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  1. Shane Oberholzer with a Sailfish from Mozambique
  2. Louis Potgieter with a 28kg Sailfish in Northern Mozambique
  3. Ters Joubert with a 38kg Sailfish shot at Guinjata Bay, Mozambique
  4. Richard Rumble with a 30kg sailfish shot on a shore dive off scottburgh
  5. Jaco Blignaut with a 30kg Sailfish, Basie Ackerman with a 20kg Wahoo
    Aliwal Shoal
  6. Sailfish shot by Andre Schrauwen at Sezela
  7. John Little with a 28kg Sailfish shot at Barra Point
  8. Sailfish Speared in Western Australia - sent by B Paxman
  9. Paul Shannon with 35kg sailfish shot off Indian Ocean Islands, Nov 2002
  10. Sailfish shot by Garrick Morris off Aliwal
  11. Brett Vercoe with a Striped Marlin - Australia
  12. Brett's Marlin (again)
  13. Basie Ackerman 47kg Black Marlin off Aliwal April 96
  14. Chris Ananiadis with a 83kg Black Marlin shot off Scottborough
  15. Ryan Berry with his 65kg black marlin
  16. Wayne Thomas, 125kg Black Marlin off Brisbane Australia, Apr 2001
  17. 125kg Black Marlin shot by Andy Henwood with a 1.2m railgun, 30m floatline at Number 1, Durban
  18. 3m, 158.5kg Black Marline shot by Mark Griffiths on a shore dive at Salt Rock
  19. 3m, 158.5kg Black Marline shot by Mark Griffiths on a shore dive at Salt Rock
  20. 3m, 158.5kg Black Marline shot by Mark Griffiths on a shore dive at Salt Rock
  21. 301.2kg Blue Marlin (world record) shot by Carlos Sicupira, Jan 7 2006 off Cabo Frio, Brazil
  22. Gerhard Vosloo with a 20kg Yellowfin Tuna taken on Aliwal Shoal
  23. 57kg tuna tahe in BALI Tuna using 7mm shaft and 2 power band, 110cm length hand made speargun
  24. Pierre Liebenberg with a nice Yellowfin Tuna off Cape Point
  25. Anton de Kock, Tommy Botha, Gavin Hay and Jurie Niemand with Yellowfin Tuna
    in the 60 - 90kg range speared off Cape Point
  26. 78kg Tuna shot off Cape Point in 2000ft, by Pierre De Villiers
  27. Pieter and Jannie Grobler with Yellowfin Tuna from the deep off Cape Point
  28. Scott Paxman with a nice Yellowfin Tuna
  29. Tommy Botha, Ferdie Burgher and other Cape divers off Cape Point in 2000 feet.
    Jacques Tresfon with a 73kg fish.
  30. Gavin Hau with 85kg Yellowfin shot off Cape Point
  31. Richard Bruno with a nice 24kg Yellowfin Tuna shot on Aliwal
  32. Rod Cerff with a shore dived Yellowfin
  33. Danie Oostuizen,Charl Blignuat,Michael Malherbe,Pieter Zietsman,Allen du Plessis.
    Tuna 62kg - 49kg
  34. Miles with a 71kg Yellowfin Tuna
  35. Dr Zuraida Moolla with a 43kg yellowfin tuna taken off
    Cape Point with a Tommy Botha wood gun
  36. 143.74kg Yellowfin Tuna (world record) shot by Craig Petersen, Oct 30 2006 off Jalisco, Mexico
  37. Jacques Tresfon with a 28.9kg Longfin Tuna shot approx 30 miles
    off Cape Point on Jun 2003
  38. Tommy Botha and Jurie Niemand with some Longfin Yellowtail
    shot on Vema Sea Mount
  39. Garrick Morris With a huge Dogtooth
  40. Shane Breedt with a size Dogtooth shot off Inhaca Island in Mozambique
  41. Alex Lewis with a decent Dogtooth in Australia
  42. Dave Packer with a 57kg Dogtooth Tuna taken in the Northern Islands of Mozambique
  43. Brad Carr 45kg Doggie in northern Mozambique
  44. Jan Louw 39kg Doggie in northern Mozambique
  45. Louis Potgieter 40kg Doggie in northern Mozambique
  46. Jurie Niemand and Adriaan Marais with 50kg+ Dogtooth taken on
    the Lazuras Banks, Mozambique
  47. Riaan Theron and Riaan van Noordwyk with 72kg and 50kg Dogtooth
    Tuna shot on Lazuras Banks, Mozambique
  48. Dogtooth Tuna cuaght in Bali
  49. 91kg Dogtooth Tuna (world record) shot by Cameron Kirkconnell, Feb 4 2006 off Nusa Tengara, Indonesia
  50. Cameron Kirkonnel with a 28kg Blackfin Tuna pending World Record
  51. Fernando Abella Blanco with a monster Bluefin Tuna of 278kg near Murcia, Spain.
  52. 292 kg.Pacific Bluefin Tuna (world record) shot by Dean Martin, Aug 28 2006 Greymouth, New Zealand
  53. Tommy Botha with Yellowtail. Gun designed
    for shooting Tuna
  54. 8kg Yellowtail shot off Cape Receife by Craig Weetman
  55. Yellowtail shot off Cape Point
  56. Andy Foote with a 26kg Yellowtail speared off White Island, New Zealand
  57. Anton de Kock with a 25kg Yellowtail shot at Vema sea mount
  58. Noel Maddison and Piere Liedenberg with a good catch of Cape Yellowtail
  59. Anton De Kock with a 24kg Yellowtail shot on Vema sea mount
  60. Dirk Fabrie with two 14kg Yellowtail shot at mercury island, New Zealand
  61. Jurie Niemand with a Big Yellowtail shot on Vema sea mount
  62. Corry Versluis with a nice Cape Yellowtail at Thunderbolt reef Port Elizabeth
  63. Nice Yellowtail on a shore dive in False bay at Smitswinkle Bay - Noel Maddison
  64. Jason Falken, 15.5kg Yellowtail shot on a shore dive off Cape point
  65. Neil with 11 and 9kg 'tails and Pierre Liedenberg with a 10 and 9.5kg Yellowtail
  66. Riaan Le Roux with a nice 14.5kg Yellowtail speared
    at Arniston in the Cape
  67. Jacques Malan with a 30kg Yellowtail from New Zealand
  68. Paulo, Luis and Marco with a 34kg Yellowtail
  69. Lee Paxman aged 20 with 34.5kg Yellowtail
    Western Ausie state record
  70. 46.2kg Pacific Yellowtail (world record) shot by Rene L. Rojas, Mar 1 2001 off White Island New Zealand
  71. Dario Leuci with a nice Spanish Mackerel
  72. Cameron Kirkonnell landed this estimated 102lb Spanish Mackerel in Fiji, Feb 2004. Pending world record
  73. 8kg Spanish Mackerel (Snoek)
  74. Russian spearo Misha with a Cuda and Sea Pike
    taken off Omann
  75. Barracuda of 29kg from Angola - photo sent by Louis Hattingh
  76. Alan Leach with an 18kg Sea Pike shot off the coast of Ghana
  77. Seapike - unknown diver and location
  78. Ryan Burmester with a huge Great Baracuda
  79. 26kg Great Barracuda shot by Mark Keyser
  80. 29.4kg Barracuda shout by P Smith in Japan
  81. Dario Leuci with a 12kg Cuda shot in Northern Australian waters
  82. Rio Leuci with a 16kg Cuda shot off Northern Australia
  83. Catch of Cuda shot by Warren Bennett(14kg) and Kurt Schrauwen(17kg) off Umhlanga
  84. Jannie Ras with a 21kg Cuda taken at Cape Vidal
  85. Dario Leuci and Paul with 17 and 21kg Cuda shot at Erskine Island, Great Barrier Reef
  86. Ryan Berry with a big Cuda taken at Sodwana
  87. 30kg King Mackerel shot at Cape Vidal by Craig Barlow-Jones.
  88. Cuan Cronje with a 29kg Cuda shot at Cape Vidal
  89. 36.8kg World Record Cuda shot by Kevin Daly
  90. Cuda, Island Rock area Steve Yelding, Basie Ackermann, Graig Wood and Richard Rumble Apr 1998
  91. Robert Beviss-Challinor with a 23kg King Mackerel shot at Pomene Bay
  92. Russian spearos with some nice Mackerel and Wahoo
  93. 15kg King Mackerel shot by Craig Hind
  94. Nick Mclurgh 21kg King Mackerel, Clint Nevin 19kg, Craigh Heslop 27kg
    - Salt Rock Jul 2002
  95. Barry Paxman with his world record Narrow Barred Spanish Mackerel of 37.2 kg
  96. 21kg King Mackerel shot by Shane Breedt
  97. Karl's 21kg Cuta speared off Doodles at Ponta Ponta do Oura
  98. Gary Mann with a Cuda (king mackerel) off the Bluff Durban
  99. Mackerel taken off Beirut Lebabnon
  100. 37kg Mackerel caught by Thomas whilst on holiday in Yeppoon, Australia, Jan 2006
  101. Wahoo of 15kg shot by Basie Ackermann on Aliwal Shoal, April 2004
  102. Allen Cullen with a fine Wahoo taken in 20m off Cape Vidal
  103. 12kg Wahoo shot by JP on Aliwal's Deep Cracker
  104. Brad Carr 26kg Wahoo in Northern Mozambique
  105. Wahoo of 18kg shot on Aliwal Shoal by Craigh Heslop
  106. Tony Randalls party with fish from Nine Mile (Queensland) - May 2003
  107. Ryan Berry with a 27kg Wahoo taken at Sodwana Bay
  108. 28kg Wahoo shot by John Little in Jul 2000 at Leven Point, Cape Vidal
  109. Anthony Dunne, Andy Morton and Len DeBeer with 18kg, 21kg and 25kg
    Wahoo shot at the Aliwal Shoal
  110. Alister Louw, Richard Rumble, Basie Ackerman with 2x17kg, 23kg and 25kg Wahoo
    shot in the Island Rock area
  111. Tony Randall in Australia with a 30kg Wahoo shot at a place called Nine Mile
    off the coast of Queensland - May 2003
  112. Wayne Thomas with a 30kg Wahoo and small Amberjack off Brisbane.
  113. Craig's Wahoo
  114. Shane Oberholzer with a 42kg Wahoo taken in Mozambique
  115. Pieter Zietsman shot this magnificent 43kg Wahoo on a shoredive.
    The fish bent the 7mm stainless spear 40 degrees, Oct 2004
  116. 56.699kg Wahoo (world record) shot by Bruce Gaudino, Jul 5 2002 off Cerralvo Island, Baja California
  117. Wahoo on Ascension, Feb 2006
  118. Nice catch of Wahoo, Spanish and King Mackerel off Key West
  119. 34kg Amberjack shot by Paulo Reis in the Azores
  120. 65kg Amberjack shot in Turkey by Emre Inan
  121. Anthony Alexander with a 65kg Greater Amberjack shot in the Cape Verde Islands
  122. 73kg Amberjack! A pending world record.
  123. Matanza Amberjack
  124. Mike Harrison shot this large Garrick off Umdloti on a shore dive
  125. 19.5kg Garrick - Jun 2003
  126. Nick McClurg and John Little with an afternoons catch of Garrick and
    Cuda from Ifafa point
  127. Louis Hatting shot these 17 and 14kg Garricks with one shot in Angola
  128. Nice size Garrick
  129. Golden Kingfish shot by Jannie Ras in Mozambique waters
  130. Yellowfin Kingfish shot at Angola - photo sent by Louis Hattingh
  131. Jurie Niemand with a 16kg Pompano
  132. 18.5kg Permit (world record) taken by Sheri Daye on Mar 19 2005 off Isla Mujeres, Mexico
  133. Ferdi Burger with a 13kg Queenfish shot off Umdloti
  134. Russian diver Damir Musin with a 10kg Kingfish
  135. Jannie Ras with a 16kg Ignoblis shot in Mozambique waters
  136. Russian spearo Musin Damir with a Kingfish taken off Bali
  137. Andrew Nell with an Ignoblis from the Bluff
  138. Richard Rumble with an 18kg Ignoblis shot on aliwal
  139. Ryan van der Merwe - 25kg Ignoblis from Mozambique
  140. 32kg Ignoblis taken by Richard Lawrence at Nine Mile reef, Sodwana
  141. Warren Howard with 33kg Iggy - Shoal Mar 2004
  142. Shane Oberholzer with an Ignoblis from Mozambique
  143. Glenn Van Nooten at Nine mile (Sodwana) with
    a giant Kingfish of 35kg
  144. Jaco Blignout with a 35kg Ignobilis Kingfish shot off Aliwal shoal, Nov 2004
  145. André Strydom with an ignobilis of 43kg in Mozambique
  146. Jurie Niemand with a 50kg Ignoblis speared in Mocambique
  147. Louis Hattingh with a 55kg Ignobilis Kingfish shot off Bassas da India
  148. Mark Keyser with a 13.5kg Indian Mirrorfish, Mozambique
  149. Mark Savides shot this Threadfin Mirrorfish off Umdloti
  150. Nic van Heerden and Mike Constantino with Indian Mirror fish
    and Sea Pike shot at Ponta, Mozambique
  151. 28kg Roosterfish shot by Rene Nel in Costa Rica
  152. Rooster of La Paz Mexico
  153. 36.5kg Prodigal Son shot by Richard Forman at Umhlanga
  154. Jurie Niemand with a 34kg Prodical
  155. 37kg Prodigal shot by Colyn Townsend at the Northeast Pinnacle, Aliwal Shoal
  156. Owen Tessendorf with a 18kg Prodigal Son
  157. Jurie and friend with some Queen Mackerel and Chanos shot in Mozambique
  158. Jurie Niemand with a big Chanos shot in Mozambique
  159. 20kg Chanos-Chanos shot by Dr. Andy Foote at Guinjata Bay Mozambique
  160. Chanos-Chanos shot by Dima off Mozambique
  161. 25 kg Chanos Chanos (World record) shot by Marc Alexander on Feb 12 2002 off Bora Bora
  162. Alistair Louw with an 11kg Kaakap taken at Sodwana Bay
  163. Brett Dickson with a 13kg Kaakap shot near Vumba Island Mozambique
  164. Barry Skinstad with 17kg Kaakap from Mozambique
  165. Dorado of 12.5kg shot in 15m off Sheffield
  166. Dorado caught by C Kirconnell
  167. Duncan Cremer - Rosy Jobfish of 11kg in Mozambique (the SA record is 7kg)
  168. Barry Skinstad with a huge Jobfish from Southerm Mozambique
  169. Doug Hanning with a 10kg Jobfish
  170. 29.52kg Striped Bass (world record) shot by Daniel O'Neil on Jun 15 2007 off Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA
  171. 4.65kg Bonefish taken off Clanstal on the Natal South Coast
  172. Big Rockcod shot in Brazilian waters by Guillermo Berna
  173. Big Rockcod shot in Mozambique by Ryan Burmester and Clint Nevin
  174. Anthony Dunne with 5.5kg and 3.5kg Yellowbelly off Toti
  175. Ryan Van Der Merwe with a nice Rock Salmon, Yellowedge and Yellowbelly
  176. Chris Ananiadis again witha 17kg Grouper
  177. Chris Ananiadis with a 21kg Yellowbelly Rockcod shot in Brazillian water
  178. Wessel Prinsloo with a Yellowbelly and a Catface both over 60kg
  179. 14kg Yellowtail Rockcod Ryan Van Der Merwe
  180. 33kg Orange Spotted Rockcod shot by Jaco Blighnoud.
    Bigger than the SA record.
  181. Christopher Ananiadis Malabar Rockcod, 34.2kg
  182. Caught off Ascension
  183. 53kg Black Grouper - world record
  184. Chris Ananiadis with a Coral Trout off Mozambique
  185. Assortment of reefies and Rockcod from Alanya, Turkey
  186. Cubera Snapper, 44+45kg shot by Chris Ananiadis in Brazillian waters
  187. 46kg Cubera Snapper shot in Brazil waters by Chris Ananiadis
  188. Ryan burmester with a 42kg Cubera Snapper shot off the coast of Ghana
  189. Ex South African Paul Marlin with a 14.2kg Snapper shot in New Zealand waters
  190. Chris Ananiadis with a 40kg Snapper shot in Brazil waters
  191. Jaco Blighnoud with a 14kg River Snapper
  192. 9.1kg Snapper shot by Nic Smith in NZ
  193. Luke Randell with Australian record Spangled Emperor of 8.465kg
  194. 5.71kg Spangled Emperor (world record) shot by Paul Smith on May 17 2006 off Okinawa, Japan
  195. 9.52kg Hogfish (world record) shot by Cameron Kirkconnell on Dec 13 2006 off North Carolina
  196. 11.34 kg Mutton Snapper (world record) shot by Chad Palan on Jul 20 2007 off Palm Beach, Florida
  197. 12.5kg Scribbled Snapper (world record) shot by Marc Alexander on Dec 6 2006 off Makatea Island, French Polynesia
  198. Andrew Nell with his first Rock Salmon off the Bluff in Durban
  199. Dog Snapper, La Paz Mexico
  200. Bowhar Snapper shot by Clint Nevin in Mozambique
  201. Chris Ananiadis with a Brazilian catch
  202. Noel Maddison with a 4kg Red Stump at Struisbaai
  203. Andrew Nell with his first Rock Salmon off the Bluff in Durban
  204. Anthony Dunne with a Poensie off Coffee bay 23kg
  205. Pieter Theron with a 18kg Poenskop and Jannie Grobler with a
    11kg Yellowtail shot off Stillbay
  206. Corry Versluis with a 19.5kg Poenskop at Mpame, Transkei, Nov 2002
  207. underwater shot of Silver Steenbras shoal (Musslecracker)
  208. Basie Ackermann with a 14kg Brusher, Aug 1999, South Coast
  209. Wayne Allin with his first Brusher shot at Oesterbaai
  210. Hein Eksteen with a 15kg Brusher shot off Mosselbay point
  211. Slang Marais with a 19.5kg Brusher off Hole in the Wall, Nov 2003
  212. Kurt Schrauwen with 2 Brusher from Umdloti before sun-up!
  213. Craig Torr in Arniston with a 13kg White Musselcracker
  214. Underwater shot of a White Musselcracker
  215. Antony Dunn underwater with a good sized Black Musselcracker
  216. 27kg Black Musselcracker speared by Jaco Blighnoud
  217. Ryan Bermester with a 28kg+ Black Musselcracker speared on Aliwal.
  218. Jaco Blignaut caught this 30kg Black Musselcracker at Scottborough
  219. Two 9kg Geelbeck shot off Cape Receife
  220. Johan with a huge Yellow Belly 17.6kg and 23.8kg Kob Salmon
  221. John Little and Dave Packer with nice Kob off Hibberdine
  222. Mike Smith with a 37kg Kob shot at Brighton Beach
  223. Tim with a 20kg Kob and Nick with a 16kg from Aliwal
  224. Clint Nevin with a 38kg Kob shot at Salt Rock.
  225. Warren Bennett with a 34kg daga salmon shot on a shore dive
  226. 36kg Kob shot off Sheffield in 15m - Nov 2003
  227. Kob 30kg shot by Craigh Heslop on the Nebo
  228. Ed Selley with a 40kg Kob Salmon shot on the Lower South Coast
  229. Unknown diver
  230. Juggs Holtzman with a 15.2kg Pignose shot at Coffee Bay
  231. Martin Victor with two Pignose shot off East London beachfront
    - 13.2kg and 12.8kg
  232. 14kg White Steenbrass caught by Craig Torr in Arniston, Western Cape
  233. John Van Rooyen's record 4.35 kg Stumpnose bream
  234. Sav with a 6kg Spotted Grunter
  235. Noel Maddison with two Galjeon from Mossel Bay point
  236. Noel Maddison with a 7.6kg Baardman and a 9kg Yellowtail
  237. Guy Upfold with a 9kg Dusky Rubberlip. Bigger than the SA Record
  238. Bert's Rubberlip in Australia
  239. 5.22kg Harlequin Sweetlips (world record) shot by Angela Bettua on Mar 14 2006 off Kadavu, Fiji
  240. Seabass caught off Malibu
  241. Erik Sun's with a White Seabass
  242. Chip Bissell with a White Sea Bass Ojai, CA, Aug 2004
  243. Andy Taylor with a 24kg (53 lb) White Sea Bass shoth off Santa Cruz Islands
  244. 42.36kg White Seabass (world record) shot by Bill Ernst on Jun 22 2007 of Malibu California
  245. 7kg Longnose Lancetfish (Alepisaurus Ferox) speared in Lisbon, Portugal What are these?
  246. Conger eel, Cabo da Roca, Portugal
  247. Plaice, March 2006
  248. 6kg lobster caught off St Marteen, Feb 2004
  249. Lobster caught by Coleman
  250. Lobster caught by Loomis
  251. California Sheep Crab
  252. Sean Kohlmeye with a 10kg Octopus, Feb 2006
  253. Golden Rays migrating off the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula
  254. Harmless sea foam accumulation near Sydney, Australia
  255. Old picture taken from the air showing Vetchis Pier and Limestone Reef in Durban
  256. Boat used for spearing in NZ