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Hey mile!
If you keep posting this way I'll be starting to arrange organised trips to your home!!!!!!!!! I already checked on ticket prices!  By the way, what do you do with all the fish? I'm sure you cant eat all of them!  I hope none are wasted!
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October 24th, 2004
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Well Desperate Dan ate all the cow pies and Miles, well shall we say there's no waste
 Apart from knowing what happens to Miles's fish now myself, I think that was probably a question that shouldnt be asked with reference to Miles. As regards trips to RSA, contact Bluecape and lookm at this http://forums.deeperblue.net/showthr...threadid=52522 Although it seems a bit dead I'm assured that all is underway, so Colin and I will with luck be challenging Miles for the RSA pie eating championship in 2006
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#183
October 24th, 2004
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i also checked the prices but 1400 ticket price shocked me
 On the Map, egypt seems pretty close here, may be i should swim there then take the taxi/camel to the cape town, woow...this will be a trip to remmember...May be i can spear few lions, zebra etc..on the way  
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October 24th, 2004
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Do yourself a favor. Print out the rules for all the spearfishing records and read them. Have the forms printed out in duplicate and carry them with you. Bring pens and your camera. Get all the paper work filled out as soon as you get back. Rinse. Repeat.
Oh, w/ tuna make sure you get photo's for positive fish ID. I don't know if the pectoral fins will sufice, can't hurt to e-mail IBSRC or IUSA. Good luck.
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November 7th, 2004
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Hiya
Well, after being blown off the sea last week, and due to work constraints (must be able to pay for all that spearing gear!!!), the weather gods smiled upon us again!!!!! We took a bit of a hiding on the first 10nm part of the trip. VERY bumpy sea. Managed to break the stainless roll/ski bar on the back of the boat. Then the one motor refused to run. Managed to track the fault down to the fuel tanks breather not being open!!!!! (crew member is to blame) Then find petrol on the deck of the boat. Same crew member didn't connect the fuel lines properly after filling up fuel. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! None-the-less, the crew of intrepid tuna hunters set forth, overcoming all the obstacles that wanted to twart their trip!!!! My girlfriend unfortunately had to work so i asked another spearo buddy to join us. He took a two hour flight, straight after his work, had no sleep, to go tuna spearing!!! NOW thats DEDICATION!!!!!Out on the tuna grounds, the sea improved (as Bouyweather.com predicted) and the wind subsided, making it a stunning day. Myself and Tommy Botha jumped in first and about one and a half minutes later i see Tommy's float cartwheeling!!!!! 15minutes later theres a 60kg fish on board. A little later, Tommy speared a BIG fish. I threw his kill gun to him, and 10 minutes later the fish was still swimming strong. I then passed another kill gun to him, which he uses to shoot the fish through the head. 5minutes later, fish is still swimming strong!!!!!!! He then grabs the spear on both sides and swims the tuna up. All HELL breaks loose and that tuna dragged and jumped and was beating the water to a froth, all with Tommy holding on!!!! WHAT A RIDE!!!!!! Probably rode that tuna for about 4-5 minutes. Noboby could get close as this fish was swimming in great big circles with Tommy keeping his head out of the water, so as to prevent him from swimming down. After that, we all took a fish, with my buddy landing his first YF. I then also lost another one when the boat drove over my shooting line. Lost 2 spears too!!! Expensive day!! Also learnt that 10mm spears (3/8" ) also bends!!!! Not even gonna say much about the bent 7 and 8mm spears!!! After about 4 hours on the tuna grounds we had to leave as there was no more place on the boat!!!!!!!! Looks like i'm gonna need a bigger boat soon!!!!!!!!!!! Final tally: Nikko 55kg's (estimated) Miles 55 kg's (estimated) Henni 55kg's (estimated) Tommy 65kg's (estimated) Tommy 85 kg's - weighed Tommy 92kg's - weighed Regards miles
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Deeper Blue Hunting Forum Mentor and Titan of Tuna! Facts? FACTS?!? Don't confuse the issue with facts! Facts are immaterial! Facts are boring! Facts are no fun at all! - bdurrett (June 2005) Last edited by miles; June 11th, 2005 at 17:31.
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November 7th, 2004
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Dude, those are amazing fish!!! congratulations!
and still cant believe they can bend a 10mm spear!
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November 7th, 2004
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Hiya Mikko
Not very likely!!!! Unfortunately, we only get them to about 120kg's. Very few have been caught over 110kg's. Every season a couple of 100kg fish are landed. The SA record stands at 85kg's. A couple of 90kg+ fish have been shot, but all the guys are looking for a 100kg fish to claim a new SA record!!!! Memo, a 10mm spear is unbelievable thick and solid. Shake a 1.8m 10mm spear and it doesn't even wobble. But YES, they still bend 'em!!!!! Regards miles
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November 7th, 2004
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Congratulations again miles.
Now all you need is to buy a Sony T1 camera and housng like ive done and film the speactacle for us DB members You still using one or 2 body boards? Shane
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Hiya
Shaca, you got a link for that Sony camera?? Was looking at getting me a sony cybershot with housing. Only using one boogie board. Adequate at the moment!!! Was wondering about trying those Pneumatics guns. You got a link?? Regards miles
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November 7th, 2004
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What did Papa Iya tell you young man......"10mm spear will also bend on such tuna" .......
...now my Son, do you believe it now......... South Africa..........I am coming....... ......yum yum catch Miles....I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 7th, 2004
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Hello miles!
I believe you should get a section of your own in the hunting section!!!! I'm about to cry!  great catch!!!!
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Here is the link to the camera and housing
http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/d...y/mpk_tha.html Which pneumatics, the mamba or the hydropneumatic fernando abella is using??? If its the Mamba its www.maorisub.it The T1 is a Cybershot but credit card sized with 5.1MP resolution WIth a 512MB chip you get about 22-23mins of full screen footage with sound. The 1GB chip is also out soon, but you'll run out of battery befroe your chip is full. Let me know if you need any help with those airguns. Quote:
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