Posts by greekdiver

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from hank

    Wow. A mutton that big probably wasn't dumb. How'd you get him? :thumbsup2:


    I dove down to my favorite area where I know there is good size muttons. I started my descent and before I reached the bottom, I was observing this baby turtle on the bottom. It had my complete attention. I look to my right and I see a nice size mutton about 12+lbs. I'm like "oh shit" because I let him get too close and now I will have a more difficult shot. As I was about to pull the trigger on this 12lb + mutton I see another mutton sprinting for me. I turned my gun towards him and he slammed on the brakes and turned away in a quick fashion. I didn't have the shot I wanted as I was not lined up because he came in so fast. I turned my gun towards him, and he was beginning to swim away. I made two soft kicks to get in decent range and raised my gun to eye level and fired. The shot was not as easy as it should have been if I was more ready. But the shot was perfect! It hit center body and came out in the face area. It was a perfect shot considering what I had to aim at when he was swimming away.


    I always weigh my big muttons. The scale never lies. My eyes do.

  • Relentless

    Quote from Dude george

    Enjoyed your insight, I also found the shallow water diving being made to look like deep drops entertaining, but the lads did well and never let up :)


    It even got my heart pumping...lol. It was great video and totally entertaining from start to end. Some vids are :boring1:

  • Relentless

    Quote from Dude george

    Greek what makes you think they were novices? Just curious as to your thinking, I know your a underwater ninja... so not taking the piss ;)
    My take was I saw some decent snapper on their stringer, and with the equipment they had i thought they were pretty good at landing that beast fish. First shot was a good shot as well, bad luck he didnt stone it, maybe as the fish wasnt going anywhere he could have breathed up again in that shallow water before the first shot, and taken more time with the first shot, maybe i guess, but hard for me to judge not being there.


    It's about 20ft max deep in crystal clear water, and they need to relax. They are having a hard time holding their breath. There is way too much panic as they are having a hard time diving down. Yes the fish is big.


    The guy who places the 2nd shot sprints back up to top as if it was a super long deep dive. Take a little more time aiming that 2nd shot, and that fish could be pulled right out away from rocks.


    These are things that we all have done. It still is a great video, and I am not taking anything away from it.

  • Sad. Very sad

    I think you were close enough for that fish. You do not need to get closer on spooky fish like Cubera. Another foot closer and you could have spooked that fish. The shot was downward and your gun has lots of power that way. Recessed flopper on a 7.5 - 8mm spear still has lots of steel.


    What size gun do you have?


    140 x 7mm shaft does not have that much weight. It is not a problem for muttons, but i think it is too light for Cuberas.


    That shot looked no further than 12ft from speartip. I am pretty good at judging it with all the video editing I do.


    Marco- I am still thinking about the Mutton that the shark ate.... I bet this will stick with you for a while! LOL. Man, I love spearfishing!

  • Sad. Very sad


    The shot was perfect. The shaft is simply not heavy enough to pass through a big fish. Now, add the sharpness of tip, and the flopper that is not recessed plays a huge factor. The part of the flopper that sticks out has to push through bones on head shots. So you either have to have a heavier shaft or a recessed flopper. Both is great to have :D


    I don't think the fish will die.


    My wooden gun would have passed that fish without question but it carries a heavier shaft and fires shaft at higher velocity. Railguns have their limitations because of the mass they have. They can't fire a heavy shaft. It's all fine and dandy until you need the power like on a Cuberas head.

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from macario

    nice cobia! that prehistoric mutton will be in Greekdiver's head for a while, it happens to me when i miss a really nice fish!


    Yes its still in my head and I still watch the video at least a couple times a day.


    I was diving down and I passed a large shark but kept on going. Before I landed on the bottom, the fish started swimming away from me. At first glance, i thought it was a Cubera or Dog Snapper. It was just too big and wide for my brain to register mutton. After it started moving away from me, and I knew it was a mutton. I waited on the bottom hoping it would eventually circle back. And it did! I placed a very good shot on fish and then the shark appeared. I pulled up the line and my spear was broken.



    I uploaded pics to facebook. Ill post pics after I get back to work.


    https://www.facebook.com/abellanspeargunsusa



    It is just huge!!!!!


    I'd say over 20 lbs to be very conservative. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 25 lb ++