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Peter Diez
Sep 28, 2019
  ·  Edited: Sep 28, 2019

First dogtooth tuna and a slammer mahi on trip to Fakarava

in SPEARFISHIING ADVENTURES

Went on a trip with just my wife who doesn't dive, but I made sure to squeeze some diving in. This was all solo diving in the shark and current filled passes of the atolls, guide was a commercial line fisherman that didn't speak but a few words of English so that was its own challenge but we made up our own sign language. Very good guide though. Happy with the trip. I need to go back with other divers in the future.










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slodiver
Sep 29, 2019

Nice Fish! That is some beautiful blue water behind you! What were the water temps?

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Peter Diez
Sep 29, 2019  ·  Edited: Sep 29, 2019

Thanks man. I didn't look at the temp on my watch, but i would estimate 70-72 F. I wore a 3mm open cell suit that left me warm at times. I definitely understand why everyone says dogtooth are a challange to hunt now. They like to stay deep, make only one pass at the flasher at a decent speed and don't hang around. I saw a few more but had to dive very conservatively due to being alone in the water. It hurts to have to turn back to the surface when you think that just 10 more seconds of freefalling will get you on that doggie. Eventually i tied my floatline off at 70 ft so that I would be forced to stop sinking if i got tempted to keep descending for a doggie. The mahi on the other hand was shot on the surface, point blank, immediately after jumping in and loading only one band on a 4 band gun, lol. There was another one of equal size with it too.

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slodiver
Sep 29, 2019

That's good thinking shortening the floatline because I definitely notice that once I spot a target fish it doesn't matter how long I've been down or at what depth my mind jumps to hunting mode, then it's like time stands still until I turn for the surface and realize how deep I am or how much more time I just added to my dive.

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Peter Diez
Sep 30, 2019  ·  Edited: Oct 01, 2019

When i've been caught in that same situation i like to leave the gun at depth and pull myself up by hand "free immersion style." You can pull yourself straight up using the float as a surface anchor. using far less energy than kicking.



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robertwatsonscuba
Oct 01, 2019

Thanks for the amazing post. It looks like an epic trip.

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Alex Reynaud
Jan 14, 2020

Dream Trip!!!!

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