I have many friends who come to visit and do weekly dives with a close group of friends, here is a report on a few of our dives.
Aloha Spearos,
I haven't posted for a while. The weather wasn't that great but our gang did go out. . Super bowl Sunday it was only the patriarch Pete and I. everyone else was tied up watching a late season football game. Pete and I got out and the pier was empty. We were the second boat out. So you can see who has the right priorities. We did a few dives and checked our usual ono spots. It looks like they have left. The season started early, but it also ended early. We shot a few fish and Pete shot some Uhus while I took a pole spear to shoot some Kole to fry up later that eve.
One thing good out of that day is I got to test out one of my new slip tips. The one I tested was a spectra tip that I designed to fit on 9/32 shafts. The diameter of the tip is 9/32in and has a 700 lb spectra cable. This tip is a pencil point with a tiny tri cut to help get maximum penetration. I checked two ulua houses before I could connect on one. It was 30 lbs and the tip worked flawlessly. This tip will be great for the WSB and smaller pellagics. As for Ulua, I would still recommend cable due to the coral we have here.
This past Sunday, we had the gang back out. Joe, Matt, Pete and I got out early and because the weather was calm went to check and see if any stray onos were still in. at the second spot, I saw an Ulua on the edge of our deep pinnacle. It went under some rocks at the base and was hanging out. Matt had lost one under the same ledge three weeks ago and ended up with a thoracic squeeze from not being warmed up enough for an 88ft dive. I wasn't warmed up, so I called Joe and Matt to spot me. The boat was anchored nearby so I went and swapped my magnum for my GR ulua gun. I had changed out the spectra tip to try out the other new tip I have. That tip is a 5/16 pencil point tri cut tip that has 900lb SS cable and a 6mm threaded adapter.
I did a long breath up and then did my drop. When I got to the top of the ledge, it seemed like hours before the ulua came around and I got a shot into its head. While coming up, the ulua came out of the hole and started dragging me around. Matt did a short dive and helped grab the line and we got the spunky ulua up. This is what diving with buddies is all about. We can watch and help each other out. In the meantime, only feet away, Joe got down to the top of the pinnacle at 68 ft and dropped on a really nice uku. Joe comes up with the fish of the day! His Uku was big. The funny thing is it had a deformed tail. So we kidded Diver Joe about shooting handicapped fish! We both took pictures and I got some nice shots of my slip tip to add to the other weeks ulua and sliptip. You can cehck out the tips on my website along with a new whale video from a recent encounter whle blue water diving
Both our ono spots had very little bait so we left early. Looking to shoot fish for dinner, we did a quick dinner dive with our pole spears and gathered a gallon baggy of Kole. On the way home we did one last ono drift and then called it quits. That evening we met with the gang, did our BBQ, ate fish and had a blast as usual.
Aloha,Daryl
Aloha Spearos,
I haven't posted for a while. The weather wasn't that great but our gang did go out. . Super bowl Sunday it was only the patriarch Pete and I. everyone else was tied up watching a late season football game. Pete and I got out and the pier was empty. We were the second boat out. So you can see who has the right priorities. We did a few dives and checked our usual ono spots. It looks like they have left. The season started early, but it also ended early. We shot a few fish and Pete shot some Uhus while I took a pole spear to shoot some Kole to fry up later that eve.
One thing good out of that day is I got to test out one of my new slip tips. The one I tested was a spectra tip that I designed to fit on 9/32 shafts. The diameter of the tip is 9/32in and has a 700 lb spectra cable. This tip is a pencil point with a tiny tri cut to help get maximum penetration. I checked two ulua houses before I could connect on one. It was 30 lbs and the tip worked flawlessly. This tip will be great for the WSB and smaller pellagics. As for Ulua, I would still recommend cable due to the coral we have here.
This past Sunday, we had the gang back out. Joe, Matt, Pete and I got out early and because the weather was calm went to check and see if any stray onos were still in. at the second spot, I saw an Ulua on the edge of our deep pinnacle. It went under some rocks at the base and was hanging out. Matt had lost one under the same ledge three weeks ago and ended up with a thoracic squeeze from not being warmed up enough for an 88ft dive. I wasn't warmed up, so I called Joe and Matt to spot me. The boat was anchored nearby so I went and swapped my magnum for my GR ulua gun. I had changed out the spectra tip to try out the other new tip I have. That tip is a 5/16 pencil point tri cut tip that has 900lb SS cable and a 6mm threaded adapter.
I did a long breath up and then did my drop. When I got to the top of the ledge, it seemed like hours before the ulua came around and I got a shot into its head. While coming up, the ulua came out of the hole and started dragging me around. Matt did a short dive and helped grab the line and we got the spunky ulua up. This is what diving with buddies is all about. We can watch and help each other out. In the meantime, only feet away, Joe got down to the top of the pinnacle at 68 ft and dropped on a really nice uku. Joe comes up with the fish of the day! His Uku was big. The funny thing is it had a deformed tail. So we kidded Diver Joe about shooting handicapped fish! We both took pictures and I got some nice shots of my slip tip to add to the other weeks ulua and sliptip. You can cehck out the tips on my website along with a new whale video from a recent encounter whle blue water diving
Both our ono spots had very little bait so we left early. Looking to shoot fish for dinner, we did a quick dinner dive with our pole spears and gathered a gallon baggy of Kole. On the way home we did one last ono drift and then called it quits. That evening we met with the gang, did our BBQ, ate fish and had a blast as usual.
Aloha,Daryl