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Chronicles of a Blue Water Hunter
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Re: Dassen Island, Cape Town, South Africa
Very good shooting Miles, Did i said this before
Mmmm..I am getting old :hmm
I also get wet saturday, but went safe shallow place coz of the absence of dive buddy and it was the first time to get in water for me after few month...Unfortunatelly couldn't killed anything to sedate my bloody fantasies :vangry But i killed many in dream a night before... rofl
Very good shooting Miles, Did i said this before
Mmmm..I am getting old :hmm I also get wet saturday, but went safe shallow place coz of the absence of dive buddy and it was the first time to get in water for me after few month...Unfortunatelly couldn't killed anything to sedate my bloody fantasies :vangry But i killed many in dream a night before... rofl
Re: Dassen Island, Cape Town, South Africa
NICE mola mola Miles!!! wow!!!! just amazing!!!
Now we EXPECT you to show us all these goodies when we arrive!
What's the water temp right now?
miles said:
NICE mola mola Miles!!! wow!!!! just amazing!!!
Now we EXPECT you to show us all these goodies when we arrive!
What's the water temp right now?
Re: Dassen Island, Cape Town, South Africa
Hiya
Thanx everyone!!!
Sands, current water temp. is 13degrees celcuis!!! Hence the lack of fish!! Was 18 degrees on Friday and 17 degrees on Saturday. We did find 15 degrees water about 10nm from shore!!!
Anything over 15 degrees on the West Coast is great!!! Normlly 10-13 degrees. Good thing is that there's very little sharks.
Dassen Island is a loverly place to dive. Normally a couple of dolphins around (yip, in that cold water!!), a baby whale thats been resident for a good couple of months now as well as hordes of penguins and various sea bird. Throw in a couple of wrecks in the water as well as on the island and a light-house. Easy to see why its one of my FAVOURITE dive spots!! Not forgetting that its only 60km's from Cape Town.
Regards
miles
Hiya
Thanx everyone!!!
Sands, current water temp. is 13degrees celcuis!!! Hence the lack of fish!! Was 18 degrees on Friday and 17 degrees on Saturday. We did find 15 degrees water about 10nm from shore!!!
Anything over 15 degrees on the West Coast is great!!! Normlly 10-13 degrees. Good thing is that there's very little sharks.
Dassen Island is a loverly place to dive. Normally a couple of dolphins around (yip, in that cold water!!), a baby whale thats been resident for a good couple of months now as well as hordes of penguins and various sea bird. Throw in a couple of wrecks in the water as well as on the island and a light-house. Easy to see why its one of my FAVOURITE dive spots!! Not forgetting that its only 60km's from Cape Town.
Regards
miles
Spearfish Cape Town, South Africa
Hiya All
Things have been pretty quite around my neck of the woods. Diving wise, its been a FAMINE!!, due to the bad viz., strong winds, big seas (feel free to add the USUAL lame excuses we spearo's use!!),etc. I've been line fishing for the past couple of weeks, so my diving skills have started becoming a wee bit rusty.
Tommy calls on Wednesday night. STRUISBAAI is the place. They had just taken some big Yellowtail Kingfish of up to 22Kg's. (That HUGE for South African standards!!). So 4:00am on Thursday sees up driving the 200 odd km's to Struisbaai. Water is clean, 10-20m viz, but lateral viz. is down to less than 10m due to particles suspended in the water.
First spot supplies the first fish of the day. A small 6kg Yellowtail Kingie. The place is alive with skipjack, but we're told in no uncertain terms, that they are NOT to be speared. Reason: they're a dinner-bell for GW sharks.
Half-way through the day, Ferdie comes up to me, just AFTER i lost a 10kg Yellowtail kingie, and warns me of a big Raggie (ragged tooth shark). Generally a fish stealer, so i'm not worried. Five minutes later, i dive down in about 10m of water, over a wreck. I see movement at the bottom and angle down to see what it is. Halfway down i realise its a 3m shark. Probably the Raggie i guess. I slowly angle away, keen to still have a proper look, when all of a sudden i see the white blotches extending from the stomach area. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I slowly start ascending, keeping my gun between me and the GW. Fortunately he only gave me the once over, and continued to where Tommy and Ferdie were. I surface, shout for the boat, but by then Tommy and Ferdie has also seen the shark. Powerheads on!!!! The shark dis-appears, only to re-appear 2-3minutes later. Angle up directly to Ferdie. Tommy and Ferdie manage to fend off the shark and jump into the boat. DAMNNNN!!! My first white for this year, and just when i started seeing 20kg class Yellowtail!!!
Oh well, we give the spot an hour to cool down, diving in another area about 2km's away. Back to the wreck, no sight of the GW, but the dive is spoiled. Every drop, you spend so much time looking behind you that it becomes frustrating!!!
At the end of the day we had 25 yellowtail Kingfish, ranging from 8kg's through to 16kg's. As well as a couple of reef fish. The best part is that YOURS TRULY, only managed to land ONE fish for the day!!!! Oh well, i'll give 'em hell next time!!!
Just for the record, thats been 4 Great Whites seen by Tommy and crew, in 3 Dives, in two weeks!!!!!!!!! Struisbaai is really getting to be DANGEROUS!!! My dive-buddy, was diving with Tommy last week, and he also got "pushed" by a large GW. I'm starting to wonder just EXCATLY how endangered these GW realy are!!!! 4 sharks in 3 dives in a 40km raduis area, those odds don't sound too good!!!
Some pic's of the fish and the new gun tommy is building. Small mid-handled woodie with a 7mm spear and 2x16's plus reel. Works very well, as can be seen from the pictures!!
Great day in the water, none-the-less!!! Can't wait for the week-end!! Struisbaai, here we come!!!! (this spearo was never noted for his sanity!!)
Regards
miles
Hiya All
Things have been pretty quite around my neck of the woods. Diving wise, its been a FAMINE!!, due to the bad viz., strong winds, big seas (feel free to add the USUAL lame excuses we spearo's use!!
),etc. I've been line fishing for the past couple of weeks, so my diving skills have started becoming a wee bit rusty.Tommy calls on Wednesday night. STRUISBAAI is the place. They had just taken some big Yellowtail Kingfish of up to 22Kg's. (That HUGE for South African standards!!). So 4:00am on Thursday sees up driving the 200 odd km's to Struisbaai. Water is clean, 10-20m viz, but lateral viz. is down to less than 10m due to particles suspended in the water.
First spot supplies the first fish of the day. A small 6kg Yellowtail Kingie. The place is alive with skipjack, but we're told in no uncertain terms, that they are NOT to be speared. Reason: they're a dinner-bell for GW sharks.
Half-way through the day, Ferdie comes up to me, just AFTER i lost a 10kg Yellowtail kingie, and warns me of a big Raggie (ragged tooth shark). Generally a fish stealer, so i'm not worried. Five minutes later, i dive down in about 10m of water, over a wreck. I see movement at the bottom and angle down to see what it is. Halfway down i realise its a 3m shark. Probably the Raggie i guess. I slowly angle away, keen to still have a proper look, when all of a sudden i see the white blotches extending from the stomach area. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I slowly start ascending, keeping my gun between me and the GW. Fortunately he only gave me the once over, and continued to where Tommy and Ferdie were. I surface, shout for the boat, but by then Tommy and Ferdie has also seen the shark. Powerheads on!!!! The shark dis-appears, only to re-appear 2-3minutes later. Angle up directly to Ferdie. Tommy and Ferdie manage to fend off the shark and jump into the boat. DAMNNNN!!! My first white for this year, and just when i started seeing 20kg class Yellowtail!!!
Oh well, we give the spot an hour to cool down, diving in another area about 2km's away. Back to the wreck, no sight of the GW, but the dive is spoiled. Every drop, you spend so much time looking behind you that it becomes frustrating!!!
At the end of the day we had 25 yellowtail Kingfish, ranging from 8kg's through to 16kg's. As well as a couple of reef fish. The best part is that YOURS TRULY, only managed to land ONE fish for the day!!!! Oh well, i'll give 'em hell next time!!!
Just for the record, thats been 4 Great Whites seen by Tommy and crew, in 3 Dives, in two weeks!!!!!!!!! Struisbaai is really getting to be DANGEROUS!!! My dive-buddy, was diving with Tommy last week, and he also got "pushed" by a large GW. I'm starting to wonder just EXCATLY how endangered these GW realy are!!!! 4 sharks in 3 dives in a 40km raduis area, those odds don't sound too good!!!
Some pic's of the fish and the new gun tommy is building. Small mid-handled woodie with a 7mm spear and 2x16's plus reel. Works very well, as can be seen from the pictures!!
Great day in the water, none-the-less!!! Can't wait for the week-end!! Struisbaai, here we come!!!! (this spearo was never noted for his sanity!!)
Regards
miles
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Re: Of Great White sharks, Yellowtail Kingfish Massacre and a hopeless Spearo!!
As Always, a great story Miles!!!!
As Always, a great story Miles!!!!
Re: Of Great White sharks, Yellowtail Kingfish Massacre and a hopeless Spearo!!
Somehow I don't think that Mother Matera raised her little boy to be fishbait. If I saw anything like that out here, (and we do have 'em, believe me) I'd pack it in for at least a day . . . maybe a week! Like Shane said . . .
Somehow I don't think that Mother Matera raised her little boy to be fishbait. If I saw anything like that out here, (and we do have 'em, believe me) I'd pack it in for at least a day . . . maybe a week! Like Shane said . . .
Struisbaai, Great Whites and tons of fun!!
Hiya
Just returned from a 5 day holiday. Since the spearing was quite good in the Struisbaai area, myself and my wife deicided to take a short holiday. Amongst the GREAT spearing, we did manage to get some sight-seeing in as well!! Was actually fun just to act like tourists, chatting to EVERYBODY on the harbour about fish and fishing and sharks!!!
I unfortunately only went spearing on one of the days, which was when my dive buddies came down from Cape Town. Struisbaai is really NOT a place to dive on your own. We shot some nice Yellowtail and a couple of bank fish and was also greeted by a young 3m great white. Fortunately, nobody was injured and thankfully the shark was also left unharmed!! There were some anxious moments, with everybody scrambling to get on board!! Luckily for us, we only saw the one, so diving was resumed a couple of kilomteres away.
The picture with the GW approaching the boat was taken whilst divers were trying to get to the boat from the other side. The loaded speargun with powerhead was just a safety precaution, should things turn nasty.
Some pic's....
Regards
miles
Hiya
Just returned from a 5 day holiday. Since the spearing was quite good in the Struisbaai area, myself and my wife deicided to take a short holiday. Amongst the GREAT spearing, we did manage to get some sight-seeing in as well!! Was actually fun just to act like tourists, chatting to EVERYBODY on the harbour about fish and fishing and sharks!!!
I unfortunately only went spearing on one of the days, which was when my dive buddies came down from Cape Town. Struisbaai is really NOT a place to dive on your own. We shot some nice Yellowtail and a couple of bank fish and was also greeted by a young 3m great white. Fortunately, nobody was injured and thankfully the shark was also left unharmed!! There were some anxious moments, with everybody scrambling to get on board!! Luckily for us, we only saw the one, so diving was resumed a couple of kilomteres away.
The picture with the GW approaching the boat was taken whilst divers were trying to get to the boat from the other side. The loaded speargun with powerhead was just a safety precaution, should things turn nasty.
Some pic's....
Regards
miles
