lørdag den 26. september 2009

Hunting mullets in shallow water

Having recently shot a mullet, I was eager to have another go at mullet hunting. Simon from AFK and I set out Friday morning, and were in the water 10:15 at Grenå.

We first headed out towards the pier, but the pier construction at the site clouded the water. But did have a shot at a pollock swimming by and spotted several cod.

However, soon turned back and swam towards the mullet site picking out the odd flounder on my way. On arrival it soon became clear that mullets were around. When hunting mullets between ½ - 2 meters water, I pick up at stone to make me heavy and move extremely slowly along the bottom. After having spotted mullets I soon got lucky and came across a mullet gnawing algae off the stones. I hit it right behind the head and a chase and fight ensued, as you can see on the video. I try to make the kill as quickly as possible. You may notice me grabbing my knife from my left arm and killing the fish by sticking the knife through its brain after having a steady grip on the fish. The mullet was 60 cm and 2.8 kg and put up a bit of a struggle.

Grenå 25/9-09

fredag den 25. september 2009

Mounting camera on speargun

Several have asked how I mount my digital camera on my speargun. I'm actually a bit embarressed, cause I have not designed an elaborate mounting device, but simply used ready available items.

For the camera mounting device I use a mini-tripod with flexible legs, three pieces of bicycle tube and cable strips. The pieces of bicycle tube are cut to fit the length of the tripod legs. These serve to avoid the tripod legs from moving. I have an Omer Cayman speargun and the legs of the tripod fit around the handle of the speargun. The feet of the tripod legs are then held together with strips.

I am quite fond of this arrangement, because the flexible tripod legs make it easy to move the camera to fit the angle from which to shot the videos. However, when a shot is released the camera may move.

søndag den 13. september 2009

My first mullet this year!

Having not even come close to a thicklip grey mullet, Chelon labrosus this year, I dedicated a day out to try and get one.

It was a marvellous day with the sun sticking its head out once in a while and a calm offshore wind. First dive was at Grenå's pier. Here I spotted several trout and pollocks but no mullets. However, enjoyed the colourful algae and seaweed that covered the stones - magnificent green, brown and red colours!

About noon I went along the coast searching the shallow water where mullets come to grass algae. This time I came close to some mullets, but mullets are fast fish, and they eminently dodged the shots I took at them. Somewhat dissillusioned I headed back swimming quickly along the bottom through the seaweed. Coming out from the seaweed onto a bottom of sand, I met a mullet head-on much to its and my surprise. I had my speargun ready in front of me, and the puzzled mullet seemed to be considering which way to turn. It made a right turn and paff, I hit it right in the neck. At last my first mullet this year was down.

After this dive I was full of energy and took a swim along the pier. Here I met a group of pollocks at about 6 meters. They were quite curious eventhough I took some shots at them. However, our friendship ended when I shot one from the group. Who can blame them!