Perhaps that is why I think about the ocean so much

I have had it with Jhbg for the moment. I have been scanning through the various spearfishing sites and cannot put off getting back into the sea any longer. Called my spearfishing contacts and checked out the weather, looks like this weekend has some promise.

I keep my spearfishing gear packed and ready to go. I suppose a checklist would be the sensible thing to use. Everything is working well though. Car will be packed tonight, ready to leave as soon as I finish at the practice tomorrow. 600km to Durban but it is worth it.

Plan of action?

The beauty of a spearo network is that you have a lot of possibilities. Ideally will be out on Aliwal Shoal, pulling flashers, looking for Wahoo or Couta. Bluewater stuff with the 1.4m gun. Hope that pans out. I am not dragging my boat down to the coast for the weekend, so I am hoping that there will be a spot open for me on a friend’s boat, if he launches.

The alternative is getting up at the crack of dawn and heading out to Limestone Reef. Limestone is highly exploited, being an easy, protected swim but the approach to the reef will have to be methodical.

Fortunately, my intention is just to get into the sea. If I pick up a decent fish that will be a bonus. Hopefully I will have something to write about when I get back on Monday.

A final thought before I leave for spearfishing this weekend: Congratulations must be extended to Gyula Plaganyi, Mark Jackson, Gletwyn Rubidge and Angelo Spada, the South African spearfishing team that went to the qualifiers in Rota, Spain 2007. The team competed against some of the top spearfishing teams in the world viz. Italy, Portugal, Spain, France to name a few and have qualified to compete in World Champs next year in Venezuela.

I look forward to developments regarding our team with great interest.