(Food Porn added) I aint skeered of no sharks

Beaches "closed" down here cuz of recent shark attacks...went diving the past two days anyway...

No sharks seen...

BUTT I did find dinner laying on the bottom.

 

Not a very big one at 27.5 inches, but still stoked...only my fifth speared one ever, second speared here in the 831...

Last one I got seems like forever ago back in 2015:

http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1793

I would be embarrassed about horrible shot placement but I'll go for a center mass bulls eye shot any day on these guys...

Didn't see this one until I was RIGHT above it and by time I saw outline I was so close I just pulled trigger right where gun was pointing. 

Also seen in the murk were leopard sharks, rays, mola mola, sand, short halibut, sand, sand dollar beds, spooked halibut in 3 feet of water, sand, bait, eel grass, guitarfish, and sand.

Pretty stoked to live so close to the beach that my food is still twitching when I get home:

https://instagram.com/p/BWfVuSInKNQ/

Few pics attached...shot her right at sunset so didn't have a lot of light for better pics.

Gonna eat her tonight with my buddy Jeff who has been taking me out Salmon fishing. Want to try and say thanks for all his generosity. 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Awesome!  Congrats. 

Awesome!  Congrats. 

Thanks dude!!

Bummed that I forgot to charge my GoPro but oh well...

It was a pretty easy kill...I was so close to her that just pinned her to bottom after pulling trigger, made sure shaft was through all the way, got hand in gills, and swam up.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

That's bad ass jim!!   No linesides in surf?

That's bad ass jim!!   No linesides in surf?

Thanks Jason!

No, no stripers for me so far. 

0 for 11 now...

Lucky dive #12 is gonna be the ticket though!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Damn you, I will be lucky to get 11 dives in all year. Nice fish btw.

Right on Big Jim. Next time  you'll get a stripper.

Nice flatty Jim!

Butt did you see any sand?

Nice fish Jim!

Nice catch Jim. Good thing you were not within the 1-mile radius between San Lorenzo River Mouth and Fair Avenue; where all the sharks are.  That would have been risky 

I hope you top that PB striper from last year, still yet, halibut is quite delish

Nice Flatty! Sounds like you saw tons of cool marine life as well. Oh, and plenty of sand.

Have you tried any of the halibut as sashimi yet? So far that is my favorite way to eat it.

The landlord doesn't want to get to close to BigJim when he has his speargun!  He might end up as sashimi ala shark!!

If we were target shooting, that'd be a 10 in the center mass! Nice shooting Jim, and nice fish.