did you ever watch the Wicked Tuna on tv before? it’s a very popular show about fishermen catching huge tuna and it’s filmed like a reality show. well, that use to be a very interesting show and i use to watch it sometimes. but after panama, i’m no longer interested in Wicked Tuna. i’m more interested in Hawaii Skin Tuna Diver! the things i seen and experienced was far more interesting than any tv program.
if you flew from hawaii to panama, invested thousands of dollars on travel and gear, took off work for 8 days, jumped in a thousand feet of water, and told me you were trying to spear huge tuna on one breath, i’d call you crazy. this is the extreme part of spear fishing. a lot of people called me crazy, and when i think about it, i think i am crazy. haha. but hey, crazy is my life and without crazy, i’d be crazy. got it? here are us crazy guys from hawaii doing some crazy tuna hunting.
and it’s not so crazy anymore when someone on your team spears his first tuna. Demetrius got off the good shot, then another shot, then another shot. yeah, these tunas aren’t the strongest fish in the ocean for nothing.
then panama style fish market. take out the knife, filet the tuna, and take home the slabs of fillet that will make many people happy.
after i watched our captain cut up the fish, i was thinking to myself, “a lot of my japanese sushi chef friends would have a heart attack.” haha.
and if my japanese sushi chef friends seen him throw off the head, belly and bones overboard, they would all have another heart attack. haha. in japan, none of the tuna goes to waste in japan. but in panama, they throw it back in to make other tuna bigger and fatter.
can’t believe this was a year ago already. someday i will go back, and someday i will get my wicked tuna!
The Lone Wicked Tuna
March 25, 2015 Hawaii Surf Report
Cool island lifestyle.
Good morning 6am.
North shore flat.
South swell continues.
Head high with overhead sets at Bowls and Diamond Head.
Good perfect conditions.
Light trade winds becoming stronger this afternoon.
Going surfing all day!
See you in the water.
First South Swell and SOS!
super happy to wake up to the first real south swell of the year! i paddled out at 9am and watched the waves grow and grow. seen some solid 4′ sets by 11am. everybody out, everybody happy. i guess you can say that our summer has officially begun. early, but great!
seen this tourist walk by and start taking photos with his telephoto lens. see the lady bending over with the red bikini on the right side of the photo? that was what he was shooting. first, the guy shouldn’t be a pervert like that. second, that surfer girl shouldn’t be bending over like that with a tiny bikini. both wrong on this one.
had a blast with Morita-san from adachi-ku. it’s her first time surfing and first time to hawaii. super stoked to see her ride so many good waves. i’m guessing she caught about 18 waves today.
we went to check out diamond head. so much action. the waves were perfect! then we saw 4 whales on the outside. then i seen an airplane flying low outside the molokai channel. i got my binoculars out and found out a boat was on fire!!! i hope everybody was ok.
then we went for a poke bowl! like always, i ordered the shoyu ahi and spicy ahi over brown rice. so good and so cheap!
then we went to see the hitachi tree. thank goodness they didn’t start charging the $3 admission fee yet. should be starting up very soon. enjoy it free while you can.
japanese really like this tree. seeing it on tv all their lives, and finally seeing it in person must be exciting.
then we drove out to the north shore. it was such a beautiful day! love hawaii!
waking up early tomorrow morning and surfing this south swell before it’s gone. have a beautiful evening!
