Boat Fish or Dive

Past few days have been beautiful on the windward side so we decided to load up and go fishing.

Unfortunately the pelagics were slow and nothing bit so the boys decided to go zzzz.  Thatʻs how it goes sometimes.  

If pelagics not biting the hook the plan "b" was to go find the reef fish.  Kirby Fukunaga , Kylen Yamakawa, Izaiah Moniz and me boarded the Go-Naminori boat and headed out for a quick dive.  

This is the beautiful "Chinamans Hat".  

In a few hours and 74 dives later for me our cooler catch looked like this and boys were very happy and tired.

Here Kylen (left) and Izaiah (right) with their prize.  Good job boys! Keep on diving!

Gun cam test no. 2

Weather looking perfect for this weekend as winds lighten and surf comes up.  Everyone will be happy and ready for work on Monday.  Here is another gun cam test shot with this solo menpachi "U'u". These little guys seem so curious at times and will peak their head out of their hole and dash back in.  Today I let this fish live another day.  Tomorrow may be another story...to be continued.

Diver disappears in Indonesia

I just found out a fellow freedive/spearfisherman, Dashiel Marder is missing in Indonesia while on a boat trip.  He and his fellow spearos some of which I know along with the Captain could not find him after he made a dive on a doggie and it has now been 8 days since it happened.  They don't know what happened if he blacked out or got in a downcurrent but our dive community still is in shock. The currents are very dangerous there and having a safety plan is so important for all of us even in Hawaii.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family!  Click here for the  story

Koolau

Mountains...so beautiful!

Gun Cam Test No. 1

This week I've been testing out the intova camera HD Hero and been enjoying it.  Swam out with my dive partner Kekoa what seemed like about a mile out and found some nice grounds.  Always enjoy looking for new grounds and trying new things and I haven't shore dove for a while so we gave it a go!   I mounted it to my 120 cm gun and got a few grabs with some video and stills.   Here this 14-15 lb uhu swam up to me but decided not to pull the trigger on this male breeder.

We was actually looking for the black color rois but for some reason all we saw was red? These go for $14.99/lb at Safeway.  Luckily this open market was FREE!

Weather was rainy but we made it safely and executed our dive plan perfectly.  Cleaned up our fish and  headed home with todays dinner!  

Roi Hunters

Today we had a jobsite visit to film some "Roi Hunters".  Mike Hatcher and Bruce Wong called me and I brought my camera and went to work.

We were stopped by the police at the harbor, but luckily it was our good friend Al Lagunte doing his job enforcing the law.  He wished us luck and thats all we needed to hear.  The pier was packed and lots of people at the sandbar, I think I counted 24 boats there.

At the end of the day, we got a nice mix of rois and uhus and boys were happy to get their dinner for the week.  Thanks guys for a fun day on the water.

Then I came home and did more filming in the Red Sea Studio with Merlinda Garma.  What a long day at work, was dead tired but I love my job.  Tomorrow we get to do it all over again!  

Ahi Fever

A friend of mine Wayne Jarrett sent me photos of his recent catch in Panama.  A toad of a yellowfin weighing in around 150 lbs.  It was his first tuna and a beauty!  Once you get the Ahi Fever its hard to let go.

Wayne joined us on our last trip to La Paz and is coming again in July so we are stoked to see him.  He was nicknamed "Wahoo Wayne" but now his new name is "Tuna Cowboy".  Congrats Wayne and thanks for sharing your story!  Ahi Season is coming soon here to Hawaii so get ready!