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Those free-divers after that size of fish are gutsy folks.   Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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This just blows my mind!! I can't swim so it makes me pretty envious of someone so totally comfortable in the water. What a ballsey way to hunt!! | |||
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WOW, that must have been a helluva ride. The dude in question, definitely has grande cajones or possibly a screw loose. "A Lone Hunter is the Best Hunter..." | |||
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Amazing. I'm not sure how that spear works, but it obviously has some kind of float attached to it or he would not have been able to maintain contact. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Here's an idea of the system they use-- http://www.freediveshop.com/pr...h=88&products_id=436 Getting entangled in the line could be a fatal mistake. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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That is incredible! I've been around yellowfin up to 300 lbs, but can't even imagine the power of a Blue Fin of 1,000 lbs. Hell, 150 lb. yellowfin kick my butt! | |||
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This is no reflection on this guy's amazing feat and I claim no expertise, plus my ox wouldn't be the one being gored, but I understand that the BFT in the Atlantic is in serious danger of being fished to extinction and apparently no one is taking any real measures to prevent it. It would be a real shame to lose such a great fish. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Gato, good point and I have to agree with you, but; taking single fish such as this will have no bearing on the resource. Long line commercial fishing is the problem, and not enough is being done to control it. Harpoon fishing is actually very conservative, as you have no by-catch issues and only take specific fish. No under or over sized fish like you get with long lining, and definitely no by-catch problems. | |||
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amazing video... that first fish looks to have been brained! it didn't wiggle after that first spear! NRA Life Member Gun Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun. | |||
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Many of us have hooked and landed fish between 100 and 500 lbs on hook and line. Few of us have landed fish over 500 lbs on line. Essentially none of us have speared a fish over 500lbs. This guy, free diving (with just a snorkel, without air-tanks), got a tuna over 1000 lbs. It's like getting a cape buffalo over fifty inches in the wild by stalking with a bow, IMHO. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Yes it is Steve. I watch Sheri Daye all the time on Spearfish Hunter and am amazed at some of the fish she spears. Having caught Cobia on rod and reel, I can't imagine what it would be like being pulled around by a 50 lb fish, let alone a Tuna of this size. There are free divers that are drowned by much, much smaller fish. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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i can't see all of his gun but with a fish that size he would have to use a float line and not a reel, a float line is where there is a bouy like float on the surface with say about 75 feet of line attached to it going to the spear so when you shoot something it has to fight the float and not you. safest way of spear fishing but also hinders you as far as depth and agility dragging that line around but with a fish this size i don't think one has much choice. " Knowledge without experience is just information. " - Mark Twain | |||
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...inese-fishermen.html Here's another big one 1000 lb sturgeon ! The Hudson river in NY had a huge number of sturgeon harvested and they were called Hudson River Beef ! | |||
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By the way, that's NEWFOUNDLAND, not NEW FOUND land. Newfies would beat you black and blue and throw you in the bay for that.  Grizz Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln Only one war at a time. Abe Again. | |||
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