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Old 05-10-2005, 10:33 PM   #1
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This could be my last post.

I hope the hell not, I won't let them drag me to the depths, but this weekend I am going out to mess with big dangerous game. Big silver fish weighing over 150lbs., hopefully breaking the La state spearfishing record. We will have an underwater video photographer capturing all the action, Toby Armstrong, an old personal freind of mine videoing us as we go after natures fury, Tarpon. All non-spearfishermen need not watch. I'll let you people know the results after this weekend.

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Old 05-11-2005, 05:23 AM   #2
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That is some ballsy stuff, man. Talk about a strong fish. I would not personally want to be holding a gun teatherd to a tarpon, especially around an oil rig. Best of luck....be safe. I'll look forward to hearing about this one.
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Old 05-11-2005, 05:40 AM   #3
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Man those thing are monsters

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Old 05-11-2005, 06:29 AM   #4
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I saw some giants at Main Pass 22 Apr. Awesome sight. Good luck.
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Old 05-11-2005, 07:44 AM   #5
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Sounds like you will need a riding rig! Maybe tie it off to the rig before you shoot?

Got to agree with Mobile Diver on Main Pass 22. It was wall to wall 100-200# tarpon stacked up in 30 feet completely unafraid.
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Old 05-11-2005, 08:24 PM   #6
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Re: This could be my last post.

Just wondering but are tarpon good to eat? I love spearing fish but only ones I can eat. This is not meant to be a slam or a flame in any way, I'm just curious.
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Old 05-11-2005, 08:30 PM   #7
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Just wondering but are tarpon good to eat? I love spearing fish but only ones I can eat. This is not meant to be a slam or a flame in any way, I'm just curious.
I think most people consider them inedible. I have heard of a tribe of Indians in a primitive area of the Brazilian coast who consider them a delicacy, and when I caught one at the Rio Colorado Lodge in Costa Rica, I wanted to release it but the guide insisted on keeping it for the village.

But I doubt you will find many Americans eating them. My father was a tarpon guide in the days when they brought them in and hung them up to attract charter business, and we always towed them out and cut them loose the next day. I am sure that there was not a single instance of anyone asking him for the fish.
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Old 05-11-2005, 08:52 PM   #8
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Lets see...... Bill McIntyre vs. Louis Rossignol..

Bill you might not want to start anything with this guy, His reputation speaks for itself over here in the Gulf. Just some diver to diver advice.
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Old 05-11-2005, 09:23 PM   #9
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my wife shot a 35 lb pound tarpon this winter in Belize. We were poking around ther reef after snapper when a school swam up the channel. she shot it with he 75cm on a float line. anyway, to make a long story short. it kicked her ass. Leaped out of the water , wrapped the line all around her ,and generally refused to go peacefully. every time it seemed to expire it would have another crazy run My point, I would think twice before sticking a big one. still more power to you if you want to shoot one. if your geared up right it should be a blast. my advice,if your sure it's dead shoot it one more time.
P.s. We BBQ it with some local friends it wasn't that good. Dry and really fishy tasting with lots of bones to choke on.
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Old 05-11-2005, 09:36 PM   #10
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Good luck Louis.I am going to shoot one for the rodeo freediving (if i can find them).Let me know where the sweet spot is.
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Old 05-11-2005, 09:47 PM   #11
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Lets see...... Bill McIntyre vs. Louis Rossignol..

Bill you might not want to start anything with this guy, His reputation speaks for itself over here in the Gulf. Just some diver to diver advice.
UUMMMMM, no where in Bills post did I see him going after Louis. He was just answering a question I posted. It did seem like he had good information in it.

Sometimes people need to lighten up on Bill and not jump on him for everything..........

That being said if its being eaten cool. I just can't see the point of shooting a fish to kill it and not eat it. Seems like a waste to me.

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Old 05-11-2005, 10:39 PM   #12
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Lets see...... Bill McIntyre vs. Louis Rossignol..

Bill you might not want to start anything with this guy, His reputation speaks for itself over here in the Gulf. Just some diver to diver advice.

OK, God forbid I should start something with a Gulf icon, and just in case I should ever wish to do so, I am glad to have been warned.

But wtf made you think I had started something with him or wanted to start something with him? Someone asked if tarpon were good to eat, and I answered with my opinion. I doubt my opinion is out of the mainstream of American taste. I have never seen tarpon on a menu. Have you? Have you eaten tarpon? Do you like them? Does Lou like to eat them? If so, you and Lou can eat high on the hog with little competition for them.

If you have eaten tarpon and disagree with me, please say so. And please, everyone else on the board, particularly those who have live around the Gulf and have ever even seen one, please let me know if you like to eat them. I won't be insulted. People in Hawaii, for instance, like parrot fish, but I don't, but so far none of them have offered to duke it out with me over the question of our differing tastes, and I have not been accused of "trying to start something" with Hawaiian divers who eat parrot fish. But then maybe the Hawaiian guys aren't hypersensitive about what I like to eat, and are willing to let me have my tastes and let them have their's.

Please give us your recipes for tarpon. And please get the chip off your shoulder and permit people to express their likes and dislikes in fish

If it somehow makes you feel better, here are photos of me with tarpon that I didn't eat, taken when I was 15 years old. They were killed, dead as a doornail, and then taken out and cut loose the next day. I didn't eat them. I hope that's OK with you.
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Old 05-11-2005, 11:51 PM   #13
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I've heard tarpon are netted in Central America for making cat food and fertilizer. Nuf said......
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Old 05-12-2005, 11:34 AM   #14
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being new to the spearbord community I would like to ask a question about the theme of "starting something" in the posts of this thread. So in the future if i ever need to "start something" with some body over something. (this something being aspect of the starting and not the "something" which would be started ) How exactly is this done?? Is it purely "mano y mano" say spearguns at dawn or a battle of words like a presidential debate or is it more a battle of lore like John Henery vs. the steam drill??
also if someone should "startsomething" with me, even if it's a misunderstanding , would i be considered "yellow" if i backed down or refused a challange. This is important i don't want to be branded a coward.
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Old 05-12-2005, 12:34 PM   #15
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being new to the spearbord community I would like to ask a question about the theme of "starting something" in the posts of this thread. So in the future if i ever need to "start something" with some body over something. (this something being aspect of the starting and not the "something" which would be started ) How exactly is this done?? Is it purely "mano y mano" say spearguns at dawn or a battle of words like a presidential debate or is it more a battle of lore like John Henery vs. the steam drill??
also if someone should "startsomething" with me, even if it's a misunderstanding , would i be considered "yellow" if i backed down or refused a challange. This is important i don't want to be branded a coward.
I will PM you and explain.
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