Real life pictures - 3

[Varda]

My hunting is in the water. With my old siggys with the free divers, some people got curious about my passion for skin diving. i figured this would be the best place to talk about it a little.

 

 

 

This is a message I sent to Powman talking about the sport.

 

[hide=Pm]Skin diving is spearfishing without the use of scuba. The feeling of you at the bottom of the ocean at 100ft is incredible. It's also very dangerous though, shallow water black out can kill you, sharks, getting tangled at depth, and lots of other things. The training isn't easy. You have to use anaerobic and aerobic training to increase bottom time, as well with other apnea training methods. You need to be able to decreases your heat rate as much as possible, conserve your O2, and train your muscles to get used to high carbon levels in your body.

 

 

 

The last time I did a dry static (in a nut shell, how long you hold your breath) my time was 3 mins and 52 seconds. This was without any free diving course.

 

 

 

So yeah, you need lots of muscle, endurance, and most of all you need to train yourself mentally. It's hard to stop yourself from surfacing from air because your scared or think you need air.

 

 

 

This isn't me, but it gives you an example. This guy always has good vids.

 

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[hide=Uhu, reef hunting]In hawaii, we call this fish uhu, its meat sells for about $19 a pound at the market. Seam it, add some oil and green onions, and you're in heaven. The fish weighed in at 4lbs, so $80 fish. ;)

 

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[hide=Marlin, Mahi Mahi, Ono, blue water hunting]I assume most of you already know that is a marlin. The greenish looking ones are called Mahi Mahi, which means "Strong Strong" in hawaiian, and trust me, they are fun to fight. The other long looking fish is called ono. In hawaii, ono litterally means to taskt good, so I would say, "Damn, dinner was ono dad."

 

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[Promise]

Dude, I'm still tripping out over that huge fish...

 

 

 

It's not easy, and people die from getting stabbed by the marlin's bill. Something every fisherman should be weary of and when handling it in the water, have one hand in its gills, and the other controlling it by its bill.

 

 

 

There's a lot of money that I put into my rig to conquer those beasts. Some of my most important components are my bungee and float.

 

 

 

I have 2 bungees, a 50ft Riffe bungee and a 100ft Riffe Bungee. This is that tires out the fish. When they make a run for it after you've speared them, they start fighting the bungee, and feel like they are being pulled back to the surface. The bungees are incredibly expensive. More than $3 per foot. I wipe them down with a special silicon spray after every use, and store them in a used hotel refrigerator I got for $30. Yes, I have a frig in my room. 8-)

 

 

 

The float is crucial, it's what will make the difference between loosing hundreds of dollars in gear and loosing your fish, or making everything work. The brand I use is called AimRite, and their gear is developed here locally. The float is use generates over 90 lbs of flotation and practically un-implodable. Their advertisement was them running over the float fully inflated with their truck. I'm not shooting any record fish so I only need 1 float, which runs about $200.

 

 

 

There is a lot more detail, but no one would read something that long.

[Powman3]

Dude, I believe you. I'd be scared doing that stuff, it's crazy.

[Lenticular_J]

I really, really want to do that. But I'm a southerner. Can I meet the fish noon, take ten steps, and draw?

[Promise]

My dad got me into fishing soon as I could start walking. My dad's side of the family have all been fisherman at one point or another. My brother used to spend months at a time on a long line fishing boat.(He's in that pick with the marlin) We do a lot of tournaments, and theres a lot of money involved. A fishing tournament called the Hanapa'a Shootout gives $30,000 to the first place winner. Only 100 contestants are allowed to enter, but there;s a $300 entry fee. The $30,000 doesn't include any prizes from sponsors, so you can make some big bucks if your lucky. My dad's won a few invitational tournaments, so we get a lot of pocket change for more gas money, which equates to more fish. :thumbsup:

[Promise]

I really, really want to do that. But I'm a southerner. Can I meet the fish noon, take ten steps, and draw?

 

 

 

Gulf of Mexico has great spearfishing. Only problem is there's a lot of risks involved in the sport. I'd recommend taking a basic level performance free diving class; I wouldn't want tip.it to be liable if any accidents were to occur. Shallow water black out can kill you or your friend if either of you don't know how to respond. The classes are a bit pricey, but the knowledge to save ones life and is invaluable. If you have asthma, any ear, or any cardiovascular complications, I wouldn't try it. You can still freedive with asthma, but your bottom time will be horrible.

 

 

 

Just remember, I've been doing this for nearly my whole life, take baby steps. If you're serious PM and I can help you get started.

[Wongtong]

That is a REALLY big fish. :thumbsup: Nice job. :

 

Down with killing.

[OldJoe]

Why kill the marlin and mahi-mahi? Especially when they grow so big, they can't be very tasty huh (atleast to my preferences in scandinavian sport fishing)? I'm not saying i'm against it completely, i've fished since 5 and practiced c&r since 12-ish... Once in a while i'll keep one or two, but not if they're adults (pisses me off that so many in my country kills 1+kg pearch and +2kg pikes, since it goes many small ones on them (and 100's on 10+kg pikes)).

 

And last year there were some worrying reports that the ph-value had started to go down in our lakes, been at good levels since 1990 (due to the warming of our planet).

 

But i guess oceans (yet) aren't affected by this... And maybe i should keep my mouth shut since i don't know how good or bad the fish swarms are in your area.

 

But pretty cool technique you use tho.

 

 

 

Non picture post in a picture post thread!

[Promise]

Why kill the marlin and mahi-mahi? Especially when they grow so big, they can't be very tasty huh (atleast to my preferences in scandinavian sport fishing)? I'm not saying i'm against it completely, i've fished since 5 and practiced c&r since 12-ish... Once in a while i'll keep one or two, but not if they're adults (pisses me off that so many in my country kills 1+kg pearch and +2kg pikes, since it goes many small ones on them (and 100's on 10+kg pikes)).

 

And last year there were some worrying reports that the ph-value had started to go down in our lakes, been at good levels since 1990 (due to the warming of our planet).

 

But i guess oceans (yet) aren't affected by this... And maybe i should keep my mouth shut since i don't know how good or bad the fish swarms are in your area.

 

But pretty cool technique you use tho.

 

 

 

Non picture post in a picture post thread!

 

 

 

You cant really C&R with spearfishing. :lol: When we do go trolling, we occasionally tag the fish, but only for tournaments. I love fish, raw, sashed, fried, steamed, baked, any way, so if its something I enjoy, and gas isn't cheap, I see no reason to give up the fish when they are plentiful. It's odd how you say it doesn't taste good...have you ever tried smoked marlin? Mahimahi tastes good like any way...I'm assuming it must not go well with Scandinavian dishes or something.

 

 

 

Btw, that marlin was over 400lbs, its well above its age for breeding. Its probably already done its thing. ;)

 

 

 

I would like to add something. Spearfishing is the most economical way to fish. With a hook and line, you have no choice to choose the size of fish your catching, with spearfishing, conservation is an important key, taking only what you need and making sure they are all within fishing regulations. With spearfishing, you brain the fish soon as you can, this puts it out of its misery, and doesn't leave it gasping for water when its out of the water. At least its not left to slowly die on a 2 mile line or crushed to death in a giant net.

[IGoddessI]

These are meant for here not the relationship forum :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bl4ckd3vil]

nice pictures guys :thumbsup:

[Dean Ambrose]

Wtf no pics of Latios so far on this page >.>

[Mylez]

OMG NO WAI. No pics of Da Latios for ages. Shame really, he's become my guilty pleasure :twisted: :mrgreen:

[angryjoe]

Those pictures are brilliant Promise. :thumbup:

[Da_Latios]

wat

 

 

 

 

 

 

And since you can't seem to resist....

 

 

 

[BlackDawn]

WANT BEAR.

[3rkid]

OMFGNOWAI REALSMILE

[Mollerz]

 

 

 

This is me from about 7 months ago when our squash team went up to Manchester for the England School Squash Finals. We came runners up (2nd best in the country) behind a specialist squash school in which I had to play the worlds best 12 year old squash player (Frikking god).

 

 

 

Index this please ;)

[Dean Ambrose]

GIMME BEAR NAO!!!@!#!@!@$!@%^&*&@#$%^&*()_)(%!@#$%^&*

[gago]

Oh, i forgot to say - please replace my picture A with this one:

 

 

 

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[GODofbaseball]

promise, i really like your pictures, spear fishing is so fun, and i go mahi mahi some times near hawaii, marlin tastes great also and so does mahi mahi,oooo and so does ono

[Da_Latios]

I'm off to a friend's engagement party. :P

 

 

 

[IGoddessI]

Here's a few photos from my hometown Victor Harbor (population 12,000)

 

 

 

Some things that have changed since I was little:

 

 

 

1. Both castles have been demolished

 

 

 

2. The 2 houses I used to live in are the only houses left standing across from the beach, the rest have been demolished to make way for hotels and apartments.

 

 

 

3. You used to be able to walk across to granite island to see the penguins, now you have to pay to see them!

 

 

 

4. The only fast food outlet Victor Harbor had was a KFC, now it's packed with take away joints

 

 

 

:cry: my poor little hometown isn't the same anymore, they've ruined it and tried to turn it in to a tourist attraction.

 

 

 

Here is the island photographed from the top of "the bluff" (whale watching mountain)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Mac - He's one of the horses who pulls the tram across the bridge you see in the photo above. Each horse does 3 trips a day.

 

 

Boo this is me

 

 

 

 

Something you will see everywhere... pine trees. Really really tall ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the oldest tram horse Thomas, he's the rebellious one :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dexek]

Sorry to hear your home town changed so much. I really like the picture of the anchor; an old relic that seems it would signify the history of the town. Glad my town only has about 1000 people, no one has enough money to burn, turning it into a metropolis. :

[brunokiller]

OMFGNOWAI REALSMILE

 

 

 

I really want to see how you look irl dude.