Home Tournaments Calendar Weather Merchandise Sponsors

Go Back   Spearboard.com - The World's Largest Spearfishing Diving Boating Social Media Forum > General Topics (Non-regional) > General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion

General Spearfishing & Diving Discussion This is where you post to discuss general spearfishing topics that could apply to any region.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 07-08-2014, 02:55 PM   #1
onebaddago
Registered User
 
onebaddago's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Atlanta Area
Posts: 196
1ST Cubera

Went out to the middle grounds for a couple of day and found this joker on the way back into PCB.
Click image for larger version

Name:	cubera.jpg
Views:	318
Size:	137.4 KB
ID:	207651
onebaddago is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2014, 04:07 PM   #2
BugBoy
Registered User
 
BugBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North Los Angeles
Age: 34
Posts: 207
Re: 1ST Cubera

Nice fish man!
__________________
Neptonic Systems - Josh Gregory
http://www.neptonicsystems.com

Koah Spearguns - John Ippolito
http://www.koahspearguns.com

NHT Dive Bags - Matt Lum
http://www.nhtdivers.com
BugBoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2014, 05:43 PM   #3
Florida boy
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: under water
Posts: 641
Re: 1ST Cubera

What depth? On scuba?
Florida boy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2014, 06:48 PM   #4
KillerKanuck
Dr. Bluewater
 
KillerKanuck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Buttasscold MN
Posts: 387
Re: 1ST Cubera

Nice golden color did you stone the joker?
KillerKanuck is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2014, 01:54 PM   #5
onebaddago
Registered User
 
onebaddago's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Atlanta Area
Posts: 196
Re: 1ST Cubera

Quote:
Originally Posted by Florida boy View Post
What depth? On scuba?
146' and yes
onebaddago is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2014, 01:55 PM   #6
onebaddago
Registered User
 
onebaddago's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Atlanta Area
Posts: 196
Re: 1ST Cubera

Quote:
Originally Posted by KillerKanuck View Post
Nice golden color did you stone the joker?
I wasn't thinking when they snapped the pic, the other side of him is white. stoned him with the second shot.
onebaddago is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2014, 02:21 PM   #7
onebaddago
Registered User
 
onebaddago's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Atlanta Area
Posts: 196
Re: 1ST Cubera

Here's the story on the Cubera, had to share it. It was the last dive of our three day trip. We had just motored in from the middle grounds and decided to hit a series of our favorite spots on the way back in. Rolled over the side got swarmed by 60-100 lb jacks at about 60', then came the ARS, then somehow a black snapper got mixed up with the ARS so of course I had to shoot him, stoned him at 90' 9 lbs. Hit the bottom and a BIG gag started swimming away from me and my buddy, we followed for a minute until something caught my eye, a huge black snapper, lined up, pulled the trigger and smack, hit him low, powerhead did not go off, went straight through him, and off he swims, not fast but too fast for me to catch. I see him swim over a ledge and he's gone. While I'm trying to catch him I see a cave, being a former cave diver I go in to investigate, low and behold there is this Cubera looking at me like he wants to eat me. I line up and squeeze the trigger, smack him right in the noggin, he doesn't move for a split second, but then he does. He tears out of the cave silted the entire thing, swims 100 yards turns around and goes right back in the hole that he just came out of. I go up to about 110' to get a clear head and come up with a game plan. I stay there for about 2 minutes waiting for the silt to clear, go back down, still silted up, go back up to 110', go back down, still silted. On my way back up to 110' I see my buddy from earlier, I begin screaming at him through my reg to come here. As he is swimming over I notice he know has a spare shaft with a powerhead on it that looks exactly like the one that the black snapper had hanging put of it. I pull the powerhead off the shaft and place it on mine, we both go in cave now, silt is slightly cleared up, I shine my light to my right and there sits the cubera 3' away from me. I put the trusty battleaxe perpendicular to my body and squeeze the trigger, game over! BTW powerheads detonated in enclosed quarters are extremely loud! I have this on video and I am working on editing it, once done I will post it.
onebaddago is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-09-2014, 03:07 PM   #8
sharpshooter
Registered User
 
sharpshooter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: st. petersburg,fl.
Posts: 2,221
Re: 1ST Cubera

Nice!!!! Still waiting to get a big one of those. Put a friend on a spot of mine where he got one 60#. But, what are friends for? Congrats again.
sharpshooter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-10-2014, 03:29 PM   #9
BugBoy
Registered User
 
BugBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North Los Angeles
Age: 34
Posts: 207
Re: 1ST Cubera

Great write up. Thanks for sharing
__________________
Neptonic Systems - Josh Gregory
http://www.neptonicsystems.com

Koah Spearguns - John Ippolito
http://www.koahspearguns.com

NHT Dive Bags - Matt Lum
http://www.nhtdivers.com
BugBoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:38 AM.


The World's Largest Spearfishing Diving Social Media Forum Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2002 - 2014 Spearboard.com