Aloha,
About 15 years ago, a Dive mentor took me to a place that is now restricted to dive because of 911. There was a huge resident Mu school there and we shot three trophy Mu that day. I shot a 15.5 lb Mu and a smaller 13.4 lb Mu to go along with my buddies 11 lb mu. He was a commercial spearfisherman then, and I gave him my fish to keep and sell. Later he told me the weights.
While looking at our local Hawaii Fishing news publication, I saw that we had broken the state record with all three fish. Of course by then it was a moot point. Since then I have eaten two state records. A Kawalea or night barracuda. And a Nohu or scorpionfish family fish. At least they fed us well.
Mu and Uku or Grey snapper are a few of my favorite fish to spear. Sometimes they are easy, but most times they have PhD's and live to torment another diver. Here is a picture of a mu that a shark bit and the left over half was 6.6 lbs. Another possibel record eaten! But the fun is in the hunt and that's what its all about anyway. Good luck to all you mu,Dentex and all those other hard to stalk fish hunters!
We should start another thread on fish that are hard to spear around the world and what makes them difficult to spear.
Aloha, Daryl
Last edited by Daryl Wong; February 23rd, 2008 at 07:54.
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