Went out today with Badia, Bader, and BQ.
We got to the oil rigs at around 6am. perfect timing. I was expecting the same from the previous trips out there but hoping for better viz. the viz from 6-10:30 was not so good.
around 11, during slack tide, the viz opened up to about 10-15m. not bad but not great either.
i have been cooped up in work during the last week, with little or no excersice, and only limited free time, so i havent had the chance to do any breathing exercises or anything of the sort.
The day of diving didnt really start great. i shot a queenfish within being in the water for about 10 seconds.
and then everything went downhill.
i had solid shots on barracudas and my flopper would not toggle for some reason, i threw up in my snorkle 3 times. it was bad.
and then i decided to take a break and chill on the boat for a little bit. so i got on and had a smoke.
after my cig, i decided to get back in the water. i breathed up for a good 10 minutes and felt extremelly relaxed. i dove down to the thermocline, which is in about 12m of water and where most of the fish are. when i got there i was surrounded by catfish. in kuwait, if fish had a score, a kingfish would probably be a 8 or 9, if not 10, and a catfish would be like -15.
at that point i was just thinking that this was god's way of telling me not to skip work to go spearfishing.
i stayed down for a 1:15 and as im about to pull the trigger on a catfish out of frustration i decided not to. at 8m from the surface i see directly next to me this beautifull fish, that is just parked right infront of my speartip. the minute i recognized it as a kingfish my heart just started pounding like crazy in my chest. ive been wanting to get me one of these bad boys for a while and my luck earlier that day was just plain old sh!t.
i tried to ease myself, and calm down but my heart was still racing. i slowly moved my speartip a few centimeters downwards and i pulled the trigger.
it was a perfect stone shot.
here a few pictures below and in a few days il get the underwater pictures.
the best part of this day is that the minute i shot this king, all my shots were true and i didnt lose a single fish from my shaft afterwards.
We got to the oil rigs at around 6am. perfect timing. I was expecting the same from the previous trips out there but hoping for better viz. the viz from 6-10:30 was not so good.
around 11, during slack tide, the viz opened up to about 10-15m. not bad but not great either.
i have been cooped up in work during the last week, with little or no excersice, and only limited free time, so i havent had the chance to do any breathing exercises or anything of the sort.
The day of diving didnt really start great. i shot a queenfish within being in the water for about 10 seconds.
and then everything went downhill.
i had solid shots on barracudas and my flopper would not toggle for some reason, i threw up in my snorkle 3 times. it was bad.
and then i decided to take a break and chill on the boat for a little bit. so i got on and had a smoke.
after my cig, i decided to get back in the water. i breathed up for a good 10 minutes and felt extremelly relaxed. i dove down to the thermocline, which is in about 12m of water and where most of the fish are. when i got there i was surrounded by catfish. in kuwait, if fish had a score, a kingfish would probably be a 8 or 9, if not 10, and a catfish would be like -15.
at that point i was just thinking that this was god's way of telling me not to skip work to go spearfishing.
i stayed down for a 1:15 and as im about to pull the trigger on a catfish out of frustration i decided not to. at 8m from the surface i see directly next to me this beautifull fish, that is just parked right infront of my speartip. the minute i recognized it as a kingfish my heart just started pounding like crazy in my chest. ive been wanting to get me one of these bad boys for a while and my luck earlier that day was just plain old sh!t.
i tried to ease myself, and calm down but my heart was still racing. i slowly moved my speartip a few centimeters downwards and i pulled the trigger.
it was a perfect stone shot.
here a few pictures below and in a few days il get the underwater pictures.
the best part of this day is that the minute i shot this king, all my shots were true and i didnt lose a single fish from my shaft afterwards.