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...

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...

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...

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...

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...