nice eel at 14:51. I was spearfishing in Hawaii back in 2019 and had a 6 foot giant moray eel shred my right hand apart after catching an octopus. spend 2 days in the hospital with extensive hand surgery and over 2.5 months of recovery, and now I'm back in the water. the grind waits for no one 🤙🏽
Dan great thanks for sharing. Love to see your buddy right away with you when you went in the cave looking for that sweet piece. NIce beautiful spot. Those giants, OMG!!
Mine as well James, I first dove it in 1980 on my 1978 24' Angler...crap electronics and dive gear but still was blown away by the sheer magnificence of it. Was def hooked and still am today! Best, Dan
Ill admit I was worried a little when you went inside what appeared to be a cave to retrieve the fish... Thank you for sharing hunting as-is and not making it look like every shot is a stoning shot. You are my hero.
Dan, Im sure you don't post all of your dives, but I'm just curious. What percentage of dives do you encounter sharks worth worrying about? Love all your vids. Keep posting!!!
0904, it all depends. The Shallower stuff during the warmer months is thick with Sharks. If you dive between 20'-150' while it's hot out, you're going to have more Shark encounters. Most of them vamoose south during the colder months but some like Sandbars stay all year. If you have fishy numbers, you're going to see a lot more than guys that don't have that quality of numbers. Sharks def like to hang where there's lots of food (fish). I guess I'll say that in the deep stuff maybe 1 out of 10, and on the MG in the Summer, probably 1 out of 2. Best, Dan
KTG, I usually try and shoot the more evasive fish first and then work the "dumber" ones later. A lot of times, we're restricted by seasonal closures or limited quota. For example right now, Red Grouper quota is almost non-existent so we're passing those up. Best, Dan
