and Chenai (formerly Madras) down to Tuticorin back in the early 90s. Made four trips there working for Indian Tobacco Co looking for shrimp hatchery sites.

But the food…..whooaaaa. Really good. But the guys that are here and own this shrimp farm are Muslim and from the SW side. They only eat meat and rice pretty much It's ok but the food on the east side was way better. More vegetables. And the ….curd?….like sour cream?….with doll….or some kind of spiced bean….my mouth is watering thinking about it.

So yeah, share some of your secrets. I had some really tasty fish there too.

Welcome.

Wow. A mutton that big probably wasn't dumb. How'd you get him?

Nice fish. did you kill that cobia with one shot?

Wow. I can't imagine....

Treebilly called it. We have 4 chest freezers in our hatchery and one at my house. The hatchery ones are about 5 feet long inside diameter. The one at my house is a Frigadaire. Been working well for three years.

We beat the shit out of the ones in the hatchery putting salt water on everything and they've all lasted up to 4 years. We have replaced the rusted out tops with plywood lined with neoprene to seal the edges.

You just need to get the right length for those big ones. Obviously if you take off the telson and head you can make more room.

Yep.

Yeah, I wake up and throw if off the balcony and kick it around the yard a few times. It's getting there. Next, I have to put size 13 strings. <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">

Actually it does have the oblong "SRV" contour on the back of the neck and jumbo SS frets. I was kind of going for that look when I got it. Jake calls it "the Stevie". He's gotten SRV's version of Hideaway down pretty good.

Daryl doesn't deny selling fish. He has a commercial license. I've helped him load the fish from his boat into his truck to take to town.

As far as unwritten rules, how do you break down territories? Island by island? Towns on the same island? Jake and I can't go down to Sittee River?

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the locals are hurting themselves in refusing to allow MPAs. Guarding their own little spots isn't going to help. They will still be over fished.

This might be big enough for those fish you've been getting. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Here's a Warmoth Strat I put together. It's not rocket science since they do such a find job building the components. I've actually changed this one though. It has a neck with a rosewood fretboard now and a Hipshot tremolo I took off a Peavey guitar I have. I traded a Wilkenson, like the gold one on this one It plays and feels as good as any Strat I pulled of the rack in a Guitar Center. IT plays well....I don't. <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">

I promised him I would not tell. But there is a reason he gets so much fish....he's....part fish. We were diving off Kaneohe Bay and when he pulled off his wetsuit hood, it pulled off his human mask. He put it right back on and said he'd give me a free gun if I wouldn't tell....but in the light of all this. He can't help it....he has to go hunt in the sea. He's FROM the sea....seriously.

A LOT of people say a LOT of good things about this man. I've been diving with him....maybe eight times. it's all true. I'm really sorry this happened to him. It would shake anyone up being boarded and hassled. He's been pretty quiet and not posted much fish lately. Maybe this is why.

Shit. Jake and I get as much fish on most days as I got any day diving with Daryl. He didn't shoot small parrot fish on Oahu anytime I was with him.
Usually he would go for a big ulua. And we never got more than two.

He works 5 days a week. Goes diving on Thurs and Sun. And how many trips to Molokai? Once or twice a month? If that? And he cleaned them out?

How is it that he still gets fish on Oahu?

We get shit here from some locals at one of our favorite spots. When? After they see us getting fish and they're not. We go there maybe 4-6 times a year but ask them about us and you'll probably get a similar story as this one about Daryl.

Marco you gotta broaden your horizons. Sashimi is good....but Hawaiian poke brah.....that's da best. You suck though. I've never seen a tuna like that in the water much less had a shot at one. You're good badehh....

Nice fish.