Posts by The freediver

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Quote from Don Paul

Thanks Mike, for that $ even if found and it walks a way, not a bad deal. Might be a great place to stow a heavy duty trash bag to help with the fish slime.
Cheers, Don

Very good idea Don. I don't really mind the fish slime usually, but with a pack that isn't mesh it may be a little stinkier. This year to keep the good luck going I've hardly washed the slime off my suit and it seems to work like a charm:crazy:

Quote from Don Paul

Why wouldn't it work the same with ocean predators? I'm just saying:)

Gobig

It has worked for me for 30 years, If I know the fish are near I lay in the sand or reef and talk to them.
One croak per breathold is all I do followed by a wait and see with the gun laying in front of me and my finger on the trigger. Some times you can piss them off if you don't get the sound right..... ask me how I
know.;)

Cheers, Don[/QUOTE]

I have practiced a bit here and there with croaking. I wish that I saw enough fish to take the gamble and try it more frequently. I'm just afraid I'll screw it up. :rolleyes1: I would really love to hear someone such as yourself Don so I knew what would work. Trial and error is a rough road.

Good luck Steve and bump for you.

Quote from black1

Thanks, need to make room for others...lol. Actually just want/need only 2 guns.

I would love to see some pics of both of those guns. I wouldn't be able to buy both:rolleyes1:, however am interested in possibly one or the other. Especially the 120 venom. Thanks, Ben

Quote from Joe Acevedo

I dont know its so small i dont know if we need to have sub sections

the only thing I could think of is Nor-Cal vs So-Cal sections

What say are Mod Fuzz??

I like the NorCal Socal thing since I never dive in NorCal. I really don't like the idea of being as specific as the dive spot or county since it's not even included in most of my reports. :cool2: Thanks for the suggestion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGwLPFoDOU8

Here's a link to a WSB from last year. You can hear it at a few different times throughout the video. It's better to have good speakers. I can barely hear it on my computer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1QkwvNa7bE

Here is a link to sargo croaking. These aren't necessarily good examples for any reason other than how deep the croak from the WSB is from the Sargo since they are both speared and distressed. Cool to have witnessed nonetheless.

I speared a WSB yesterday that had some pretty loud croaking. I had a 50lbr do it earlier this year too and never can seem to not get a little creeped out by it. I hunt coyotes with an assortment of distress calls. Why wouldn't it work the same with ocean predators? I'm just saying:)

Quote from attan

dude seeing a white shark...wow...intense...im always thinking of the cali divers or near white sharks area how they do it haha...i want to hear some ws stories

If I had any stories I would only tell them to non-divers. I think it could make fellow spearos and myself thinking of them a little:crazy:

Quote from ascendv6

Went out this afternoon in Central OC. We found vis in some spots to be as

By the way, anybody have a report for PV? Thinking about diving there early tomorrow morning.

Thanks,
Darren

Report for PV without going there Darren is Shitloads of boats and shore divers for the fourth of July weekend. I wouldn't make the journey til after the holiday, but that's just me:nono:

If you go dive safe and keep you head on a swivel above water and below:D

Welcome man! Sorry about the oil thing. I have talked with my friends about how bad that must suck. We dive once or twice every single diveable week of the year and would really have a tough time dealing with such a thing.

Don't be pussies! Everyone knows they are there and you could be picked, but the chances are minimal. Best not to talk about it at all if you ask me. Just one of those things that goes unsaid in my circle.

Regarding the size - I definitely prefer the smaller 10-20# size. ;)[/QUOTE]

I used to think that the smaller ones were better, but I have been making the thicker fillets of 50lbrs taste pretty damn good lately. I'm still pretty content to load up the freezer and shoot the first fish that comes by. Then you can hunt something else or just hang out and have a beer if you're on a boat. :cool2:

I'm trying to add some other pics, but can figure out what I'm supposed to do with the image hosting.

Quote from attan

very very nice report!!!...:thumbsup2:....any pics from the kelp underwater??....i would love to see it:)

Unfortunately my underwater camera sucks!

Sorry for cutting the tail off Mike, but the fish was too big to back up an further on the boat:rolleyes1:...seriously

EDIT- I figured out how to post some pics. Here's one with the tail still in tact.

I know that it keeps me focused when I hear it. It's funny that out of the dozens of times I've heard them croaking all over the place I have only seen them once or twice after. I have heard individual croaks and my buddy or me landed a fish shortly after in the same place. Last year Perry shot a 60lbr very shortly after hearing a single CROAK! We both heard it in the murky 54 degree water. You never know, but you can use at least know they are there.

Thanks for the report Darren. I heard LJ was only 10ft in most places today and a hazy ten at that. I will venture elsewhere in hopes for seabass tomorrow. Not to say that there aren't still fish there:)

Quote from fishingdude

Welcome Ben! My name is also Ben! I dive in Ft. Lauderdale!

Its a good name! I have considered your 130cm on SB for some time now, but I have a RA 130cm already and like it just fine. Good luck with the sale.

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

A lot of you may already know me, but if not my name is Ben. I live in OC and dive anywhere from San Diego to Los Angeles on a very regular basis. I typically dive off of my 13ft inflatable, but just last night suffered a shore dive in the PV cliffs. I dive hard and take fish with the intention of eating all that I spear. I take the best care of all the fish, lobster, deer or anything else that I am blessed with. After about 3 years of freediving I am always trying to learn as much as possible and buy as much spearfishing gear as possible;). Hopefully this forum and the people on it will help me with both of these things.