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| • | Anything CAN and DOES Happen! Aug 23, 2006, 10:45 AM
Hindisght is 20/20. Read this divers perspective on the term "Anything CAN and DOES happen.
....read more | | • | Omilucaught in Kona Mar 14, 2006, 4:34 PM
Don't know what the record is but I caught
this Omilu on the north side of Kona, near Kawaihae
on February 4, 2006 and weighed it in at 20.12 lbs.
I was with my friend from Oahu and we picked up
some nice game got some niceuhus, couple joes, a Mu,
nice yellowspot, and wantedsomething bigger. So we
decided to head toward the opposite side of our spot.
We were diving at about 45-55 feet when we
encountered some Mus but couldn't get them to come in
close enough. I finally ran into a big Kaku about 30
lbs, dropped on him but he wouldn't give me a shot.
So kept swimming out when finally I came a across a nice
overhang. I looked down and saw a shadow I knew it was
Ulua. So I cautiously observed him habits, then slowly
descended down and rested at about 40 ft.
Waited but he wasn't there, so I continued down
he cave to about 48 feet looked in one area of the cave
and only saw two big taapes. So on the same drop turned
my body completely around and looked on the other side of
the cave and there I saw his silhoutte.
Waited right outside the cave and saw
two nostrils just staring at me, he turned and I cranked him.
He started going crazy and I went up for air. He yanked my
gun but luckily he got stucked outside the hole and my friend
put in a backup shot. Thanks to my friend Peter we then
weighed it in at the Kona harbor, 20.12 lbs. possible new
HSD record.
Thanks
Colin Hazama....read more | | • | In the Heart of the Sea Feb 6, 2006, 1:14 PM
I’ll let the picture speak for itself right now.
....read more | | • | Diving Down Under Jan 11, 2006, 10:49 AM
Everyone is excited when a heavily dived spot produces big fish. But when it produces a pending record......
....read more | | • | Freediving the Cortez Bank Dec 18, 2005, 10:17 PM
Your freediving and spearfishing mentor takes you on a boat to the middles of the ocean to do some diving. What better way to make him proud than to take the biggest fish of the trip. Story by Todd Mittleman
....read more | | • | Randy Fry Memorial Tournament Dec 18, 2005, 10:04 PM
The Randy Fry Memorial Big-X Tournament was held in California witha great turn-out.
....read more | | • | New Lobster Record Nov 25, 2005, 9:52 PM
Congratulations on a new record for Lobster.
....read more | | • | Rabitech in the Azores Nov 14, 2005, 12:13 PM
You've just been given a new Rabitech Carbon Fiber Stealth and told to go test it out. What do you do?
....read more | | • | 7th Aquatic Safari Tournament Nov 14, 2005, 10:52 AM
Freedivers Represent on Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
....read more | | • | Sample Testimony Nov 2, 2005, 1:28 PM
Click to see a sample letter
....read more | | • | Team Rabitech! Oct 28, 2005, 3:04 PM
Team Rabitech recently took some time to hit the South African Coast and test some equipment. Read about the adventures here...
....read more | | • | Cato Reef Oct 14, 2005, 7:46 PM
Cato Reef 10/14/2005
....read more | | • | Gene Sep 3, 2004, 5:49 AM
My brother called me last night, told me about the latest Hawaii Skin Diver magazine. James said it had a cover story about hunting goatfish. Then he said he was surprised that there was so little coverage of Gene Higa; that it was just mentioned in the “letters” section. I guess there wasn’t enough lead-time to get it into the issue.
I still remember the night James called me. He’d just seen on the evening news that Gene Higa drowned during a contest. James was spooked. For my birthday he’d taken my Riffe and had a reel installed. This after I told him of a day off of Makapuu where I’d seen a school of rainbow runners, a big uku, and several omilus, all within an hour. I told him the water was deep out where I’d seen them.
Now he was worried. He knew how I liked to wander off on my own and do my own thing. I told him not to worry, that I would play it safe. But how could I be safe when someone like Gene Higa died? I mean he was a pro; experienced, a competition veteran, and with an engineering degree, no dummy. If SWB happened to him, how could I protect myself from it?
The fact is I can’t.
I’ve never had SWB. I’m glad, because they say SWB is almost guaranteed death if you’re diving alone. If it’s any consolation, survivors say there is no drama involved; no nausea, disorientation, panic. There’s just an interruption in time. One moment they’re kicking up, neck back, back arched, seeing the wind chop up the surface; and the next, their dive buddies are reviving them. The phenomenon is so sly, in almost every case where the diver survives, they insist they’re okay and want to keep diving.
I’ve pushed dives so that I’ve had to windmill my arms, stroking for the surface. I’ve come up feeling that anxious press in my chest, seeing the swimming spots in my vision, and feeling the tingling in my thighs, like I have to urinate badly. But I have never had SWB.
Sitting warm and dry, thinking about this, of course you say there is no fish worth your life. And none is. No trophy, photo, record, story, legend, or meal is worth your life. Safety first. Of course. No doubt about it.
But is that enough?
We don’t stretch a net over a reef and cleanse it of all life that can’t fit through the holes. We don’t drag or cast lines randomly, hoping for a strike. And we certainly don’t stand at the seafood department and point through the glass at what we want to eat, then pay cash for it like the rest of the people.
We hunt the fish. We pay in different ways. That means we get wet and cold, and deal with the same things they deal with: currents, surge, tides, wind chop, and sketchy visibility. Whatever is happening to them happens to us. Fair is fair. What winds up on our kui are our prey, our fish, our meals, and when consumed, ourselves.
I hope Gene Higa was gunning for something big. Maybe a school of three rainbow runners schooling up on him, keeping their distance, their stripes barely visible through the haze. That would be a sight worthy of one’s last memory.....read more | | • | Grouper Gone Wrong May 27, 2004, 7:41 PM
Being an avid spearfisherman enthralled by the prospect of a big catch, I am often inclined to simplify the complexity of mother nature’s delicate food chain.
....read more | | • | WHFC S/F management recommendation Nov 26, 2003, 12:34 AM
At the 11/20/03 WHFC meeting it was announced that the executive committee is recommending that the S/F management process be kicked back to the sub-committee level.
....read more | | • | WHFC S/F Mgt. back to subcommittee Nov 21, 2003, 4:50 AM
At the 11/20/03 West Hawaii Fisheries Council meeting it was announced that the spearfishing management recomendation process would be kicked back to the subcommittee.
....read more | | • | No take no trust! Sep 26, 2003, 5:31 AM
The near shore fishery has been negatively impacted and could possibly be damaged beyond repair.
....read more | | • | N AQUA INC. MEMORIAL ARTIFICIAL REEF PROJECT Jul 1, 2003, 4:53 PM
Honolulu, Hawaii. June 28, 2003 In Aqua Inc. is pleased to announce the planning of a First-of-its-Kind Memorial Artificial Reef in Hawaii. Various sites around Oahu are being considered, Maunalua Bay is the initial site of interest.
....read more | | • | Letter of support for proposed Memorial Artificial Reef Jun 7, 2003, 5:25 PM
Re: Letter of support for proposed Memorial Artificial Reef
....read more | | • | Ryukyu Islands: Solo May 28, 2003, 3:08 PM
God where do is start. I was able to go offshore spearfishing Wednesday and had some serious doubts heading into it.
....read more | | • | Against Spearfishing Ban May 25, 2003, 3:46 AM
West Hawaii Fisheries Council. I am against your proposed spearfishing management plan which would make it illegal to take fish by spear in the established FRA’s. The following are reasons why.
....read more | | • | West Hawaii Fisheries Council Jan 17, 2003, 4:48 AM
In July 1998, Act 306 was passed by the State Legilature.
....read more | | • | Speak Your Mind: Looking for Writing Contributors Dec 30, 2002, 6:24 AM
As you can see, the HawaiiSkinDiver.net website has been relaunched with some new features.
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