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Dapirans video helped me out!!!(grouper and bass)

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greendiver

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Hi all,
Yesterday I went fishing for bass, I was inspired by "Dapirans" shallow water mullet and bass video. ( I do not shoot mullets BTW, overhere you would need a truck to take them home afterwards ;-)).

I did not see a lot of bass, but I saw this grouper in 2 meters of water, well you do not see a lot of grouper here, but in 2 meters of water?
during a 1 meter espetto I saw him, he saw me too,..went up slowly, took my time, and approached him slowly..took my time and...:friday.
anyways... a pic in the harbour...a pic preparing and a pic on the table...

Today I went for bass again, everything caught in shallow water, or from the surface, Dapirans technique works!!! (the sizes are not as good as a bit deeper but still)

Strange he?, one day you catch a grouper where you would never expect it, next day the bass is everywhere????
BTW, my new gun..the Picasso carbonium 90 works fine for bass
 

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Very cool report. It alway nice to see that you can get good fish shallow. Some major competitions are won shallow.
This is a good reminder not to just push for depth well spearfishing but work on hunting better. I know I sometimes have pushed for depth when I maybe wasn't completely ready.
 
The Dapiran video with the Bass is a must have. I can't understand a word but the footage speaks for itself!

Nice haul dude, wish we had as many Mullet over here
 
What is this magical video then... lets have it ?
 
Hi Hew. its not a Wizard of Oz video, just be silent and be patient and the Grouper will show its big head, then its all up to you..... :martial..

a picture of the remains of my last meal
 

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Thanks guys,
Ok, it is a video, however, I followed the way he is fishing, overweighted, espettos from the surface etc, and I have been succesfull.....I was amazed myself!
At the end I was at the surface holding a rock, there was current, very silent and there they were.
I had all these fish on the stringer, I could not have anymore so I decided to try long shots, and see how much I could "play"with them.
I missed a really big one...the eternal story he?:vangry
 
What is it he says about weight? It's obvious he is a tad on the heavy side but thats as far as I can gather. That bit in the boat about the 2 weight belts are for quick changes between deep and shallow diving setups, yes?
 
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Pastor said:
What is it he says about weight? It's obvious he is a tad on the heavy side but thats as far as I can gather. That bit in the boat about the 2 weight belts are for quick changes between deep and shallow diving setups, yes?
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Yep, I mean to say "overweighted" in the sense that one is able to do an espetto at 1/2 meters.
Dapiran had some weight at his back aswell, that works also, especially at these shallow depths.
Have a go, it worked for me, I might not be a "proffesional", but it opened a new dimension to me, and the catches werent to bad after all!
Greetings!
 
Pastor said:
How are you finding surface swimming like that?
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,hehehe...it is still ok (not as easy as normally), I am not that heavy..., lol
I think, at about 3 meters, with full lungs, I would be neutrally buoyant.
I was "hanging" on a rock on the surface, waiting, first sign of bass, I would sink to about 1.5 meters, with my lungs 75% full.
regards,
 

Did you find that you had to stay down a little longer than normal seeign as you were quite shallow, also is duckdivign down to that depth easy? I can imagine that seeign as your not heading down very deep, it could be hard to get into the right position to decend propery... was it a problem?

Huw.
 

Hi Huw!!
I push myself down, holding onto the rock, or push myself behind the rock and then "semi" duckdive, look at the video...
If I see them coming, the bass, I´d go directly down, and wait for about, aproximately 45 seconds orso.
At the end I would just wait holding the rock (on the surface), and wait for them, try long shots, that was a bit harder though..but I had to many fish on my stringer..
Maybe I was lucky...tomorrow morning I go with my buddy for the "holes", something relatively new to me, got inspired by another video.
Greetings!
 
Ok! I went again today, we were going for "holes" but the weather and currents looked perfect for bass, I used a similar technique and caught 3 nice bass and a spider crab.:friday
(sunday it is supposed to be a perfect day, current, right wind and strong tide...will let you guys know!

Ps. I would appreciate it if members would post their own stories, can be very usefull to all of us!
C´mon let us spice the site up a bit:martial , see to many members going to other sites!!
Greetings!!
 
Hi everybody,
Can you explain me what's exactly is ''the Dapiran Method''?
 
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He has many methods as far as I know; depends what he is teaching on what paricular DVD. Forum member Spaghetti will know!
 
vinzman said:
Hi everybody,
Can you explain me what's exactly is ''the Dapiran Method''?
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Hi Vinz
Well, this is not really a method.
Giorgio Dapiran is a spearfishing "guru" in Europe..
An excellent fisherman, technical, creative, scientifical and has brought spearfishing to another "dimension".
Have a look at his site, or a video, he is truely amazing.
(I was very sceptical in the beginning, "gurus" and "inventors, loads of "followers" but after you have a closer look...)
Anyways, I have learnt many new things already.
Greets!! and enjoy...like his followers say the "master".
 
Maybe i am looking in the wrong place but do any of his dvd's come in english??
 
How about the DVD "seabream dynamic way-lay 3". Does that have a language choice in the DVD set up for english?
 
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