Congratulations, but honestly? I've would shot the dorado.
I've shot dorado and although I really wanted to shoot one of the nice bulls since I haven't shot a dodo in two years my instinct kicked in and I honed in on the tuna. It all happened so quick I barely had time to think.
Bravo - I think the majority of us that have been diving for years and have not spent the time and money to specifically go somewhere special for Tuna - would love an opportunity like yours. Your patience paid off. Well done! :thumbsup2:
Thanks oscar. I'm glad it did because it would've REALLY sucked if I blew the shot all together.
Thanks guys, These are some special fish. I couldn't seem to get them on video for years. Only when I stopped caring did it happen, of course.
Thanks guys. Great experience filming these fish:)
Awesome footage mate, loved how you were patient and got closer to the fish to secure a better shot. Some would have gotten excited and taken a hail mary. That's experience right there
Thanks man. I have taken those shots in past years and don't waste time with them any longer. Too many lost fish. It certainly took a lot of stalks to be able to learn this for me. I would've gotten close actually but I hadn't equalized in maybe 12 ft and my head felt like it was about to explode! :@
Excellent shot, beautiful fish and good video.
You could itemize the speargun you used,and band shaft settings.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Thanks guys and Jose as far as the gun setup. It's a 57inch custom open track Phil Herranen gun with 4 15 mm bands and a 60inch 5/16 shaft and Mori Slip tip. Rob Allen reel and GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition setup 1080p @60 frames per second. I mounted the camera below the gun maybe 8 inches back from the line anchor. I had really hoped that the bands wouldn't catch and was fortunate enough to have it all work out well. The camera moved a bit with the shot unfortunately so I will have to fix that. (I had it tightened down pretty good.)
For those of you that don't venture elsewhere here is a link to my latest vid. It's been a long time goal for me to get a white seabass on film and spear it. I finally got a gopro and made it happen before the bad conditions hit.
Thanks, I bring the GoPro when I get back in the water.
Cheers, Don
Meeee to! :thumbsup2:
Nice tutorial Ben, when I remove the slip tip from the fish I just roll a hitch over the tip a 1/4 '' from the point, than just pull it back through the wound hole.
Cheers, Don
I saw that done on a video once Don but wasn't certain how exactly it is done. Thanks for describing it. Maybe the next time I shoot a nice fish and am diving from the boat I can do a quick vid on how to do that.
Great tutorial. Nice work.
Thanks Mike. One of these days I'm gonna run into you up your way and actually say hi in person:cool2:
I know that this is a subject that is brought up very frequently so I finally took the time to put a video together describing it in detail and hopefully it will help some of you guys out there.
Really! Thanks for sharing!
The time you spent to pick good angles and film from neat perspectives shows. Well done
Thanks dude. I really tried to make this one fun to watch:thumbsup2:
Video of the year award?
Haha, dunno about that but I appreciate the compliment nevertheless. :thumbsup2:
The hardest part of making this video was deciding what to leave out and not make it ridiculously long. Maybe I'll have enough left over for another little vid. Anyways, it's been a fun year and lots of learning experiences. Luckily I was fortunate enough to capture a good part of the blue water trips on video. Glad to have good friends to share the dives with too.
That is a pretty neat added bonus for a good buddy diver.
What gun was that? Looked like a long shot
That was a Picasso 130 biocarbon or whatever they're called. Paul modified the heck out of it and it's a really sweet setup. He kills a lot of fish with that gun.
