Cornwall 2010

[chrisreynolds]

You guys have got your own problems with the Portland harbour fiasco!

roflroflrofl That aint no lie!roflroflrofl

Thankfully i've managed to stay well clear of that patronising, hypocritical, one rule for one......, high horse, soap box BS!

Luckily i'm a grown up (snigger, snigger).:t

 

[Gaz D]

When you PM someone a spot your basically saying that guys ok I wouldn't mind him turning up at my home reef, if you post it your opening it up to every speargun wielding numpty on the interweb.

I stopped spearing a few spots now because of the amount of idiots waving loaded spearguns around where as a short time before it was rare to see anyone else spearing there.

Nothing worse that turning up to find idiots flapping around scaring off the fish.

You obviously have no idea about who I am and what I do so insulting me in that way tends to indicate what a prat you really are..

I know that doesn't have much to do with what we are discussing but it does show that tendancy for the monkeys who have no interest in the ethics of real spearfishing. They also know about this site and read but don't give a damn. I know a couple from around cornwall like that but they are just too "jack the lad"

There are many dangers out there and not much we can do about some of them. We dive sharky spots because that is often where the fish are. Needless to say we enter the food chain and not at the top of it. We dive deeper and deeper and end up risking the dreaded shallow water blackout. We chase Tuna behind fishing trawlers miles out to sea risking getting lost or being dragged into the blue.

Spearos tend to be hardassed individuals to cope with some of the issues that often arise. Needless to say I do not find it strange at all for a couple of guys to dive where they might pick up a fish or two not caught by the thousands of fishermen in the area. If they had floats with the Alpha flag flying and were not in the middle of a shipping channel then no harm done.

It is a small world out there and no need for name calling. You never know when someone you just called a "speargun wielding numpty, flapping, fish-scaring, idiot, jack-the-lad, monkey prat" has to pull your ass out of a hot spot!


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[Gaz D]

roflroflrofl That aint no lie!roflroflrofl

Thankfully i've managed to stay well clear of that patronising, hypocritical, one rule for one......, high horse, soap box BS!

Until now, apparently.


Welcome to the party!



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[foxfish]

There are now over two pages of this "discussion"!
You guys are going to ruin your own thread - all this talk of PMs but all I see is you guys arguing all over the thread!

 

[Padaxes]

EDIT : LOL ok ill stop responding Though I stick by my numpties comment, you clearly havn't seen some of the people Ive seen in action!

 

[spearflap]

got in the other night after work 2 good bass and loads about.
By the way this was on the south coast.roflrofl

 

[Pav]

Drove a few miles today!! ... still on the North Coast :t (I had almost opted to drive South but something stopped me and I stayed on the North Track).
Knew a likely spot for today but had to hike in a long way and steep climb out so packed light with a surfers wetsuit and lighter weight belt.
Shivering after an hour. Poor viz but worth it.

I was near Spot M but not going to give exact location :t

 

[chrisreynolds]

Until now, apparently!


Welcome to the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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don't worry gaz, those dorset boys will never see my comment all the way over here on the cornwall thread. phew!
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[andycornish]

Thinking of going on a night dive on Saturday night at a local spot, chosen it because i know it well and there is no risk of shipping or strong currents.

Any tips or hints which would help ?

Thanks

Andy

P.S. yes i do have a waterproof torch before anyone asks

 

[Padaxes]

Check the weather. Stay close to shore, pick a spot that has lights on the shore for you to navigate back to. Tell someone where your going and when you should be back. Don't get too adventurous.

Make sure you have a backup torch. I don't use a float at night as the torch can be shone at approaching boats. Extra gear becomes a pain in the ass at night.

 

[andycornish]

The max I will be away from the shore is 15-20m sticking to my usual area.

Went on a scuba night dive and spent a lot of time over the sand and saw a lot, is it best to have a search around on the sand ?

 

[Padaxes]

Mix it up, you should see more stuff over the sand than at daytime but don't forget to check out the rocks and weed as usual.

 

[Pav]

Have a dump before you go!!
I find it easier to go out at last light and I have a quick fin around to get my bearings (and this is at a place I dive frequently). It just kinda settles my nerves. If you do this don't turn your torch on too early, as just when its getting interesting you will have to fin in! Good luck. Are there any more recent videos of night dives?

I've not got much use out of mine yet as the viz is so shocking. Hopefully will use it further south when things are clamer. I want to video the seals for my daughter to see. At the moment she is learning to swim but is worrying me as she hates putting her face in the water. Really hates getting it in her eyes, and goggles aren't much joy. Thinking if I could find her a really small face mask (shes 3yrs old).

 

[Padaxes]

I keep taking night dive videos but the go pro just isn't up to it, I end up with either murky nothing or washed out close ups. I need to find a better lighting solution, I need something bright but diffuse.

 

[googlyfloogly]

Been in Greece a couple of weeks now. I have done a fair bit of free diving, ( some with a speargun in hand naturally.) I have scarcely seen anything big enough to fit on the end of a spear. saw a local spearo coming out with a load of foreskin sized flat fish. the viz has been great, but I wouldn't swap this for cornwall. even after factoring in my lack of local knowledge ( my greek spearo mate has moved away so I'm on my own) there is a distinct shortage of fish in the med. Seaweed too. Big rocks with next too nothing on them. spearing seems to be more common - the village hardware store had a couple of guns next to the mops - so maybe there are fish but I don't know where to find them. Maybe night dives would be the answer - that's when a lot of the boats go out.
Makes me appreciate cornwall - mumpties and all - all the more. Hopefully we (trawlers) will stop emptying the atlantic before it gets to the state the med is in. Heard that 1/2 of the worlds fish are caught illegally.
I'm moving to a more rocky bit of coastline for a few days next week, so there's still hope. Still, there's always ouzo.

 

[gutshot]

Drove a few miles today!! ... still on the North Coast :t (I had almost opted to drive South but something stopped me and I stayed on the North Track).
Knew a likely spot for today but had to hike in a long way and steep climb out so packed light with a surfers wetsuit and lighter weight belt.
Shivering after an hour. Poor viz but worth it.

I was near Spot M but not going to give exact location :t

Hmmm, near spot M? Now you've blown it wide open rofl.

Had a dive this morning in a sheltered spot. Not a single bass seen which was suprising. I did however come out with a nice mullet. Vis was awful so even shooting mullet was a struggle as they were gone as quick as the appeared out of the gloom!

 

[Padaxes]

Got in for a much needed dive on the north coast, some wind and swell and mediocre vis but lots of fish! Finally bagged a Bass thank god! And got an ok Mullet as well. I missed my first Bass, on my warm up dive they all rushed in immediately and I got over excited and went for the kebab shot on one lol.

With a bass and a mullet on the stringer I decided to go deeper and get a pollack but nothing of significant size showed itself in the murk despite repeated dives between 8-10m.

I returned to the spot when I got the Bass and was lurking in the weed at about 4m when i look over my shoulder and see the siloutte of a shark above me, I shat myself lol. In the murk I couldn't be sure what it was , part of me knew it must be a basker but it was small and I was unnerved so I headed in, looking over my shoulder the whole way lol. Reviewing the footage its obvious its a small basker, but it sure gave me a shock! Ill post the video later for your amusement.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-yb0Gf_V0"]YouTube- ‪Sneaky Basking Shark‬‎[/ame]

 

[Pav]

2nd day with no wife and kids as I opted out of the 3 day break with the inlaws! Managed 1 Bass today which was just over 4lb. Pleased considering the conditions which most the time meant I couldn't see the end of my gun. It took me about 2hours!

I've had my fill of scrathing around in the Murk.

Check your Stringer!

I used to use a metal wire stringer until I read on this forum the dangers and now have a mono line stringer (and have done for about 3 yrs). I'd been carrying the Bass for a good half hour before I got out. I swung it around the front of me and scaled and gutted, and as I rinsed it, the stringer broke just below the crimp. I guesse these wear fin due to gill plates. Thankfully it happend when it did.

 

[chrisreynolds]

I want to video the seals for my daughter to see. At the moment she is learning to swim but is worrying me as she hates putting her face in the water. Really hates getting it in her eyes, and goggles aren't much joy. Thinking if I could find her a really small face mask (shes 3yrs old).

stick with it bud. we did and now look at my two little monkeys! they're 2 1/2.
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[gutshot]

What a day! Out bassing on a boat. Got over 200 bass. Mind you, we had to release them all as they were under 15cm rofl. Now on the serious side, i have been helping with bass research within the esturies and the news is not good. Although we had over 200 only 80ish were this years young, the rest being from last year. It should have been over a 1000! I know this is only from today but in general the numbers of juvinile bass are decreasing significantly each year. :rcard

On the plus side more juvinile mullet than you can shake a stick at!

Now things are looking good for tomorrow. Kayak and spearguns at dawn! Just got to hope the vis has improved a little.