Ascension Island – Introduction I spent a week this March diving for Pelagics off Ascension Island in the South Atlantic with Colin Chester and Tony Eynon.  We had a very successful trip, with me and Tony each landing 3 sailfish over 100 pounds.  Knowing that big Dog snappers live on some of the ledges we took a day off bluewater fishing to look for them.  Dog snappers (Lutjanus jocu ) are the only snappers found on Ascension.  I have shot some big ones in the past so we knew a potential World Record was on the cards.  Colin was present when [...]

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In early summer 2011 my extensive diving on Portland Ledges with Cameron and Rory Parker started to pay dividends. Most dives we would see a spectrum of fish including black bream, bass, cod, Pollack and, very occasionally, gilthead bream. The first dive I encountered GHB was about 17m dropping just behind some cover I was planning to hit. I was surprised by a swirling shoal of big fish in midwater, but, despite registering them as GHB did not get a shot as they were so fast. Now aware of their presence we had fleeting sightings of these fish over the [...]

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We are very excited to announce that speara Hannah Naylor will be joining the team on ASI in March 2012 hunting for an elusive Women’s World Record. Following on from Penny’s fantastic success with two Women’s World Records in August, Hannah will be looking for one of her own.

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Yes, team Crystal Vis won the British Spearfishing Championships! An awesome result from Gary Roche, Kevin Daly and Colin Chester, all using Rob Allen guns. See the final results: Final Team Results 2011 No Team Jersey Bigbrey Talland Ringstead Total 1 Lic Crystal Viz 100 % 64.89 % 100 % 100 % 300 % 2 Good Bad Ugly 75.23 % 100 % 53.76 % 93.94 % 269.17 % 3 Southsea A 58.24 % 73.18 % 70.73 % 28.66 % 202.14 % 4 Jersey A 86.02 % 65.73 % 27.63 % / 179.38 % 5 Lic A 18.08 % 50.96 % [...]

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Wow – Penny has not one but TWO confirmed world records, both using the Rob Allen Scorpia speargun. Here’s the letter Penny received from the IUSA: Penny I am very happy to inform you that your applications for the world record Black Jack at 10.3 kg and the Horse-eye Jack at 10.2 kg were approved by the IUSA board! We congratulate you on getting TWO world records!  We will be mailing you two certificates soon, and we will post your picture on the IUSA website shortly. Congratulations from the entire IUSA Board on this great accomplishment, and we hope to [...]

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06 November 2011 November is off to a good start with 14C water.  There are plenty of bream and bass off Portland Bill, and these should be around to the end of the month. The bass may hang around into mid December with a bit of luck. We had a nice haul of bass on the Bill at the weekend, despite very bad vis.  Using a short gun (80cm carbon with single 16mm band) it was possible to get a few nice fish despite the murky water. Cameron got a cracking 14 pound fish, his best of the season so [...]

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