Posts by Roberto Reyes

Quote from Dan

Could be tostones (fried squashed plantains) very Cuban yumm.

Right on Dan, wonder were you learn that,

Got a few more, this are the good ones.

Went out with my friend josh to a short morning dive, as soon as we got in the water a big Mutton Snapper showed up, we cant fish for them from April fools day to May 31 in state waters or June 30 in fed waters ( and they seem to know it).

So I did not even wanted to look at the Mutton, easy over 15 pounder with that thick head when they get big, so I kept swiming and Josh killer one lion fish with his hawaiian sling, few minutes later a fat looking Dog Snapper (Jocu) appeared out of nowere, as soon as I saw it I knew it was my fish of the day.

Played with him until i though he was close enough for the thin shaft to go all the way throu his body , took the shot with my 90cm gun watch as he striped all the line of my reel in no time and went inside a cave.
Multiple dives later he was on the stringer and we knew we had enough for one day, so we headed back , took a few pics on the beach and got ready to prepare the fish.

Made my secret tomato sauce and putthe fish on the BBQ stuffed with crab meat,onions and a few more things,made some platain "tostones" and I cant tell you how good it was, just the smell brought the neghibors over.

Hope you guys enjoy the pics.

Welcome.

Quote from Marco

Lunker: A speargun must be used for what it was designed.

A RA is a great gun with 2 x 16 mm bands. You could also use it with a single 20 mm.
If you need more power, you can always shorten the bands until you can load them. I have NEVER had a problem with a RA. The only gun I had that missfired was a SS mech lifetime warranty...

If you flod the gun, it will be a nightmare to hold it in the water. I don't recommend that.

2 x 20 is too much for the gun, for the shaft and for your wrist. You wont hit a whale!

Some time ago, I changed the setup of my first wooden gun and bought a heavier shaft and changed the bands from 3 x 5/8" to 3 x 3/4". That gun used to shoot like a dream but became a nightmare... <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Keep it simple.

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What he said.

Quote from sdeisen

Thanks for finding the original article, I thiink you're correct, which makes the study less relevant to us

This kind of studies is very relevant to us, since they wont make any distintion on scuba vs freediving,

1- If you read page 2, they say " reduced flight distance resulting from protection may increasesome fish species-SUSCEPTIBILITY TO A SPEARFISHING" Januchowski-hartley CAUTIONED.

2- they say the closed areas may be opened, but then they would NOT ALLOW SPEARFISHING once open.

"if the aim is to preserve fish stocks, .this may entail the use of gear -restrictions ( they are only talking aboput spears) or short -openings to avoid a sudden ,heavy kill of larger fish wich have become acustomed to the relative safety of a closed area ( also only talking about spearfishing).

Don, so good to have you here,
its being said that the Devil knows more because of his age, that because he is the Devil,

There is something else, some triger mecs could handle a lot of power, but if you try to pull the triger at some load, they would not fire.

Quote from shallow runner

Roberto, the catch of Hogs by commercial guys, who do actually report their catches, is negligible in comparison to recreational catches. But I am sure there is something to be said for the free v scuba comparison; as a diver I know that the fish scatter sooner when they hear that thing coming (I hunt 98% freediving unless hitting deep stuff).

I agree, only comercial fishermen are required to report, or they could loose their licences, and the recreationals, we dont have any real statistics, but I wonder if they sell the hogfish, why would there be more catch from the recreationals.

Not trying to make this a debate , just having a brains storm, friendly one that could help everyone including me to understand.

The problem in my island is that they are closing the best fishing areas, am complaining and asking for size limits, I fear when they get the proper size limits, they would still keep closing areas to fishing.

Also, if you are after fish like Warsaw grouper, you need to go SCUBA, I mean, in some states you may get lucky ang get one in an oil rig, but thats about it, guys in Florida for example would loose their deep hunting grounds for the big blacks and Cuberas, Warsaw, ect, its a fine line and when someone says something, he is talking about his backyard, wich not necesarily aplies to someone elses hunting grounds.

I remeber APNEA mag having a test of most of the euro trig mechs, dont remember very well the
holding capacities, but most would not recomed anything over a tight thick band (20mm) ,
and few some handle 3 thin ones.
Also remember that as guns age, those numbers would get lower and lower.

I wonder how this would relate to comercial fishing, also is the only real debate I would consider of SCUBA VS breath hold spearing, there is a depth were spearos wont be able to hunt efectively on a breath hold, thus creating a natural barrier (No take Zone), and there will be fish there that could not be harvested by spearos freediving.

I always remember as a young spearo when guys from Europe would come here, asking what kind
of fish there were and what quantities at diferent depth, I did not understood it, and as they would
explain I understood that there were fish that could only be hunted by the very best and few freedivers , and there weresome that would never be touched unless they would swim up to areas that could be reached on a breath hold.

I still think though that for a responsible spearo it would not matter what gear he uses.

Quote from John Hanson

Thanks for the respectful replies. I don't like making a post like this simply becuase it can get misunderstood rather quickly.

Believe it or not everyone's input, so far has been exactly what went through my mind before posting this. I've been on the forums for quite some time. I know this can be a taboo subject.

I know what we cannot shoot at this time. I know that with the size of the jack and being familiar with the regs, that the take was perfectly within the regulations.

To make the story a bit more clear, there were several fish in the area that similar color discrepencies. I saw a few small amberjack that were the same color. I am well aware that gene mutations can cause color discrepencies within the species.

I was al most certain that when I pulled the trigger that this fish was a "mutant" horeseye. it wasn't until I was on the boat that I noticed the shape of the head and location of the eye and realized that this was a different species of jack.

The guy I went out is a very seasoned veteran of divin this area and did not have any idea what it really was. He said he had never seen one.

It wasn't until I got home and tried to ID with on-line fish guides from the GOM; which was unsuccesful, that I posed the question on this forum.

Dan was also partially right in his assesment that I was more curious as to what the hell it was when I saw it. I did not shoot it right away and observed it for several minutes before actually making the decision to pull the trigger.

I appreciate all the input here. it's nice to see that people can voice their opinions or concerns without having to turn into drama-fest

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All the credit to Dan, he made clear from the begining that he would keep this forum diferent , and it worked.

Those suits look pretty nice.

We had a cold front on top of us when you were here, glad
you could at least get in the water.

Love the fact that you shot the lion fish, you did not eat it?

Thanks for the report.

Quote from luxemburg

serious question. Why shoot a fish if you dont know what it is?

Do yous have restrictions over there for what you can and cant take and size limits?

I have to say, that if you know your laws, and you actually respect them, why not
shoot a fish you dont know what it is?
It could actually be a new species, or something that normally you dont eat because you are
at a new spot, this particular fish, is a deep water jack, not that he is swiming in deep waters, but
he is on the top layers of drop offs or pinacles, ect, so its rare to find it over normal reefs.
Anyways, if he were using any other fishig gear, the fish would go out of the water, hooks, nets and
traps dont discriminate, and catch and release is a joke.

And I agree, you question is valid, we dont mean for rookins to be shooting at everything
they dont recognice.

Welcome.

I like the meat, its dark, but for a jack, is pretty good, I like it in nuggets, but 15 pound is big, will make nice fillets.

Ddonnell I was just at something they are calling Fisheries Forum( fisheries leadership & sustainability forum), and while it was in the Caribbean, they had "Marine Biologists" (Enviromentalists) from diferent parts of the states and the world, including California,Australia, Florida, ect.

It is my personal opinion that these guys are againt recreational fishing, and they are cutting down the amount of fish the comercial guys will be taking, in the long run, I suspect that even when they use words like Sustainability, they just want to close all kind of fishing.

They are smart people,making money out of this, so they are milking it, and they believe they are doing the right thing, so the end will justify the means.

Wow, really pretty.

Those deaf ears are the same here and there, and I mean it literally, same guys doing the closures, using wrong data,ect.