Well, the spearfishing turned out to be a HUGE success. I met Andy, my new friend whom I first got to know at Bentley's a couple of nights ago, at Xtabi. He set me up with spear, taught me how to use it, then we sparked up. I was totally stoned when I jumped into the water, and no surprise I let the spear gun slip on my first shot and it drifted like 25 feet down, lol, but I managed to retrieve it.
It took a few minutes to get the hang of it, and when I saw a big puffer fish, I suggested Andy do the shooting. He nailed it, and it puffed up extra big with spines just as the spear went in -- a bit violent but very exciting. A few moments later, I saw a puffer (the slow fish are much easier for me), and I went down about 20 feet, aimed right for it, hit it, but the spear bounced away. Darn ......
It still there. I went back for air, took a deep breath, descended on this poor puffer fish, and nailed it right through its body. My first official catch. I was going crazy!
Then Famous Vincent picked us up and we went to a reef. There we shot lots of fish, caught a few lobsters, too. What a blast.
We headed back to Xtabi. I ordered a nice cup of soup with coco bread at Seastar, and it will be waiting for me downstairs now that I've come to room to freshen up a bit (read shower, then smoke).
Pub crawl soon. Ya mon.
Originally Posted by rastagal
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