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...

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...

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...

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...