Diving off the Coast of Kauai, in Hawaii.
Duration : 0:6:59
Jan
24
Jan
24
Ben Flajnik’s Fly Fishing Group Date Part 1
The Bachelor Season 16 Episode 4 January 23, 2012
Jamie Otis, Kacie Boguskie, Lindzi Cox, Blakeley Jones, Nicki Sterling, Samantha Leavy, Casey Shteamer, Courtney Robertson
Duration : 0:14:0
Jan
16
Scuba diving Oahu- Whales
Jan
16
UPDATE: the mystery is solved. However, it’s very sad and unfortunate:
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_sarasota_manatee/53-year-old-jogger-killed-in-sarasota-dui-crash-according-to-fhp
The accident scene was about a mile from where I found Barney swimming. Our guess is that he was so freaked out and traumatized that he just wanted to get as far away from there as possible. And when he ran out of land, he took to the water. Another credible hypothesis is that he swam towards the kayak because the Chens are avid kayakers, and actually have two yellow ones.
Whatever the case, I feel lucky that I was there fishing, because there was no place for him to go and I don’t know if he could have made it much farther. He’s banged up, but mostly fine. Our hearts go out to the Chen family, who lost their mother.
UPDATE 2: Many people have asked what they can do in light of this terrible tragedy. I have been in touch with the Chen family. They suggested (and I wholeheartedly second) that you make a donation to Mothers Against Drunk Driving in the name of “Donna and Barney Chen” to help prevent this from happening again. Here’s the link:
http://www.madd.org/donate/
NOTES:
* Yes, Barney is back with his family. I imagine they need him pretty bad right now. Dr. Chen reports that after the accident, Barney was suffering from what he thinks is something akin to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He was uncharacteristically lethargic, and they have even had to carry him outside. He seems to be pulling out of it a bit though.
* Why is there a camera running? I usually keep a camera running when I fish, in case I catch the big one. It does happen, occasionally (see other videos in my profile if you are interested)
* The kayak is a Hobie Adventure. It is a kayak made specifically for fishing. When turned down, the side floats allow me to stand up and fish.
* My brother got my mom some shamwows a couple years back as a gag gift. As corny as they are, they actually are pretty nice for fishing
Duration : 0:5:22
Jan
7
While SCUBA diving in places like the Keys, Bahamas or Cayman Islands are much more scenic and colorful, one advantage of living the past 30+ years in South Florida is the ability to beach dive whenever you have some spare time.
In much of the United States, there is really not much to see underwater within swimming distance of the shoreline.
But in South Florida (starting approximately at the West Palm Beach and southward region), you can strap on your tanks and gear, swim out about 500 yards with a dive flag in tow and drop down to 20-25 feet and spend 90 minutes underwater enjoying the northern-most edges of the tropical reefs that become larger and more scenic as you head into the true tropics of the Caribbean.
So while it may not be as grand and colorful and a full blown dive vacation to the islands, it is nearby and cheap.
At a moments notice, you can throw your tanks and gear in the car — drive 30 minutes to the beach — and be exploring the reefs within the hour.
Figure $4 for an air fill and $6 for a slice of pizza and soda when you get back on land and it makes for a great inexpensive way to spend the day for $10.
This video shows what lies underwater just a few hundred yards offshore at Hollywood Beach Florida.
This beach is pretty much equidistant between Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach along the East Coast.
A much quieter and less populated beach area as the video reveals (although sadly, signs of urban sprawl are getting closer each year)
Enjoy.
Duration : 0:14:24
Pingu
Dec
30
Scuba photos of my 2005 trip to Key West, and 2006 trip to Key Largo.
Duration : 0:3:52
Dec
30
WEBSITE: http://blacktiphfishing.org
You may live your life and never see anything like this! The entire Sebastian inlet was filled with pinfish. The tarpon, redfish and snook were so thick you could walk on them. We took a piece of stingray out for shark bait. While Josh was taking photos with the red, the Avet 80 started screaming! Jeff fought the shark and eventually the line broke. Jeff caught a two redfish (only one is shown in this video) and I caught a 44″ redfish. This was an amazing sight to see! Jahorace Epps helped film this video.
SHARK SETUP:
Bait Used — Stingray
Hooks — 18/0 Lindgren Pitman Circle Hook
Leader — 6ft of #19 wire
Swivels — 500lb Rosco Crane Swivel
Reel — Avet 80
Line — 200lb mono topshot with 130lb Diamond Momoi braid backing.
Rod — Custom Barrett Rod
For the redfish we were using live pinfish.
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Monster Hammerhead Shark on the Beach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-sfTcw22dE
Duration : 0:8:43
Dec
22
Cooper and his buddy Renato, the scientist studying him for being the only chimp in the world to go under water, and now scuba dive!
Duration : 0:1:21
Dec
22
http://www.reefari.com Come aboard Mako for a Mackay fishing Charter for a three day non-stop fishing adventure. This fishing charter was for three days fishing Steven’s Reef and Charlie’s Bommie, about 75 nautical miles from Mackay in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. Some awesome fishing action with a great session on spanish Mackerel, 8 in 45 minutes to get everyone well and truly pumped. That was just the start, We had to leave the fish biting as we were after the Prized Red Emperor. With Jason Kennedy onboard from Southern Cross’s TV show “Fishin Trip”, keen to film some excellant Reef fishing with Red emperors to be the stars. Look out for it showing in October, highlighting some serious Red Emperor fishing from Mackay. The reef fishing was awesome with multiple hookups, heaps of fish, with a huge variety caught, and some quality fish, as the video shows. We ended up with about a dozen Red Emperor, so definately can’t complain, heaps of Spanish Mackerel, and too many too others, too numerous to mention. A monster 10.5 kg Sharky Mackerel was definately a highlight, biggest I’ve seen. Sally our new skipper of Mako, caught the biggest fish, a 25kilo cod which was towed and released. Great to See, Mackay is really cementing it’s place as some of the best fishing on offer on the east coast of Australia.
Mako is a big comfy Steber 41 an ideal for a group of 6 for extended fishing charters to the Great Barrier Reef, The fishing is sensational and well worth doing at least once. Everything is included in our fishing charters with three days a great length to really get amongst the fishing action, have a few beers and relax as well. It’s a tuff life.
Please subscribe with more great videos coming from this trip, showing more of the action. This is just some of the highlights with too much too show.
Cheers Greg
Check out our website and our fishing packages including Airfares, which makes it too easy to organise that next fishing charter and Mackay has the fishing to go!! We’ll even organise the fish boxes to take your fish fillets home in.
http://www.reefari.com/charters/mackay-fishing-charters.html
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