http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=61105308274 If you have ever dove in the Western Bahamas north of West End, then you have heard or at least felt the results of Jim Abernethy’s business plan.  chum, attract sharks, put people in the water with them and feed them. Sounds like a great plan to me and I’ve done it countless times before but with the motive to fish and capture some dinner.  Unfortunately when you do...

Cameron, Great blog and post; Informative and well written as always. I wanted to pick your brain concerning our bodies and the strain on multiple dives per day. I’ve gone out as you have and performed 100-150 dives in a single day. But trying to go back out the next day I regularly seem to have a sinus issue and cannot manage to clear, even after taking Sudafed, or any other remedy. Do you have a secret solution? You happen to dive a fair...

Riffe Iberica (Portugal) asked me to write for them 7 rules for Bluewater hunting. It was hard as I think I could have gone for about 70 rules for bluewater hunting!  These are some of the basics that come to mind and are good to remember for Beginner to Advanced Bluewater Hunting.  Help me out here,  I bet we can add another 93 to this to make it 100 Rules for Bluewater Hunting….  Go on the Facebook Spearblog company page and add...

Metal Tech Mach 5. Notice the slim outline even with the padauk wings, they are barely wider than the bands Rear handle makes the Metal Tech Mach 5 shoot and act like the most powerful euro gun on the market with a 5/16 shaft for big pelagics you can't lose In September 2010, Jay Riffe invited the Riffe Spearfishing Team to California at the peak of one of the White Seabass runs of the year.  Having never shot or even seen one I was...

Just got an email from a buddy with this picture in it and wanted to share it with you all. From the looks of it this is one of the biggest Mahi Mahi Dorado, Dolphin fish I’ve seen and makes me look forward to the coming Season for them at home.  Big ones like this are still surpisingly young fish as Dolphin can grow as much as 20+ lbs in one year.  One this size is still probably less than ten years old.  I have seen a few other...

This week I am in Cairns Australia and went into one of the local dive shops, Diversworld Cairns to visit with some of the guys there and happened to pick up one of the magazines on the counter. In it there were plenty of articles about good fish and exciting trips but the only one that made me stop and read was about a lost diver. This past year our sport has lost some incredible people and sadly this can be said for every year not just...

Each week I get some excellent emails from tree-hugging, vespa driving, soy drinking vegans that somehow find me on the internet and go off.  Honestly it is about my favorite part of the week to listen to their uninformed rants and I think you all will enjoy it as well. Here the latest from D.S. who I hope means well but needs to spend more time not trying to save the dolphins in captivity and instead get out there and actually experience...

New World Record Dogtooth Tuna 243 lbs Cameron Kirkconnell 2010 Today is my birthday and at 34 years young I’m blessed in having been able to travel and dive to pursue the fish of my dreams and meet so many great people along the way. Each year I try to set my goals for the coming year and it gives me something to focus my thoughts on before, during and after the dive.    If you live an breath spearfishing you probably do the same and...

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Pole spearing some big Dolphin way offshore with the camera in the other hand. Trying out some new Riffe gear Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser...

Indonesia 201 Dogtooth Tuna Spearfishing World Record. Cameron Kirkconnnell Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser...

A 200lb class Yellowfin Tuna getting attacked after Spearfishing in Central America. Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser...

Craig Spearing a monster 13 lb Mangrove Snapper off Louisiana oil rigs in heavy seas. Freediving not for the feint of heart. Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser...

There are few things that are better than a big fish…   Hogfish Bahamas Pole Spearing       The girls enjoying themselves as much as possible, always   As you’re flipping through pictures with friends showing them your last trip, I guarantee they stop you every time you pass one with a girl in a bathing suit on the boat.   That our sport has a knack for convincing good looking girls to come join us for a day on the water, in...

Big Gag Grouper shot Freediving in 75 feet of water off Florida. New Riffe Euro with Reel being put to the test Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser...

32 lb Blackfin Tuna shot this year in the Gulf of Mexico. Pending world record. This was shot with some experimental Pole Spears we have been working with Riffe. This year I’ve been hunting alot with the Pole spears and shooting lots of Pelagics, Wahoo, tunas, Dorado, African Pompano, Cobia etc. This fish surpasses the previous Spearfishing World record by more than 4 lbs!!! So I am really stoked. Recommend on Facebook Share...

3000 ft of water and 0nly 40 ft of visibilty…. Gulf of Mexico at its finest. Brian Head shooting a big Bull Dolphin off Louisiana on the biggest weed patch I’ve ever seen. Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser...

It is possible. When we hunt yellowfins there is always the chance of the “ONE” coming through and I’ve heard rumors for years of guys seeing some monsters off the Coasts of more than a few countries. 405 lb Yellowfin tuna caught early December When we travel for Yellowfins we are generally looking for those in the 200lb Class and a 300lb one is always the goal. A few years back Brandon put a shaft in one late in the...

Stud. and Brandon Wahlers Brandon Wahlers was with me and Craig the first time we found the dogtooth in Indonesia and the first day on the spot I filmed him shooting a fish that I reckon was 180-200+lbs. He took a long shot and hit the fish in the right place but when it hit I could see the slip tip barely in the fish. At the time it would have easily been the new World Record and watching his buoys flying by at 50 feet was one of the...

Been catching a lot of flack from friends around the world mostly good natured about them all stealing back the World Record for Dogtooth Tuna.   The Record has been safe for 4 years but there are plenty of fish out there that can easily best whats out there.  I get a lot of good pics in my inbox teasing me into stressing about someone shooting a bigger Dogtooth and thought I’d share them with you. Over the next few weeks I’ll...

Just when I’m starting to think that I’ve seen it all… Last week we were doing some reef diving in the Indian Ocean on the East Coast of Africa and came across a pair of these fish.  The reef we were diving was around 65 feet and dropped quickly off to more than a few hundred.  During the time we were there we saw two of these guys and they were both around 15 lbs and very good eating.  I shot this one with my Pole Spear...

243 lb Dogtooth Tuna Pending World Record Cameron Kirkconnell and big dog with Riffe Metal Tech Mach 5 Speargun I am beyond words on this fish. It is bigger than any Dogtooth I thought would ever exist and I’m so stoked to have been able to be able to get a good shot on him and put him in the boat. The fish was so big that despite having the chance for a head shot on him I changed my aim and shot him in the same place as the last...

White Sea Bass This is one if not my favorite. After seeing so many fish speared on video I know I speak for many spearos in saying that it is the freeswimming fish that really get my blood flowing. There are some great clips in here and some huge croakers. Not a smart fish and the diver is very calm and doesn’t spook them. A lot to learn here. Great stuff. Another good one. This is pretty accurate for your typical WSB dive. If you...

1000+lb Bluefin tuna I’ve been biting my tongue for the past few weeks waiting for a reply from Philippe Virgili for a full explanation of his “An over 1000lb Tuna capture” that he has put on every website that has the word spearfishing in it the world round. To catch you up on this if you haven’t heard, a few weeks/months ago P.V. speared a gigantic Bluefin tuna off the coast of Nova Scotia “150-170 miles...

Not a friendly encounter. DJ Struntz photo Yep, one of the most controversial subjects that we have to deal with as spearfisherman. I got an email today from a guy who had speared a Mako (great eating) and was looking for an outlet to tell his story. It got me thinking… As spearo’s we are not out looking to spear sharks despite what the rest of the world believes. The Australian Spearfishing community has been trying to shake...

Hey mate, just stumbled upon your web-site by accident. You lead some kind of life man! Just wanted say how much I appreciate that pic with your mate totally ignoring the hammerhead. That for some reason is so poigant…Just sums up something about respect and courage between man and nature and perhaps experience. When I was young I did a lot of spearing (reef) off Gladstone in the capricorn bunker group (Australia). I never had the...

This month I’m in Singapore and there is no chance of hitting the water be it a pool, lake or the ocean. Because of my work I’m on call 24 hours a day and its the equivalent of fasting not being able to hit the water. For that month or however long you are out of the water, it is really important to me to stay in shape so that I don’t miss a beat and can keep up, and swim harder and longer then the guys we enviously watch...

I haven’t been around for a few weeks but I will not apologize because we have been at the ends of the earth hunting Dogtooth Tuna and other pelagics. It has been a difficult, demanding, and rewarding trip at the same time. Each year I hear of guys shooting monster dogtooth around the world and many are lost and hearts broken. I’ve been down that same road before and a few years ago after spending way too many days and weeks...

Black Fin Here is the video from last year shooting with one of the original Riffe Pole Spears trying them out on Pelagics in the bluewater. This school of tunas stayed around us all day and we were able to keep them chummed up and deny the sharks that were constantly attacking each and every fish we shot. I think we landed about 75% of the fish this day which is impressive given that there was a school of 100+ sharks around at any given...

http://www.youtube.com/user/cameronkirkconnell Check out the video from this week in the Bluewater off Florida Big King Mackerel and a well placed shot in Bluewater Not heeding my own advice in “Slow Summer Spearing Solutions”, we headed out early this week and hit a few of our favorite “secret” spots on the East and West Coast of Florida. In both cases within a few minutes of arriving at the spots another boat was...

Every Summer the weather gets hot and there are sometimes weeks on end where the fish seem to all but disappear while the number of boats and people on the water triples. Your normal fishing spots become over run by families on vacation and weekend warriors who’ve finally gotten their week off a year to go fishin’ with 1000 of their new best friends on the not so secret spots that are printed on the chart. Its time to get a...

properly crimped coated cable Chad with a good sized tuna shot with 400lb Mono and a spectra rigged slip tip Riffe crimp assortment from www.speargun.com properly crimped coated cable Chad with a good sized tuna shot with 400lb Mono and a spectra rigged slip...

There are some really good dive knives on the market in recent years but I’ve always been partial to a serrated blade. They can cut through 400lb Monofilament and stainless steel cable just the same and I can cut chum/berley with it and even through the bones. Every knife I’ve ever seen has the serration on only one side and we never use the other side of the blade so its wasted… until the Riffe Terminator. Finally I have...

Three Amigos. Big White Sea Bass always look good on the deck White Sea Bass, aka the Grey Ghost As a West Coaster you have heard of them, hunted them, fished for them, heard them croak eerily somewhere in the distance and painfully smiled as you’ve seen your friends and other boats land them right beside you. There are many secrets to hunting and fishing for WSB. The most successful divers have paid careful attention for years and...

Jill Riffe working the Cryptic Camo Bathing Suit from www.riffeapparel.com Julie Riffe, Suited, Smiling and ready to slay Cameron, Kelsey Albert, Jay Riffe, and Craig Clasen with big Calico Bass and huge California Halibut Thanks to Yeti Coolers for keeping my first limit of White SeaBass happy in their badass coolers. www.yeticoolers.com So thats what a White Sea Bass looks like! My fish from the first day. Thanks Jay for the pep...

The last thing many an unlucky Hogfish may see in the Bahamas if you take Lisa with you. No wonder they are fooled in to letting her get so close. Tiger Grouper in a typical hiding spot Don’t trust her. She’s good with kids, smiles a lot, and looks good in a bathing suit. She also happens to be a determined underwater hunter and doesn’t take it very well on the odd occasion that a fish eludes her. Over the course of the...

We do so many trips that are just full on all day long and leave you exhausted at the end of the day having made 100+ dives to absurd depths and then leave you with a gigantic cooler of fish to clean at the end of the day. Not that its a bad thing, but it is nice for a change to go and have a relaxing trip and just take it easy. Dive 40-50 feet for a few hours, take some pictures and shoot the exact fish you want for dinner that night. Head...

Subscriber Taylor wrote: I’m going to cabo next week in pelapas ventana. I saw some pictures of you on the website. What do you recommend bringing? I’m 17 and willing to shoot fish in blue water as big as possible (no bigger than 100# though) and have been diving consistently around the globe for 2 years now. Anything important I should bring down there? Any pointers would be much appreciated. How many float lines do you use if...

Bait+structure=predators There is nothing better than good bait. If you are a fisherman you have likely spent thousands of dollars and hours through the years making sure only the best is in your cooler or livewell when you leave the dock. As Spearfisherman somehow we forget everything we learned from fishing when we should be using it to our advantage. Fish are going to be where there is bait and you can adjust your tactics as the time of...

I need your help, those of you that do a lot of boat trips or have lists that your check before you head out please let me know what I’ve forgotten! Planning another trip the Bahamas and I have a few weeks to make all the preparations… except I’m on the other side of the world and when I get back I will have less than a few hours to pack the boat, my gear, girl, food, water, gas, etc etc etc for a week long trip. So what...

Cameron Kirkconnell I’m so honored that you are visiting my blog and hope that the pictures and stories here will bring you closer to the feeling that we as spearfisherman, divers and fisherman enjoy in our lives. As of now we have more than 30 stories and dozens of pictures on the site as well as a good youtube following. I wanted to give you a bit of background on myself and how I started into this sport, working for Riffe, and...

www.thebluewild.com Was really looking forward to making the expo this weekend that is being put on in Fort Lauderdale. It has been a big success in the past with great speakers and a great chance to see all the new products from the best Spearfishing Companies in the world. I was slotted to speak but my schedule for work has me traveling in the Philippines that week and I am going to miss out! If you can make it there will be Divers from...

http://www.youtube.com/user/cameronkirkconnell for the full video Cobia Cobia Cobia Cobia Cobia Cobia Cobia Cobia Cobia It has been terrible visibility for so long in the USA between the rough weather and oil spill it has been a difficult past few months. This day was supposed to be 3-4 ft waves and poor visibility again but as my cousin Blake would say “Cam read the bones” (referring to my less than dependable internet...

Diving deep for Grouper on the East Coast of Florida is something usually reserved for Scuba divers. There are a few groups up and down the coast that have the patience and skills to spear these big bottom fish in water 75 feet and deeper and the rewards are usually worth the effort. While the Scuba guys spend all their time on the bottom and the rest in the boat doing their surface interval, we as freedivers get to spend the whole day in...

A Full Yeti is a happy Yeti We scouted a few days before the opening this year and despite gorgeous weather the visibility was terrible and we didn’t see that much in the way of fish. For the first time in as long as I can remember we shot… one fish! A .5 lb Yellowtail snapper. Weak. I had filled up my new 155qt Yeti cooler with Ice in anticipation of a typical day on our boat but ended up using none of it so we closed the...

Evening Glass out For some reason I always seem to miss the FSDA Florida Spearfishing Freedive tournament held each year in Tarpon Springs. I think for excuses I’ve blamed weather. Girls. Warm beds. Dirty Water. Small fish. Cold Water. Big fish somewhere else. Work etc etc. Girls is the only excuse that I ever thought was any good but those are the ones that get you in the most trouble and catch the most shit from my friends. This...

Quick trip week before last with Ritchie Zacker, Ed Lunsford and some other solid divers from Jupiter. We left early and checked in at West End and were on our way north not ten minutes out over the Sand flats when one of the guys spotted a big Tiger Shark cruising on the surface. We spun around to check it out and with four sets of eyes were started seeing more and more tigers in every direction! As we slowed down we found the attraction...

Brad with Wahoo in the Bluewater with Pole Spear With terrible weather throughout the SE United States we have been waiting for a weather window to run across to the Bahamas to practice with our Riffe Pole Spears we have been developing. The water has been so cold for so long at home no one has even been in the water for the last few months. When the weather finally broke we left at 0400 in the morning on a 34ft Yellowfin with Twin 275...

Atlantic Cubera Snapper 86 lbs The coolest and the wettest boat at the same time. Silvio’s 70 year old Dugout canoe Cubera Cam and Silvio Permit and two Dusky Groupers. Same as they have in the Mediterranean? Da Canoe Yep those rocks continue into the...

Aaron Kirkconnell Scott and his big cousin Cameron. Same stoked smile on the first big yellowfin Tuna he has seen up close on his first bluewater trip Yeah there were a few sharks around too.... Aaron and one of 8 Blackfin Tuna he shot in the few days we dove. He got the hand of it pretty quick and was only picking out the 25 lb'ers. Spoiled Rotten. Aaron's first Wahoo at 50 lbs. I was on the surface beside him watching the whole thing...

I got a call a few days ago to travel via some Local commercial fishing boats to some far off islands with only one other Gringo (Mark Healey) to hunt Tunas. Since then I have spent hours on end researching and rigging gear and it made me pull up some pics from the past few years hunting big tunas. Hope you enjoy Yellowfin Tuna have always been a part of every spearfishermans dreams. I’ve been around the world looking for them and...

Cameron and Brad Thornbrough. Brad and I met in Australia and have been diving together ever since. He is great with the camera and can hold his breath longer then should be humanly possible and isn't afraid to ask for 3 weeks off of work. (something most of my friends curse me for even trying to get them to do). He spends heaps of time in the Bahamas shooting 50 lb Groupers with a Hawaiian Sling from his stand up paddle board to...

119 lb Wahoo from last year. Just a few lbs short of the World Record. The visibility was about as bad as it gets. On the surface was less than a few inches. I had to put my watch against my mask to see it.A fins free ascent in the Grotto in Saipan. Another DJ Struntz Photo 11lb Lobster Freediving last month in North Carolina 11lb Langosta Freediving My second biggest Dogtooth Tuna Indonesia Big Bull Dolphin in Gulf of Mexico Dolphin...

The Aussie Police and their Most Wanted Speeder and his POS car Because there are so many people travelling in Australia and it is such a gigantic country, it makes sense that you should purchase one of the cheap vehicles there for trips of more than a few weeks.   I’ve always rented a car or borrowed from friends while there but knowing that I was going to be spending the better part of 3 months there I decided in 2004 that I would go...

Video: Why you need an Official Scale. World Record Dogtooth Tuna Yesterday I was moved to tears by the most incredible fish i have ever seen in my life. ?Diving in Indonesia is one of the most frustrating and difficult projects I have ever embarked on and without an amazing amount of patience, stamina and skill there is no way that you can be successful in a diving environment such as this.?Starting the day we jumped in to a mere 4...

STEVE BENNET’s story I want to start this email off by giving God all the glory right now, the fact that I’m even around right now is nothing short of a miracle. Without Cameron Kirkconnell’s quick thinking and actions, I’m sure I’d be laying in 180ft of water off the west coast of Florida. This is my account of the incident, and much of it will overlap with Cam’s which I will include at the end of this...

119lb Wahoo When I was a kid I heard about people shooting Wahoo and Tuna and I could never fathom how it could even be possible. When fishing, I can only remember hooking them and the line peeling off the reel faster than anything we ever hooked. In every magazine all you hear is how fast they are and these blistering runs so how could it be possible to ever chase one down and put a spear into it!?!? I think I shot my first one when I was...

The title gives it away but this is the second part of the day after Chads 54lb Mahi Mahi… 28 lb MahiMahi with Pole spear no float line At this point in the day we could have turned around and still had an amazing day. With the conditions as they were and it only being 1300 we regrouped after some pictures and geared up to get back in the water again. By now we’d had a good look at the object floating and I can only imagine...

Chad Morris with the Holy Grail of Mahi Mahi. 54 lbs  of Jealousy Contrary to popular belief I do work sometimes it just happens that it is something that I enjoy and that keeps me on the water. This past month I’ve been getting ready for a new job as Captain of a 600ft long ship that will be based in Brazil and I will have an incredible schedule of one month on and one month off to travel, dive surf and enjoy life.  While 12-18 hour...

With GR out of town and no one able to go out I thought it best to get in the water no matter what and deemed his boat just the craft for the job. I think I must have called 15 people trying to get them to go out of Tarpon Springs but being a thursday and the last minute only two good friends who had only done their Open water course in Scuba were able to make it. Neither had ever shot a fish so I was stoked when they said they would be...

  Brandon with his Big Boy     Brandon Langel and Cameron with Big Dollies     Cam Big Dollie     Back to La Florida we have been waiting for a good weather window to make the long run offshore to hunt Yellowfin Tunas.   Brandon Langel from Fort Pierce has the fishing for them down pat and when the seas lay down we were poised to go long. Weather the night before was less than appealing with solid 15-20 knot winds while we were...

Without the fin up that distinguishes a Warsaw it looks like any other grouper   Fresh off the trip to Micronesia I was straight back into job hunting trying to find a ship job amidst all this foolishness with the American Ship Captain being held hostage on his own lifeboat off the coast of Somalia. Having just returned from the same area and not seeing any action taken by the US in a few days was less than encouraging and I have no desire...

Last day on the water Healey and I bailed and stayed with rumors of the surf being up and a big night on the town. Alcohol and diving don’t mix so we let GR and Craig and DJ head back up to the good wall and the Moose knuckle. First couple of dives in GR had a 100+lb Tuna in his sights but it wouldn’t come in close enough so he instead shafted a 30 lb one that was closer. Only a half day and the seas were back up as well as the...

Craig Big Doggie Last two days has been a bit of a blur. Lonefin’s last day was yesterday so it was his call to go to the deep reef and hope that the “hoovers” would let some of the fish come higher than 100 ft so he could get a few shots off.  The visibility wasn’t as good as it has been in the past with only 160-180 ft vis.  We had to stop ourselves from complaining and snap back in to reality. First stop was one of the deep FAD’s (Fish...

Omilu Took the long ride again with flat seas finally (less than 4 ft that is) and went back to where we had seen the doggies the day before. This is one of the spots we know we aren’t going to get very many fish but if and when we do they’ll be good ones. We did two groups of three and drifted the edge of the drop in 40-150 ft of water and I stayed in the shallows to check on all the ulua holes.  DJ and I found some really...

“I did not scream like a little girl.  You had better take that off of there.” Craig after finally reading the blog and seeing the part about the shark befriending his hand     “Yeah my legs really started to burn on my way back up when I got even with the reef at about 90 feet” Day 8: Mark Healey coming up from the deepest dive any of us have ever done     “I was a candidate for the Air Force Academy.”...

Into the Abyss After being stuck on land for the weekend to supposedly “recover” and rest and instead feeling like we’ve been run over by the Mongolian hoard, we started diving again Monday. With DJ here we wanted to get some choice shots so we started out running long and hit another deep reef way off the map that is far enough out we wouldn’t feel bad shooting the Reef Fish that the locals might otherwise...

Shore entry woes. Craig and I trying to time it so we don't eat Rocks The last couple of days has been off the wall with all kinds of crazy things happening and the crew expanding to include DJ Struntz.  Straight off the plane he was thrown in the fire and we haven’t stopped since. Friday was our last day of diving for the weekend so we could get some R&R but of course that turned in two straight days of partying, beach...

End of the fourth day and we are getting a bit ragged. Today was 8 ft seas all day and we ran 30 miles to a new reef to give it a go. Rough as hell. Kudos to our boat driver Scott for keeping track of everyone and riding it out all day it was not fun in the boat. In the water it was interesting as always with plenty of cheeky little sharks thinking we were part of the menu.. Craig landed a nice GT and we shot some giant Parrot fish, Red...

Another First Red Snapper Ciguatera special Long day today. Can feel ourselves wearing down from the long days and jet lag and not giving ourselves a break. Of course that doesn’t mean much until we’re off the water.   Three watches today read over 100 ft and counting… More doggies today and some Uku and Red Bass to spice it up. Stopped on some FAD (Fish aggregate devices) which were  in a few thousand feet of water that...

Lone Fin on the FAD Started the day early and were on the spot by the time the sun came up. I was first in the water and lo an behold the promiseland and you can see the bottom in 160 ft of water. Unbelivable. We mucked around for a bit and within an hour found the high spot and Healey and I got in with only the camera.  At 90 feet we had 6 dogtooth circling us and Heals got some good video of them as a big Napolean Wrasse came in as well....

Luckily for me GR, Craig, Troy and MArk all got here a day before i did and worked out some of the kinks. We had to deal with finding enough place for everyone to sleep and now it looks like a halfway house with everyone on the floor of the place and about 20 guns strewn about every available inch of space left. Mark started strong by getting his backpack ripped off losing his laptop, underwater camera and all his money. I followed by...

The adventure begins well before we leave…. Craig Clasen called me a few months back and said simply… ”We need another Indo…” My response was so beyond my MO that I think it initially pissed him off more than it surprised him. ‘I can’t man, I need to work, I need to study for this test, I don’t have enough money, etc etc.’ Well it took all of 2 minutes of hearing the tone in his voice to know that he needed the trip as...

Yesterday I was moved to tears by the most incredible fish i have ever seen in my life. Diving in Indonesia is one of the most frustrating and difficult projects I have ever embarked on and without an amazing amount of patience, stamina and skill there is no way that you can be successful in a diving environment such as this. Starting the day we jumped in to a mere 4 knots of current and drifted for 4 hours landed two Dogtooth tuna 40...

Trying to get people to come diving with you can be hard enough,  but trying to get them come back for a second time can be even harder.   When you add angry Kangaroos, Great White Sharks, boats that don’t float and cars that should be sunk it can be next to impossible.  So went my buddy Brad Thornbrough and I’s trip to the East Coast of Australia this year and despite these minor annoyances we managed to have the time of our lives and...

Always share your fish with the locals With four days to go and only one shaft on my 110Euro left, I thought hard about releasing the shaft on the 125 lb Dogtooth Tuna that was approaching from the depths.  Was the 75 ft piece of line I scavenged off the beach going to hold?  Would the two gas can floats keep him from taking me over the drop?  How is it possible that I own thousands of dollars of equipment from the best companies in the...