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Elvin · 03-08-2008, 06:24 AM

Great pictures !! action action action !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Azucaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IrieSpearo · 03-08-2008, 10:22 AM

wow...pics are awesome...great work...is it illegal you said; can you get busted?...aniways i want to go there...

Number1StunNer · 03-08-2008, 10:38 AM

Great pictures!!!! Thanks for sharing...I would one day love to visit Cuba when the current regime ends...just praying for that to happen.

I would love to go there with my family someday, I just won't give a penny to the island's government now. I'll have to patiently wait...

virgili · 03-08-2008, 11:48 AM

We got windy weather during the week so that it made impossible to swim in the "blue water", but as usually the visi is incredible.
I plan to be back to Cuba 17/ 24 may, 08. I booked a big fishing boat for 5 days. One day in the reef /40- 70 feet hunting: cubera/ grouper/ snapper and 4 days YFtuna (high season) about 100/ 200lbs. and other great pelagics...
Only one experienced diver is welcome aboard. Departure from Montreal.

contact: info@spearfishingmotion.com
subject: cuba trip 05/08

A pic taken with one of the best cuban diver and friend "El Chino"( told me that one week ago, he have to fight hard with a 4 meters tiger shark in 5 meter depht! a great adventurer...
An about 70 years old turtle living in a turtle farm and seeming to ask to go back in the sea..

seahunter49 · 03-08-2008, 12:16 PM

Virgili, are your Cuban friends using homemade pneumatics? I'd love it if you could post a few pics of those.

bayboy · 03-09-2008, 01:26 PM

i wish i could go to cuba, hearing my uncles stories about his younger diving days in cuba is too much resist

virgili · 03-10-2008, 03:40 PM

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are your Cuban friends using homemade pneumatics? I'd love it if you could post a few pics of those.

A pic of an home made peumatic gun called sometimes "bulliera" used by an other friend living on the North coast. (Pic taken in 2002 / Archipielago de Camagüey).
"Mares" style gun equiped with a 9 mm shaft. Heavy, noisy, shorty range... but formidable when used by experienced and cunning divers!
A video showing a diver in action: http://www.spearfishingmotion.com/vi...id=204&lang=en

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A lot of snapper , hogfish, some cubera.

A last 3 hours diving before I left Cuba.

seahunter49 · 03-10-2008, 04:10 PM

That's the kind of visibility and bottom where I began spearfishing. It hurts when compared to what we have here in Miami. Thanks for the speargun pic, it brings back memories. What's the name of the silver fish, maybe white Margate, or some kind of snapper?

BTW where were you, cayo largo, isla de pinos?

PrincessSlaya! · 03-10-2008, 04:12 PM

Nice! The water is beautiful.Great pictures!

virgili · 03-10-2008, 04:13 PM

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maybe white Margate

Margate/ Ronco blanco
Fish taken between 50/ 70 feet and in ignoring the groupers.

virgili · 03-10-2008, 04:29 PM

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BTW where were you, cayo largo, isla de pinos?

Cayo Largo, I was told that on this place Pipin worked as a scuba diver in a diving center... and cayo Rico, Cayo del rosario, Cayo Cantiles... (Archipielago de los Canarreos.
A pic taken from one of these desertic "cayo".
A cuda visited by the tax collector...

seahunter49 · 03-10-2008, 04:32 PM

Diente de perro.. now I'm really crying

One day the time will come..

You were fortunate to have access to a boat.

virgili · 08-25-2008, 08:03 PM

First day diving after the tropical storm in the Isla de la Juventud area.
On the morning we met by chance in the blue water a sardin run. A mixed small size Yfin tunas and good size bonitos were chasing... A lot of restless bullsharks were looking for a possible fast food. thats made things not simple.
At the time I was filming the run, an about 20 feet whale shark swam under the surface and very close to the boat!

Too late for me and I will try to make it tomorrow.
Pics of the run/ sharks.
Pics of bonito/ tuna take with a 100cm "euro".
Pic of some classic atlantic fish taken at 60/ 80 feet depht while freediving during 2 hours ( inshore is outfished by locals).

istriker22 · 08-25-2008, 11:16 PM

Great posts,Thanks for sharing.Someday guys...someday ..

1shot2kills · 08-26-2008, 12:08 AM

lol..whats stopping any of you non-cubans from going?you'll be treated like royalty so to speak and will have the time of your life.


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03-08-2008, 06:24 AM	#16
Elvin Caribbean Spearhead Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Lorenzo PR Posts: 210	Re: Action in Cuba Great pictures !! action action action !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Azucaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ "Paradise is not a place that you can look for. Is how you feel for a moment in your life. And when you find that moment it lasts for ever ! "

03-08-2008, 10:22 AM	#17
IrieSpearo Just Chillin' Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Miami Beach Age: 47 Posts: 2,174	Re: Action in Cuba wow...pics are awesome...great work...is it illegal you said; can you get busted?...aniways i want to go there... __________________ Burnin' and Lootin'

03-08-2008, 10:38 AM	#18
Number1StunNer Suddendeath Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Weston, FL Posts: 396	Re: Action in Cuba Great pictures!!!! Thanks for sharing...I would one day love to visit Cuba when the current regime ends...just praying for that to happen. I would love to go there with my family someday, I just won't give a penny to the island's government now. I'll have to patiently wait... __________________ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy -Martin Luther King Jr. Extreme Divers Spearfishing Club Last edited by Number1StunNer; 03-08-2008 at 06:49 PM.

03-08-2008, 11:48 AM	#19
virgili Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,486	Re: Action in Cuba We got windy weather during the week so that it made impossible to swim in the "blue water", but as usually the visi is incredible. I plan to be back to Cuba 17/ 24 may, 08. I booked a big fishing boat for 5 days. One day in the reef /40- 70 feet hunting: cubera/ grouper/ snapper and 4 days YFtuna (high season) about 100/ 200lbs. and other great pelagics... Only one experienced diver is welcome aboard. Departure from Montreal. contact: info@spearfishingmotion.com subject: cuba trip 05/08 A pic taken with one of the best cuban diver and friend "El Chino"( told me that one week ago, he have to fight hard with a 4 meters tiger shark in 5 meter depht! a great adventurer... An about 70 years old turtle living in a turtle farm and seeming to ask to go back in the sea.. Attached Thumbnails

03-08-2008, 12:16 PM	#20
seahunter49 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft Lauderdale Age: 53 Posts: 1,175	Re: Action in Cuba Virgili, are your Cuban friends using homemade pneumatics? I'd love it if you could post a few pics of those.

03-09-2008, 01:26 PM	#21
bayboy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 681	Re: Action in Cuba i wish i could go to cuba, hearing my uncles stories about his younger diving days in cuba is too much resist __________________ RIP Jose, leave some grouper up there for the rest of us.

03-10-2008, 03:40 PM	#22
virgili Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,486	Re: Action in Cuba Code: are your Cuban friends using homemade pneumatics? I'd love it if you could post a few pics of those. A pic of an home made peumatic gun called sometimes "bulliera" used by an other friend living on the North coast. (Pic taken in 2002 / Archipielago de Camagüey). "Mares" style gun equiped with a 9 mm shaft. Heavy, noisy, shorty range... but formidable when used by experienced and cunning divers! A video showing a diver in action: http://www.spearfishingmotion.com/vi...id=204&lang=en Code: A lot of snapper , hogfish, some cubera. A last 3 hours diving before I left Cuba. Attached Thumbnails

03-10-2008, 04:10 PM	#23
seahunter49 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft Lauderdale Age: 53 Posts: 1,175	Re: Action in Cuba That's the kind of visibility and bottom where I began spearfishing. It hurts when compared to what we have here in Miami. Thanks for the speargun pic, it brings back memories. What's the name of the silver fish, maybe white Margate, or some kind of snapper? BTW where were you, cayo largo, isla de pinos?

03-10-2008, 04:12 PM	#24
PrincessSlaya! Just Simply Laura Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lk Worth Age: 58 Posts: 3,130	Re: Action in Cuba Nice! The water is beautiful.Great pictures! __________________ "Always behave like a duck keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath." A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't. I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here. http://www.koahspearguns.com/

03-10-2008, 04:32 PM	#27
seahunter49 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft Lauderdale Age: 53 Posts: 1,175	Re: Action in Cuba Diente de perro.. now I'm really crying One day the time will come.. You were fortunate to have access to a boat.

08-25-2008, 08:03 PM	#28
virgili Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,486	Re: Action in Cuba First day diving after the tropical storm in the Isla de la Juventud area. On the morning we met by chance in the blue water a sardin run. A mixed small size Yfin tunas and good size bonitos were chasing... A lot of restless bullsharks were looking for a possible fast food. thats made things not simple. At the time I was filming the run, an about 20 feet whale shark swam under the surface and very close to the boat! Too late for me and I will try to make it tomorrow. Pics of the run/ sharks. Pics of bonito/ tuna take with a 100cm "euro". Pic of some classic atlantic fish taken at 60/ 80 feet depht while freediving during 2 hours ( inshore is outfished by locals). Attached Thumbnails

08-25-2008, 11:16 PM	#29
istriker22 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 78	Re: Action in Cuba Great posts,Thanks for sharing.Someday guys...someday ..

08-26-2008, 12:08 AM	#30
1shot2kills Full time 'Cuda abuser!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Palm Beach Posts: 810	Re: Action in Cuba lol..whats stopping any of you non-cubans from going?you'll be treated like royalty so to speak and will have the time of your life.

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