Would you shoot this cobia?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJilFvxMQE0&app=desktop

About 40 seconds into the video…

Also, note that this was June of last year on east coast of Florida, so fairly close to home… It’s only a matter of time before one of the locals has a video like this…

I just wet my self.

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road cycling and spearfishing,why people want to play that game???

i probably would have dropped the fish stringer at least haha.

Just give me what I want and I’ll go away…

Put the ppd on the white first, then shoot the cobe…

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Originally posted by itzsyd

Put the ppd on the white first, then shoot the cobe…


That plan would not work... PPD is very loud underwater. Cobia would not stick around.

That made me nervous just watching.
2 sharks I don’t like, Tigers and Great Whites.
Never had an encounter with either while diving and hope I never do.

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I bet the deco stop at 10 feet was intense.:smiley:


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Originally posted by skinneej
quote:
Originally posted by itzsyd

Put the ppd on the white first, then shoot the cobe…


That plan would not work... PPD is very loud underwater. Cobia would not stick around.

Once I stone the big girl, the little lemming will follow her right to the bottom…

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Originally posted by claim

I bet the deco stop at 10 feet was intense.:smiley:


“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad

Equipment:
190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 19 year old (boy of leisure)
1 - 1 year old (fishing maniac)
1 - wife (The Warden)

ECFC


I would definitely need a new wetsuit!!

This chair I’m sitting in will never be the same…

Earn it everyday

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Never shoot a large caliber man with a small caliber bullet.

That shark looks pretty fired up. I would swim straight to my decompression stop and feel like bait the whole time I waited. I’m pretty sure that diver never even saw that cobia…

I honestly think I would have put a spear through the sharks gills around the 2 minute mark when it came by broadside.

I know nothing about spearfishing or what I would really do but after a couple of passes by the shark I’d guess I’d feel pretty threatened. That is just my gut reaction, right or wrong.

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Originally posted by Courtland

I honestly think I would have put a spear through the sharks gills around the 2 minute mark when it came by broadside.

I know nothing about spearfishing or what I would really do but after a couple of passes by the shark I’d guess I’d feel pretty threatened. That is just my gut reaction, right or wrong.

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Agreed. When you poke her in the face twice and she comes back for more its time to eat some steel. Get back in the boat and never speak of it again.

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I think that the scariest part of this video is that this Great White was SOUTH of us in JUNE of last year… They aren’t supposed to be here until winter!!!

That being said, I would have attempted to shoot the cobia and then film myself feeding it to the shark by hand. And then maybe hitched a ride on it’s dorsal back to the surface.

Always remember to unscrew the tip from your gun before shooting a shark in the gill plates, otherwise they will just take your gun and run with it.

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Originally posted by skinneej

I think that the scariest part of this video is that this Great White was SOUTH of us in JUNE of last year… They aren’t supposed to be here until winter!!!

That being said, I would have attempted to shoot the cobia and then film myself feeding it to the shark by hand. And then maybe hitched a ride on it’s dorsal back to the surface.


Now we’re talkin!!