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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xbY0hBWlfw&playnext=1&videos=cmw_xmMEmug

I always laugh at the ending on this video <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 shot a 33 incher and it weighed 14lbs so yours had to be almost as heavy.

Here's a photo of Brandon's fish from our last dive together. Thought it looked pretty cool.

Quote from Miguel

56???
Sounds about right on the lead too, I paid about $20 each for my buckshot style 5lb'ers when they were on sale, come bug season you can probably sell them in no time

I'll probably keep the weights. I could use them with my scuba gear.

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Where is the picture of you with this on your head? <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 swear you enjoy those pics more than I do Darren.

Quote from Miguel

Nice score Daniel! Those things aren't cheap either

I know! Sport Chalet charges $5 a pound for their lead weight pouches. So that equates to $75 worth of lead right there!

Quote from Miguel

Has the water warmed up any?

I don't have a dive watch, but I wouldn't doubt Laguna Seasports report. Said it was 56 degrees out there today.

I was getting cold by the end of the dive an hour or two in.

No fish taken, but I found a scuba diver weight pouch with 3 mesh bags inside. A total of 15lbs of lead. Made for a real challenge bring that back to shore, considering I already had on 17lbs of lead. But I always love coming across stuff like this in the ocean. It's like finding buried treasure at sea~

Conditions Report: Crescent Bay this morning. Surge was pretty extreme and the vis ranged from 8-15ft. Yellow flag with a long period of calm waves and then a few big sets to watch out for. Still felt very dive-able out there. Biggest legal fish I saw was a 5-6lb sand bass. Didn't see to many legal fish. Probably because of the surge and vis.

Nice going Miguel! That's dedication diving the cold water for the wsb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7E&playnext=1&videos=tc4NCHmVuX8

Wait for the drummer to start playing...;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRKEv6cHuk&playnext=1&videos=qWVrK7gKm2o

Ha you guys are so lucky you can use snares. I wonder if you could attach the camera to your snare. That would make for an awesome video!

Edit: pantoja beat me too it.

Welcome

Hey Terry I was reading your book again last night. Some really great stuff in there, especially the safety tips. But those shark stories I was reading were just crazy. After reading them I feel lucky I haven't encountered any aggressive sharks with all the diving I do.

Thanks for putting together such a great read. Whenever I'm in the mood for spearfishing before I go to sleep I grab your book.

Quote from attan

yeah! thanx Daniel...a lot of bugs there!

Yah that's the most I've ever seen in one spot! Probably around 30-40.

Quote from Stephan

By the way,how did you handle the sculpin? I'm too afraid of them. My brother got stung years back and said the his whole side on which he was stung was in effect paralyzed. He is given to overstating things but he has taken straight to emergency by his dive partners.

You know I've had the chance to take them before, but I never did because I only had a stringer attached to my weight belt. And I've heard the horror stories of people getting stung.

This time I brought my float along, so I attached the sculpin to my float, which kept the fish away from my body.

I still grabbed the sculpin with my hands on the back end section, as I was braining it. But since it was so small it wasn't that big a deal. Also before filleting it I cut off the spikes on its fins. Probably should have put on some gloves at that stage, but I was getting hungry and a little impatient.

That's pretty much the same conditions I faced on my dive Steve.

Here's a short video from my dive.

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

Ah yeah! Another personal best! Picked up a sculpin today. It's the first time I've taken one. Normally I leave them alone because of their very painful poisonous spines, but today I brought along a float. So when I saw this guy sitting on a rock I wasn't afraid to take the shot.

10-inch sculpin (What a beast!)
07.27.2010

Quote from Paul

Yeah, a well-respected spearo on Maui mentioned that he used to dive overweighted and when he tried to go light, he found it to be very difficult. He seemed to expend a lot of energy and it took him forever tg get down there. It wasn't until somebody mentioned that he wasn't dropping vertically. He learned that he had been using his weights as a crutch in getting him to drop vertically. He had to work hard on developing a vertical drop angle and once he did, his diving jumped up several notches. I think he uses 3 or 4 pounds now.

-Paul

Interesting. I bet my dives aren't vertical as well.

As for me I wear 17 lbs of lead when I dive less than 20ft. But I'm sporting a 7mm long john bottom, a 5mm top, and a fat ass.

Quote from Dan

Caught or speared?

Speared of course.

Ah yeah!

15 ounce ocean whitefish
Caught yesterday July 24, 2010

Here's the picture of my PB whitefish <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">