Blue Water News - March 2008
Dear Spearfishing Enthusiast,
Welcome to the latest newsletter from Blue Water Hunting International Pty Ltd.
2007 was an amazing year for the Blue Water Hunting International team. It started in January with the launch of our new look website, www.bwhi.com.au. From all the favourable comments l have received l know it has been a real success and l will continue to work on this in the future.
March saw a very successful trip to a new destination at Dirk Hartog Island and Shark Bay region of Western Australia. Here my clients got amongst some amazing pelagic action and landed some prized Spanish Mackerel and large Samson Fish.
(Along with a host of other quality species).
Read the PDF article for an account on the trip as per issue # 50 IFSN
All clients had a blast and plan to return to this wild destination in the near future.
BWHI have trips planned to this region in 2009 so stay tuned for further details.
In August 2007 the BWHI team crossed the Tasman to New Zealand on one of their most exciting and challenging expeditions ever. This expedition saw 4 clients from both the USA and Italy go in search of GIANT Blue Fin Tuna. Our pioneering charter had amazing results with 4 incredible Pacific Blue Fin Tuna being landed up to 600 pounds. These trips are not for the faint hearted but do give extreme blue water hunters the opportunity to challenge themselves against the largest fish in the ocean. Visit the link below to read one of our clients (Eric Walker) article on this trip.
“Quest for Giants” - appeared in issue # 52 of International Freediving and Spearfishing News.
This August the BWHI team returns to New Zealand to again go on a “Quest for Giant Blue Fin Tuna”. See trip information at the link below:
We have also made a brief video clip on these trips, click here to see some of the amazing action.
December 2007 saw another “classic” Coral Sea trip on MV Norkat 11. We departed Cooktown and returned to Cairns and had great weather and plenty of great blue water game fish opportunities. One of our clients Jim McCollem from California, USA had an amazing trip landing plenty of personal best species including a monster Dog Tooth Tuna of approximately 115 pounds. Jim’s prior biggest fish was about 15 pounds so to say he was impressed would be an understatement! See attached Jim’s article that appeared in IFSN issue # 53.
>>Personal Bests in the Coral Sea
2008 promises to be another amazing year. I will be doing several private charters along with our normal standard charters. We still have vacancies on both of our Blue Fin Tuna trips to NZ and a few spots left on our December Coral Sea trip.
I look forward to these exciting trips and will keep you updated with these expeditions in upcoming newsletters.
Best Regards
Rob Torelli.
Director, Blue Water Hunting International Pty Ltd.
Blue Water Hunting International first blog and newsletter
Dear fellow spearfishing enthusiast,
Welcome to Blue Water Hunting International first blog and newsletter.
2007 and beyond promises a new look and exciting future for Blue Water Hunting International with several new destinations being visited and the release of several new spearfishing DVD’s.
January 2007 saw the launch of our new look web-site. This has been long over due and the new site has lots of information about our new destinations. It also has lots of unique video clips and amazing new digital still photographs from those special moments out in the blue! The feedback we’ve been receiving sounds like the effort was all worth while.
Check it out at www.bwhi.com.au
In June 2006 l invested in a spearfishing trip to Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia, to check out its potential. Whilst l have dived this region previously, l had been unable to find suitable charter operators. I was pleasantly surprised to find that both the operator and the spearfishing at this unique destination are World Class! I returned in March 2007 with my first charter to this region (a group of Italian and Australian spearfisherman) and was blown away with the world class spearfishing. Blue Water Hunting International has produced a promotional DVD of this area and has a number of charters to this region in March 2008.
August 2006 saw some pioneering blue water spearfishing off New Zealand’s West Coast. Five Pacific Blue Fin Tuna up to 292 kg were landed by New Zealand blue water spearfisherman. This resulted in smashing the twenty-year old IUSA World record held by Terry Maas. Blue Water Hunting International have teamed up with the current World Record holder of Blue Fin Tuna and are running expeditions to this region in August 2007.
We still have two vacancies remaining for this amazing trip. Visit our Blue Fin Tuna Trips page to find out more.
December 2006 saw Blue Water Hunting International make a refreshing change to their Coral Sea Expeditions. After a 10-year stint with the charter boat the Kanimbla we decided to try the new charter vessel the Norkat 11. The slightly smaller vessel (70 feet compared to 82 feet) meant lesser numbers of divers (10 compared to 16) and we enjoyed a safe and successful expedition to Marion Reef in the Coral Sea.
Blue Water Hunting International has another trip planned on the Norkat 11 X Cooktown to the Coral Sea in December 2007. (There are still two vacancies remaining) To view some of the images from our 2006 trip or to find out more information on our 2007 trip, follow the link below.
Read and see more…
I have always prided myself on providing my clients with the best spearfisherman in the world as guides. Our guides need to be both expert spearfisherman and have the relevant people skills. Blue Water Hunting International guides have performed exceptionally well in recent international spearfishing competitions and on personal spearfishing trips. l am proud to announce the following outstanding results by our guides Dr. Adam Smith and Ian Puckeridge. Read and see more…
I have just returned from a private charter to Fiji and was amazed with the outstanding blue water spearfishing available. Diving with a newcomer to blue water spearfishing, Ryan Davis from the USA we enjoyed a brief 3-days diving and encountered Dog Tooth Tuna to 130 pounds, Wahoo and
Giant Trevally to 60 pounds, Yellowfin Tuna and Spanish Mackerel to forty pounds, Mahi Mahi to twenty pounds and plenty more!
Ryan landed his first ever Wahoo and Dogtooth Tuna and was suitably impressed with the diving on offer. All of this within fifteen minutes travelling from the harbour.
Blue Water Hunting International have now added this unique destination to its growing list of exciting new blue water spearfishing locations.
To check out some of the images from this trip and learn more about our charters to this region click here…
This new blog/newsletter from Blue Water Hunting International will be released regularly from now on. Future blogs will report on dive expeditions, new gear, special events and special offers and more
AMAZING video clips and still images from the world’s biggest and best library of spearfishing images.
Until then, may all your spearfishing adventures be safe, exciting and selective.
Warm Regards
Rob Torelli.