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One never suspects to get a food poisoning from such a fresh, amazing looking meal. Wow. Thanks for sharing!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

It can happen but it’s usually pretty rare.. I definitely won’t stop eating reef fish though 😂

8:01 u guys are solid with the safety 🤘🏻 so sick

Only channel I'm subscribed to. Reminds me of the best times of my life, 3 pronging all of the local spots in Northern California. Would be my dream to learn and dive with you, and get my body fixed up by bruddah E. You guys should make a series where you bring people out and change their lives!

Holy shit what a legend… eats more even after second guessing the cig!!! Excellent video thanks for sharing braddah!!!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

😂 gotta make sure haha

Bro the way everyone was checking yall out when yall rolled in like bada**es😂😂 towing Uku spearguns😂 that was classic! I bet everyone was jelly and wanted sum fisssssh too😂🤙🏽🤙🏽

What about your friend the one made all that sushi...you neva check with him see if he got sick too...

I can't believe you ate more fish instead of just Googling whether ciguatera yields those symptoms. :)

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

I’m a knuckle head who experiments on himself 😂🤙🏽

So sorry this happened, though it was only a matter of time when consuming reef fish. Solution: Make tea out of dried leaves [ not the fruit! ] of the octopus tree ( Heliotropium arboreum, aka. 'false tobacco' in French -- "faux tabac" -- because the leaves are velvety and resemble tobacco leaves ), which is common along the shores of Hawaii. You can also add a 1sq inch piece of bark to the infusion. Do not smoke the leaves. Note: French Polynesians who live on atolls contaminated by cig, use 'false tobacco' leaves daily by stuffing them into fishes' abdominal cavity when cooking, or into the broth. Families who do that supposedly never get 'the itch' ( French: "la gratte" ) from cig poisoning. Dried leaves are more potent. The compound is related to rosemary, so you may try that as well. Do your research. Trivia: According to Wikipedia, some anthropologists theorized that cig contamination may have spurred Polynesian migration through the Pacific.

@hawaiihammahs

4 ай бұрын

Crazy I had no clue!

I'm 53 years old and started diving when I was 11.... Even from back THEN, I remember being told to be careful eating fish from that side.... Not saying other parts of the island doesn't have cig but, West side was considered "hot"...

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Maybe all the traffic and hotels in that area have something to do with it

@MITCHELLHUIHUI

Жыл бұрын

I would have tried Jason’s 1st tooo😊

@jesselaa9397

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs it's many people's opinion that resorts, golf courses and areas with high traffic are considered "hot"... All the chemicals and what have you jus run right into the ocean but... Nobody really knows 🤷🏽‍♂️

@quinnculver4336

Жыл бұрын

I heard that scientific studies have not been able to confirm that certain areas have more cig than others.

@themeone808

10 ай бұрын

I don't even fish south of kawaihae

Thanks for sharing about the cig poisoning. I hate having to worry about eating foods we love. Up north it’s a gamble eating the clams with paralytic shellfish poisoning. 😑 Stay safe, I was getting scared for Danny with all those heavy contractions. 100’ is no joke.

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Haha he came through with tha beast mode 💚🤙🏽

@alexmacdonald258

4 ай бұрын

There's several toxins that are bad news from clams, especially razor clams, which can have high levels of Domoic Acid. essentially 4 types of different toxins giving everything from paralysis to amnesia! Not fun!

Amazed you found those great fish out there in front of all the tourists!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Got lucky for sure but also not so lucky lol

Mahalo for sharing this video. We literally had uku sashimi last night with for dinner that our son caught on the boat. It is such a divine fish to eat. Sending good vibes.

@hawaiihammahs

7 ай бұрын

Ono grindzzz

Brah that's why I don't eat anything that big...less than two feet you're fine...the bigger the fish the older and the hotter they could be...glad you're ok!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Yeah thought I would be okay, but now I know I can’t make reef fish my main source of protein 😂🤙🏽

classic symptoms bro! We were always taught "if it's longer than your arm (forearm), it'll do ya harm. Glad you recovered!

@hawaiihammahs

6 ай бұрын

Haha good rule of thumb

@namolokaman2393

4 ай бұрын

Excellent proverb. Thanks for sharing! Note: Regarding cig contamination, this maxim only applies to reef fish, but not pelagic ones, like tuna, which don't get cig because they ordinarily don't live near it or consume it ( cig comes from an algae growing on reefs ). Big pelagic predators potentially have other issues, though.

@alexmacdonald258

4 ай бұрын

@@namolokaman2393 Absolutely! they get ciguatoxin from feeding on the coral.

The diving off Kona was some of the best I have ever had .

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Pretty magical place for sure 🤙🏽

Love it, nice dives😎. Too bad cuz that uku is bomb to eat!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Still gonna target them. I can’t stop eating them 😂🤙🏽

I really enjoy all your videos. That is really awesome you go down so deep and stay there a long time to hunt fish. I really enjoyed all my visits to Hawaii. I got to see a lot of it by helicopter. Man I caught some huge marlin off of Kona. I got to eat some spectacular fish like you spear in a few of the restaurants. Hawaii is much more than raw ahi.

@hawaiihammahs

11 ай бұрын

So true! Ahi is delicious but a lotta people never tasted Uku before 😋

Brah!!! Just grabbed me some uku down south point! Glad my boogers where clean!! Mahalo for the heads up!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

😂🤙🏽🤙🏽

Brah whenever I had tangles… let the shafts drop so it taught a the lines… way easier after that to unspin and unknot them

@hawaiihammahs

7 ай бұрын

Yessssai

Dayuuuum ma braddah, heavy episode!.. stoked everybody iz all good 🤙🏽🤙🏽 I ate one Roi I shot cuz I heard no eat the head and no blood and no wureez.. fried up Roi fillets and they wuz killahs!.. zero cig side affects.. uku is definitely one my favorite fish too and bummed ta hear they can hold poison too.. must be all the chemz they spray around tourist sections🤦🏽‍♂️

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I heard too! Don’t eat the head or guts and you should be all good but I guess it depends on the fish and where you shot it.. thanks for sharing 🤙🏽🤙🏽

@brandonsipavich2325

Ай бұрын

On Maui the cig is around the sewage wells. where all the tourists they drain shit water thru lava tubes on the mountain into the ocean. you eat fish there choke worm or cig. probably same shit in kona.

weird nerve issues and vision issues happen with diving too...did u have a viral sickness in previous 3 ish months? if was "poison" everyone who ate it would of experienced SOMETHING, obv not always if bacteria. how was ur blood cell count? hemocrit? liver enzymes? ive slept weird on my arm and my fingers were numb for several weeks. do you get hangry? do you get light headed when you don't eat? thirsty?

Helpful info on cig .thanks !

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🥵😂🤙🏽

I love your vids bro!!!!!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

😂💚🤙🏽

Sick video. I had the coast guard circle helicopter me on the north shore, turns out they were trying to warn us of a big tiger shark near by.

@hawaiihammahs

11 ай бұрын

Whoa nawts!

Glad you’re ok braddah🤙🏽

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mayne I appreciate that 🤙🏽🤙🏽

keep the vids up haynnn

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🔥🤿🔥

I from Kona and would nevah eat reef fish hahaha. I sked da fish this side lol. Oh and on a side note. Every person is different. It's the build up of the toxin Gambierdiscus Toxicus in your body that either push you over the edge or be at the borderline. Every person is different. I have friends that eat Ulua and Kahala on the wide and they're fine. I had friends who ate a couple pieces of Yellow Eye Kole and went balls out sick and down for the count for weeks kind. It's a gamble. No where in this island chain is safe. I'm born and raised in an area where there was not 1 single hotel that could cause the toxin to flourish like Kona but we still have cases. Fish do travel and humans love to eat fish. It's a gamble every time you take a bite of that fish. But to me... since i'm a born and raised fishaman.....i'll gladly take that gamble. LOL>

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Well said haha! Thanks for sharing mah braddah 💚🤙🏽

Yesssah braddah lester

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🍣🔨

Glad you're OK. I and my boys are just getting started with spearfishing reef fish and cig poisoning is one of those things we're concerned about, but aren't very familiar with. Hearing your experience is helpful.

@hawaiihammahs

6 ай бұрын

The guts and head I’ve heard has the most cig. Also bigger fish

@revdecoitechu1517

6 ай бұрын

What does "cig" mean

@revdecoitechu1517

6 ай бұрын

What does "cig" mean

@NickChristensen09

Ай бұрын

@@revdecoitechu1517 ciguatera, poisonous biotoxin found in a lot of reef fish

My hometown!!!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🙌🔥🙌

Nice boat paddle on

Houuu nutz ah, good thing wasn't worse, I've heard some crazy stuff about cig, stay safe out dea braddah 🤙

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Let’s go dive u fekah! Go throw net off south point haha

Good luck with your channel man

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

💚🤙🏽

Sorry you got sick bro! Did you not freez the fish before you made sushi? Love the videos! Make more!

@nickrohfeld4283

Жыл бұрын

you cannot kill cig with freezing or cooking

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Hahah workin on it!

In the first part of this video overlooking the bay into the clear water on the bottom of the ocean is a giant scull about 30 feet by 20 feet with eyebrows. Do you see what I see. It's a treasure. Who knows

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Buried treasure perhaps

Gotta find someone with an extra drop in ermes trigger for that. That was total seer friction and all that strength into that trigger pull racked your wrist that was locked cause the trigger squeeze. Hope you can find one. They're worth every penny.

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Whoa had no idea!! Thanks for letting me know! I was trippin out when that happened lol 💚🤙🏽

@8InchShaka

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs Haha! I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic. lol. I feel you would've easily picked up on that during editing. Or at least the wrist buckle. You have the following, I'm sure if you reached out and asked if anyone had an Ermes Double Roller Trigger for the D'Angelo 2/3, you could find someone willing to sell you one since they aren't made anymore. I'm down to 1 spare or I'd give you one. But you should really get away from those Seer style triggers. They gargle balls.

Yo that sushi looks bomb af!!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

It was a little too bomb 😂🤙🏽

Thats crazy neva heard of getting cig from uku

@davidkoba

Жыл бұрын

Any reef hunter has it. Only pelagics I have never heard of cig.

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

I think the areas you dive and how much you eat it

@birdwithands8104

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs fish that hunt the reefs like uku always going have cig.. especially when they that big 😂

Bro that was a sick dive! I think you moved your gun when you squeezed the trigger when you missed that one. Sorry to hear about the poisoning and glad you're feeling better. Fuck the haters who probably just drove through McDonald's and got a fish fillet. Your videos are awesome I'm in Kona if you ever want someone to dive with. Hit me up.

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

💯💚🤙🏽

damn braddah. subscribed

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🔥🤿🔥🤙🏽🔥

Totally RAD!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🔥🌊🔥

Haha, such a legend! How much did the uku weigh? My buddy also got cig from one but it was a monsta! Anybody know if it’s from eating one fish or the accumulation of it in our bodies from eating lots of fish that have small amounts?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

I never weighed the Ukus but I should of mentioned that I was eating A TON of reef fish for 2 months straight.. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it because it builds up in your body

@Kumukarl

Жыл бұрын

Good to know 🤙🏽

Yo, Jay- the people that fish there long ago don’t fish there any more, and the people that use to buy fish from the guys that fish there don’t buy fish there anymore. Reason is that the sewage pipe broke there twice and it got the waters there polluted. Jus saw your vid. That happen to a lot of people. They all thought it was that fish sickness but the fish are eating what is settled on the bottom and the fish eat fish has it in them. So don’t dive or fish there.🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

@hawaiihammahs

9 ай бұрын

Eeeew I never knew that! Mahalo for letting me know!!

@joelkeka1272

9 ай бұрын

Wish I saw your vid earlier. So sorry. But I will sub. To ur vids, it’s awesome🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

What about the chef? Did he get sick too?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Just me

@TheSpearoHeroes

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs good to hear.

I’m someone who is learning about all this could anyone explain what cig is ?🙏🏽

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

health.hawaii.gov/docd/files/2013/05/dib_ciguatera.pdf There’s one link but you can just google ciguatera as well 💚🤙🏽

@leelunk8235

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs INTERESTING, I READ THE LINK

🙏🏽🇺🇸👍🏽🤙🏽🍀🔱🤿😁!!

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

💚🌊💚

Hoo sht. Only now I seen this vid. But yeah thats scary as fck, glad you ok. I heard of some people almost dying from Ciguatera. I had a scare the other week, ate Pananu, and felt little funny after, had the nausea, turned out to be nothing, I guess just an exhausting day. I dont ever think of it when eating fish, especially stuff that eat off the reef and predators that eat reef fish. I dunno, I always say, I live by the ocean, I goin die by the ocean. I just hope not from drowning, cause that must suck, I rather eat one fat fish and die instead.😂😂😂

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeah drowning would be a lot quicker than cig poisoning that’s for sure

Didnt know Uku can get cig. Maybe gotta test next time?

@hawaiihammahs

11 ай бұрын

They don’t make test anymore. I think the test weren’t very accurate

+1 for Magic juju

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Yeee yeeew 😂🤙🏽

Hoo Brah Uku broke da mouth

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Broke my heart as well 😂🤙🏽

At any point did you make an effort to get to the emergency room?? If not, why? They may have been able to get something in your system to neutralize that poison. If I'm feeling something that strange that doesn't go away after several hours, or maybe by the next morning, I'm heading to the hospital.

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

If my blurred vision didn’t go away I would have for sure lol. But it slowly got better and that was good enough for me. In ciguatera cases, I think all they can do is pump your stomach

@jacko4483

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs I'm glad you got better. You understand that poison better so you knew what was happening. I need to get my diving certification because I bought a nice underwater metal detector that I've only used twice. Of course I'm in Colorado but I am hoping to get to the coast and do some spearfishing. Enjoy your great sport and many blessings to you!

@leelunk8235

Жыл бұрын

NO HEALTH INSURANCE, COST TOO MUCH YO, JUST SUCK IT UP SOI BOI JACK

Shitty deals ... Did your friend get affected?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

No only I got it. I should of mentioned though that I was eating A TON of reef fish for 2 months straight.. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it lol

@jesselaa9397

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs you would THINK Uhu would be at the top of the list.... Ciguatera is a dynaflatulant that attaches itself to the reef.... That's mainly what the Uhu's consume.... 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ HELL..... I'll eat ROI from most places on the East side... ROI is such an AMAZING fish!!!

What about your friend? Did he get sick also?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Only me because I was eating reef fish everyday for 2 months lol. Should said that in the video

Did your chef friend get sick too?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Only I did cuz I was eating a ton of reef fish for 2 months.. I believed the cig build up got to be to much for me and these ukus put me over the top lol

Did your friend have symptoms too?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Only I did.. but I should of mentioned that I was eating A TON of reef fish for 2 months straight. I’m sure that had a lot to do with it too

@lanetakata3495

Жыл бұрын

same thing wit me, my friend shot a 15 lb uku and all da boyz wen grind um but only me got ciguateria poisoning. I believe you have a tolerance level and if you eat enuff reef fish one day going get triggered. I still eat all fish I can get and it's been 10 years and never got it again so far

U da best kanaka scientist I know my guy chee but Mahalo keakua it nevah whack u crazy bad and the channel name is on q uz 1 hammah

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Lolz tanks mah baddah 🔥🤙🏽🔥

🔨 108’ 😮, fuckin Davy Jones locker bro…

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Bahaha thanks mah braddah 🤙🏽🤙🏽

Now it's gone

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

It will come back

I get sick just seeing that scene on the shore 🤢 🤮

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Lols for realzzz doh 😫

Whats the chefs social media? He’s a hottie. You two could pass as brothers. Another great video. 😊 Kona is where I’m originally from. ❤

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Lm_3104 is his insta

What does "cig" mean

@hawaiihammahs

6 ай бұрын

Ciguatera poisoning

@revdecoitechu1517

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

its not the whey braddah, whey protein is filtered milk

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

🙌🔥🙌

I see a skull in the thumbnail, is it js me

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

😂 wasn’t sure if it was noticeable

My girlfriend says you kinda look like a fish 😂 I take it as a complement fish eat fish brotha

@hawaiihammahs

7 ай бұрын

😂🤿🐟🤙🏽

In FL spearfishing I look at their teeth if you see blue on the teeth don't eat it!!! Not sure about pacific type though!?

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

What does the blue teeth mean?

@fishingexplorers6076

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiihammahs I think it's the blue green algae build up happens on barracuda teeth often not sure?

You got poisoned because theres a skull in the water.

@hawaiihammahs

11 ай бұрын

💀🤙🏽

Ho Lester you fekeh

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Tell that faka we go dive

you nuts for not getting meds .. they got meds for it right?

@hawaiihammahs

9 ай бұрын

Don’t think so…. Hahaha

Quite happy this happened to you...leave the fish alone! 🐟 😊

@trevonhensley6765

Жыл бұрын

Stfu, if people didn’t fish and hunt there would be an influx of certain species, which unless they’re endangered (and if he’s hunting them they aren’t) isn’t a good thing

@jonnieinbangkok

Жыл бұрын

@@trevonhensley6765 Nope 🙅‍♂️

@trevonhensley6765

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean nope

@jonnieinbangkok

Жыл бұрын

@@trevonhensley6765 Not shutting the f up 😄

@trevonhensley6765

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnieinbangkok oh, okay, but, like, do you get what I meant or are you gonna fail to understand basic logic?

that uku had choke cig for such severe symptoms

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

I should of mentioned though that I was eating A TON of reef fish for 2 months straight.. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it too

MASTAH. CHEF. LESS.

@hawaiihammahs

Жыл бұрын

Tha bestest 🔪🍣