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Can anyone ID this Indian Ocean deepwater species ?

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Close enough, the wind changed direction and that was it!!!

Went this morning and qwas shivering after an hour. Winter suit is coming out of the wardrobe for tommorow.
 
hi

Brad im pretty sure it is the same as the Onaga. Do you have any pics or hawaiin names for Green Jobbies

cheers
 
Originally posted by shaneshac
Close enough, the wind changed direction and that was it!!!

Went this morning and qwas shivering after an hour. Winter suit is coming out of the wardrobe for tommorow.
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I still dive with t-shirt
 
Hi W3AC,

Sorry for the late reply, me just got back home from out of the country.

It sure looks very familiar but the EHU seems redder and has a light yellow line on the body. I think maybe it is some sort of sub species.

There is no fun in shooting it, they come to surrender their lives just like Amberjack. However the meat is....

IYA
 
Ivan,
Check out this site http://home.hawaii.rr.com/spearfishing/hawaii_fish_species.htm
This site has pics of Uku (green jobfish), Mu (porgy), and a bunch of similar fish. Click on the other types of fish species and I think we got a lot of similar species. The Uku is actually my nemesis. To date I have landed two. I have shot and landed more Ono (wahoo) and Mahimahi (dolphin fish) than these guys. One of the best eating fish IMO.

Iya,
I can't help but be jealous about you having these guys coming in and presenting easy shots. I gotta get over there one day.

Brad
 
hi

Hey brad what size do you get your Green jobbies over there. Im still searching for the biggest taken by a spearo. So far the biggest I have heard and seen a pic of is a 14.5kg Jobbie taken here on the reef by a guy called Andrew boomer.

Iya which country you been visiting

cheers
 
Hi W3,

I will trade in my dog tooth tuna for a wahoo.....any day. I never even seen a wahoo underwater..............YET....:waterwork



Hi Ivan,

Me been in Singapore, boring and expensive to stay.....no fun.
Just took a yacht back from there. Pounding like hell all the 500+ n.miles journey back to Jakarta. I was doing two days run of 11 hours and 13 hours. Now my face is sun burned and looked like those local Australian aborigin (spelling ?? )..... At least all went well and that's why I am so horny to go to my Tuna Alley tonight..... ....to do some shooting tomorrow.
 
Originally posted by Iyadiver
Hi W3,

I will trade in my dog tooth tuna for a wahoo.....any day. I never even seen a wahoo underwater..............YET....:waterwork
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hi

No way Iya keep those Doggies anyday

Local Aborigine eh

Any Doggies lately
 
Originally posted by Iyadiver

At least all went well and that's why I am so horny to go to my Tuna Alley tonight..... ....to do some shooting tomorrow.
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hi

So horny eh :mute

cheers
 
Sorry about the slow reply but I just got back to the office this morning. Went blue water this Saturday and managed a small Rainbow Runner. Other than that it was pretty boring. Lots of bait but now big pelagics. There are stroies of guys landing fish in the area but I guess it just wasn't our day. Any way, check out this site http://www.hawaiifishingnews.com/records.cfm This site has names weights and even pics of some of the state record fish. Most are taken by line fisherman but a few belong to us spearfishermen. BTW Ivan, the record jobfish was taken by spear in 1999. It was a toad weighing in at 37.4 pounds (17 kg). The average uku that I see tend to go around 10 pounds. I have seen some bombs that were easilly over 20 but of course no shot. Never tasted a doggie, how does it compare to yellowfin or wahoo? I hear they are really good eating.

Brad
 
I used to sell Yellowfin tuna so I can say that, Doggies and Yellowfin Tuna taste both just as good. However good yellowfin meat has nice red colour but Doggie is more of white, some 20kg up can have a red meat but usually it is more of white. Doggie is scaless like a Spanish Mackerel but Yellowfin tuna has tougher skin and a bit of tiny scales.

One thing I like about a Doggie is, it is rare that you can find them in the market.......YF Tuna is common. That is for my area.
 
hi

Holly %^%& Brad 37lb Jobfish that is too big, imagine seeing that it would look freaky

cheers
 
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