You can grab them by the head, no spines there.
but, check out the spearpoint of the gun in the pics,
tidents make life so much easier, many of them were also
caugh with nets, no spears.
The real problem at first was not leting them slide the shaft
and hit your hands, since we were not used to the venenous spines.
Nowdays, I dont even remember they can inflict pain, this will change
quikly on the first sting, am sure of it.
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They are protected, there will be more and more of them as
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Total count was 184.
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Wow that's very cool. I was off from work today but just found out about it too late. Maybe next time.
Wish you were there my friend.
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Weather was just awesome, most guys went for bigger prey.
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Awesome Gt Nuno.
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Oh boy, I had a pair of those, later a pair of old cressi, those fins would never die.
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Stephan, you donthave to go that far, shark shield does not work on some sharks, but it does give you
a peace of mind, and it does work on most of the ones we encounter when spearing.
When I was on a hatteras spearfishing tournament, i saw one sand tiger shark right next to a diver with the shark shield on his ankle, so I though it must have run out of battery or turned off, so i aproched the diver when we both got to the surface and told him to turn it on, and explained to him he had a shark sniffing at his fins, he check his shark shield and started cursing at the thing, it was on, and this particular kind of shark is everywere on those wrecks there.A big white if he wanted to, would do a lot of damage, but wehave all seen guys
swiming with them in open waters, big sharks are a real danger, but even a very small
one cut cut you and make enough danage for a serious injury,infection or the like, the stuff
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Thanks guys
Anthony, I also have a shoulder in pain, if I lift my hand in some specific position it really hurt and loose
all strengh, have to check it out, had to stop weightlifting because of it.You are more than welcome to help, give me a call.
787-579-8150
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Welcome Damien!
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Hi guys, this is going to be my second lion fish tournament.
Its not really a tournament in the sense that is something we will be doing for the ecosystems, is my way of giving my 2 cents and since its the first time they need spearos , its a great way for you guys to give a hand and
try to change the minds of those who still have spearing as something bad on the back of their heads.There will be no money on it, you just need to sign in for the derby, if you dont sigh in, you are not considered to be part of the tournament, please come and give us a hand,its an individual derby,we will apreciate your help.
Lionfish have no natural enemies in the atlantic ocean, whatever is keeping them at bay in the pacific is missing in our waters,and are rapidly eating their ways through the entire ecosystems.
its going to be all saturday and sunday until 4pm, give me a call for the details.
The objective of the tournament is to get rid of as many individuals as posible, so the winner will be the guy with the most lion fish, any size, any weight, is for numbers.
Remember, we are not competing against each other, we are competing against the lion fish, i dont care how you get them, just dont let them in the water if you see them.
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Joe is right, those handles rock.
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Yes, I had a friend from Panama that said those jacks were indeed very good to eat.
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I want a beaver week.
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The pacific Dog snapper , pargo prieto ( Lutjanus novemfasciatus) is very similar to the Atlantic Cubera snapper, or Cuban snapper(Lutjanus cyanopterus ).
The one in the Pacific is smaller than his Cubera counterpart, and the Atlantic Cubera snapper is
the hardest fish to hunt in open waters, they are so hard to aproach, even virgin fish ( never seen human) will be hard to shoot.Gorgeous fat snapper, and those pics, you were in jurasic park, awesome.
