Quickie

[Daryl Wong]

Aloha Setting steel,

Drift diving is how I found most of my spots and a great way to scout for tournaments.
Another way to find spot is a when we have a group a divers and we "hopscotch" as I call it. We drop one or two divers, usually myself or another person who I trust to run the boat and let them dive with the current. We then take the boat down current 1/8 or 1/4 mile down and throw anchor. The guys in the boat then get in and dive with the current and are then picked up when the first divers get to the boat.
The guys going to the boat have to be aware of where the boat is located at all times. And both divers have to get to the boat and then pick up the others. Usually they dive together until they reach the boat. While doing this, if any ulua houses or really nice spots are found, the divers tie up their floatlines to that spot and when they get back to the boat and pick up the others we go back to that spot and mark it.
This technique works great. Depending on how strong the current is, determines how far the boat is anchored. If its really strong then the boat is not parked very far.
If the current should switch while we are diving, it is the second group of divers know to swim back to the boat and pick up the others. That way no one has to swim up current to the boat.
Our group has been diving together for over ten years, so we pretty much have a routine down depending on the situation.

I can see where it would be difficult in Florida. The current is always moving and with the bullsharks being so aggressive that its probably best to live boat. The main thing is we have fun and dive safe.

Aloha,Daryl

[Pastor]

Hopscotching Cool name! We have some seriously strong currents here in the straights between the islands and use the exact same method. It's good fun and a cool way of hunting just hanging mid water and drifting as the fish come out of the murk to examine the strange object.

[blaiz]

Originally Posted by Daryl Wong

I noticed two fish that didn't seem like AJ's because they were too skinny, yet didn't have the wide pectoral fins like our Uluas. I dropped down and saw that they were two nice African Pompanos.

Are those the same thing as Kagami? Thats a murph! Nice fish and great stories! One of these days when I save the money Im going to have to get me one of your blue water guns! Ive been drooling over them for the past few years! Beautiful work!

[ILDiver]

Def. some nice fish! Look at that water, wow.

[Daryl Wong]

Aloha Blaiz,

The ulua in the most recent picture is an Ulua, It was black colored, but normally are light when you find them.
Kagamis are more box shaped and very shiny.

ALoha,Daryl

[blaiz]

Originally Posted by Daryl Wong

Aloha Blaiz,

The ulua in the most recent picture is an Ulua, It was black colored, but normally are light when you find them.
Kagamis are more box shaped and very shiny.

ALoha,Daryl

No, I meant the one in the first picture you posted. I think you called it an "african Pampano"?

[settingsteel]

Maikai tips Dr Wong...this seems an excellent method for find/hunt fish even here in Miami- quite efficient indeed...we often use the flow'n'tow, we just pull a couple of divers behind the boat (or ski) around an area and mark it similiarly with our floats or GPS...
It must be a great joy to have a close knit group of 10 yo diving buddies...

Laki hunting!

[Daryl Wong]

Alohas Blaiz,

Yes the other ulua was a kagami. They are by far the best eating of all the Jacks. They only come in small schools of two or three, but on the east coast they are in schools of 5-50 sometimes off NC hatteras.

Setting steel,

It is good to dive with old friends. The problem is we are all getting older! But one diver, Pete is our hero. Just turned 73 and still diving with the big dogs as he says. But now we're just old dogs! :00

Aloha,Daryl

[Britney Spearz]

Sounds like good fun...I must get to the mainland of Oz one day to try my luck spearing some big ones like that! I'm currently living on the smaller Island down the bottom of Oz called Tasmania, its almost like Canda is to the U.S climate wise but several world record tuna have been taken on rod here!
I believe those Ulua you speak of are what we call Giant Trevally? Sounds nowhere near as cool though!

[Timtam]

Originally Posted by Britney Spearz

Sounds like good fun...I must get to the mainland of Oz one day to try my luck spearing some big ones like that! I'm currently living on the smaller Island down the bottom of Oz called Tasmania, its almost like Canda is to the U.S climate wise but several world record tuna have been taken on rod here!
I believe those Ulua you speak of are what we call Giant Trevally? Sounds nowhere near as cool though!

Where abouts in Tasmania do you live? PM me if you don't want to say publically.

[Britney Spearz]

Originally Posted by Timtam

Where abouts in Tasmania do you live? PM me if you don't want to say publically.

Nah that's cool, I live in Port Sorell about 20 mins away from Devonport. It's actually a pretty nice place for spearfishing mostly small stuff.

[QuIck ShOT]

15 minutes, get it right!!!