Well, having read the title I'm sure half of you are hoping for female nudity... Sorry to dissapoint.
A group of my mates headed north to Seal Rocks (about 4hrs north of Sydney, Australia), for a bucks weekend. The aim was to combine spearfishing with excessive alcohol consumption and partying.
The water was nice and warm when we arrived, and three of us jumped in for a quick dive before the drinking began. The end result was a 10kg Cobia (shot by myself), a 9kg Yellowfin Tuna and a 9kg Mulloway (related to White Seabass). And all these fish were shot within a 100m of the shore!
Cobia: I had been diving on a cave in 10m which had lot of awesome fish to photograph (see next post for Pineapple fish photo). Once I got bored with that I swam off to look for dinner. I came across a Giant Groper of around 150kg, a protected species which also resisted being photographed, though I got one ok shot... While trying to follow it, I came across a large Stingray lying on the sand in 12m. Half buried next to it was a nice size Cobia! As I had never got a shot of a Cobia before, I drifted down and snapped off a pic. I then realised that this was a very nice fish indeed and decided it would do for dinner. I returned to the surface for a breath, grabbed my gun from where it was anchoring my float and dove back down. The ray had had enough and took off for deeper water, with the Cobia swimming underneath. This meant I couldnt see the fish unless I was swimming hard against the bottom. hmm.. I swam beside the ray until I had worked out the flapping sequence, and when I had a clear shot the Cobia was mine. Or so I thought.
I shot up to the surface and grabbed my rig rope, only to be dragged back down again. Time and time again the fish attempted to bury in the sand, causing massive clouds of sand to obscure my vision of it. After a good 5 minutes I finally dragged in up out of the sand cloud, only to see a shark emerge from the cloud. Bugger! Oh wait, it was the Cobia, just looked like a shark... hehehe. Then the first of 3 Whaler sharks appeared, which meant I had to get my fish asap. I managed to get a grip of its gills and swam for the shallows, the sharks following behind. Eventually they lost interest and I was able to swim to the car where I found my mates had also shot some awesome fish! We gorged on Sashimi that night!
The next day we also dived the same area, but the fish had gone. That night we all got very drunk...
A group of my mates headed north to Seal Rocks (about 4hrs north of Sydney, Australia), for a bucks weekend. The aim was to combine spearfishing with excessive alcohol consumption and partying.
The water was nice and warm when we arrived, and three of us jumped in for a quick dive before the drinking began. The end result was a 10kg Cobia (shot by myself), a 9kg Yellowfin Tuna and a 9kg Mulloway (related to White Seabass). And all these fish were shot within a 100m of the shore!
Cobia: I had been diving on a cave in 10m which had lot of awesome fish to photograph (see next post for Pineapple fish photo). Once I got bored with that I swam off to look for dinner. I came across a Giant Groper of around 150kg, a protected species which also resisted being photographed, though I got one ok shot... While trying to follow it, I came across a large Stingray lying on the sand in 12m. Half buried next to it was a nice size Cobia! As I had never got a shot of a Cobia before, I drifted down and snapped off a pic. I then realised that this was a very nice fish indeed and decided it would do for dinner. I returned to the surface for a breath, grabbed my gun from where it was anchoring my float and dove back down. The ray had had enough and took off for deeper water, with the Cobia swimming underneath. This meant I couldnt see the fish unless I was swimming hard against the bottom. hmm.. I swam beside the ray until I had worked out the flapping sequence, and when I had a clear shot the Cobia was mine. Or so I thought.
I shot up to the surface and grabbed my rig rope, only to be dragged back down again. Time and time again the fish attempted to bury in the sand, causing massive clouds of sand to obscure my vision of it. After a good 5 minutes I finally dragged in up out of the sand cloud, only to see a shark emerge from the cloud. Bugger! Oh wait, it was the Cobia, just looked like a shark... hehehe. Then the first of 3 Whaler sharks appeared, which meant I had to get my fish asap. I managed to get a grip of its gills and swam for the shallows, the sharks following behind. Eventually they lost interest and I was able to swim to the car where I found my mates had also shot some awesome fish! We gorged on Sashimi that night!
The next day we also dived the same area, but the fish had gone. That night we all got very drunk...
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