Posts by spearstuff

  • OC Report

    I wish I could fillet the big ones that fast. It takes me multiple hours just to fillet a big c-bass and clean up all the mess it creates.


    P.S. did you get the weight? I'm guessing around 9 or 10lbs. Nice catch btw. A lot of people do the same thing with halibut, catching a ton that are only an inch or two away from legal and no one complains about that.


    On the plus side, your fish probably has a lot less mercury in it than a huge wsb <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Bluewater on a Budget


    Damn Davis I wish I owned that terminal gear setup. The 2ATM buoy costs a pretty penny.


    Oh and sorry about not saying anything about the Malibu trip. I didn't know if I would be up for that dive since I've been having some ear problems lately. After that dive with Darren on Friday my ear just clogged up and I've been out of the water since then.

  • San Diego

    Don't forget the sky $$$$ high gas prices, constant traffic jams, and increasingly overcrowded dive spots. We've got it all out here in SoCal :)

  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

    Well yesterday I decided to hunt for cabezon, rockfish, and if the planets aligned correctly maybe a lingcod. NorCal is really the place to hunt for all these fish, but there's still a few left down here in SoCal. On this hunt I brought along my JBL 38 special, out for it's first time in the water, and a flashlight to look into the darker holes for some rockfish.


    I spent most of the time cruising over the bottom, looking into holes, checking every crevice or crack, always looking for any signs of movement. As I swam on the surface next to this one ledge I hear an explosion of movement right below me. I look down and this monster face bolts straight out towards me, takes a crazy zigzag of a u-turn, and bolts right back into a hole. I couldn't even point my gun fast enough it happened so suddenly, but the sight of it was ridiculous. The head on that thing didn't look like anything I'd ever seen before, so large and fat. I briefly imagined it being a giant monkfish from the east coast, but then I returned to reality and knew it had to be a monster cabezon.


    Back to the present, quickly I breathed up and dove straight for that cave with hopes of getting a second shot at him. Shining my light inside the cave all that greeted me was a cloud of sand to block my view. That cab must have made quiet the entrance. I tried to wait for the murky sand to clear but it was no use. I had to return to the surface for air. Back on top I circled the hole, looking for any exits the fish could have retreated from. I couldn't see any, but still the fish could have holed up around a corner inside the hole, completely out of reach. Diving back down I peered inside. The sand had finally settled and at the far end of the cave, only a few feet away, sat the tail end of a very fat cab. Man was I glad to see that! I quickly pointed my gun as close to the head as I could, took the shot, and yanked him right out of the hole. It was the biggest cab I've ever seen and the first one I'd ever taken. Strung him, shot a couple more rockfish, and called it another great day on the water :thumbup:


    21 inch
    7.8 lb cabezon






    Also got another personal best rockfish. I think it's a grass rockfish, 1.5 pounds, 13 inches.


  • First one from this year

    Quote from ddonnell

    Yup, isolated incident. A-OK now.


    You want to do a Malibu yak trip next weekend?


    How do the conditions look and who's heading up with? I'd like to dive Malibu before the MLPA closures start.


    Quote from Don Paul

    Nicely done Danial , Your off to a great start. That if a fine fish, great for you to get to look at them before choosing a quality fish. Dan needs to put that image in the Cali location on the opening page. My first this year
    was only half that size from the OC.


    Cheers, Don


    I always wondered how Dan picked those images. I wonder if I need to upload an image to this thread for it to work. I normally just link images from Facebook or Imageshack. Of course on this thread I haven't posted any pictures of the wsb, just a video. ( Oh and congrats on your first Don. I'm sure you've shot even more since :) )


    Quote from halibutmike

    Congrats Daniel! - always nice when a plan works!


    It sure is Mike. My original plan was to dive for 2 days straight, but when I lucked out on the first day I called off the second dive.



    Quote from deadmanh

    awesome!!!!!! shore diving?



    Yep 99% of my diving is from shore. The only time I want to dive from a boat is when it's paddy hopping season.

  • First one from this year

    Well I finally got bit by the wsb bug. Once bit my only cure is to dive till I get one <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> So for the first day of wsb hunting I decided to dedicate the entire day to these beasty fish. Called up a few friends to see if they were interested in going with, but they all bailed or were busy. So I grabbed my gear and headed out for the kelp. I searched for hours, but didn't see or hear anything and just as I was getting cold and thinking of calling it quits a 30lb wsb appeared and disappeared right below me. It was so unexpected it jolted me back awake and I was ready for more. And more I did see. There was an entire school of them in a small area just up ahead. Saw at least a dozen separately swimming around, but nothing large enough to make me want to pull the trigger. Then as I rounded one kelp strand I was right on top of a nice 30lb c-bass, I looked to the left and there's another one sitting right next to him just a bit smaller in size, I look further to the left and there's just this massive fish. One look and I knew I couldn't hold myself back anymore. I had to take this sucker! Blasted her near the gills and she high tailed it outta there. Like all my c-bass from the past this one was the same. She zipped out 3/4 of my reel line and then stopped dead in the water like usual. Chased after the line, picked her up, and went home with my prize fish. 2nd biggest fish I've ever shot.


    Great way to start out the season, I just wish I could duplicate this kind of dive. I've been out at least 5-6 times since looking for more wsb without seeing or hearing a single one. Last year seemed a lot easier for me. I really need Chris Lupin to come down and start diving with me again. He knows how to put me on fish like no one else XD


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFErY5SIKEc&feature=player_embedded

  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

    Quote from ddonnell

    Black and white? Black and yellow;)


    :rolleyes: thanks Davis yah it's a black and yellow, I'll go edit that.


    Quote from LunkerBuster

    Looks like a forum record for a crab catch too <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    haha darn it I should have weighed that crab. I bet he weighed at least .005 pounds <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

    My rockfishing continued today with 2 more personal bests <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">  <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">
    Found the big guy in a hole and the yellow one was just sitting on a rock.


    18 ounce kelp rockfish and a 9 ounce black and yellow rockfish



  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

    Quote from Ryddragyn

    Really, Daniel? <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"> I figured no one could beat those records... or rather try to beat these records <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    Quote from ddonnell

    Wow Daniel.. wow..:@


    Blast it with the Wong or polespear?


    Of course I blasted those monsters with my four band 55 hybrid. What else could take down such beasts of the sea?


    Quote from ddonnell

    Fathomiers shirt??


    What are you thinking Davis? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> :rolleyes:

  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

    Ah yah! Two personal bests shot in less than a week. <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"> yah I'm pretty much giving up on c-bass


    10 ounce Kelp Rockfish on Monday


    12 ounce Kelp Rockfish from today

  • Fins:

    If only they were my size I'd buy the Picassos from you as a back up pair of fins.


    On a side note I stupidly glued the side railings on my fins with the wrong type of glue, actually 2 wrong types. Now I'm sitting at my computer digging out the glue with a butter knife and my fingernails. Fun stuff.