DIY spiney fish handler .lionfish.scorpionfish.really stupid sculpin

So I found that rock fish and figured i would reverse engineer myself a "safespear" biting the design of the spear of the same name...basically it is a short polespear with a pcv sleeve for sliding the fish off the spear into a bucket or cooler and avoid any hand contact.

I took an old golf club and cut it off at what seemed like a good length. I had this fixed head para tip from an old spear that came in a lot off craigslist and I just epoxied the end closed and then fused the two pieces.

for the rear end, I cut a length of the remaining shaft as long as the diameter of the shaft and drilled a hole of the same diameter...i just stuck the tube in there and figure the dyneema and the tangental pulling forces will keep it in place. it basically is acting as a ferrule.

the nylon strapping is a thumb grip and the club grip holds the pvc in place when not in use

it isnt terribly powerful.....see videos....but it should be sufficient for it's purpose but i can always shorten the powerband if needed.

http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad155/lunkerbuster/lion-destroyer/?action=view&current=0d0e9841.mp4
http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad155/lunkerbuster/lion-destroyer/?action=view&current=ccd2b116.mp4

Quote from fuzz

Great idea, but IMO, it looks a bit sketchy...

I cringe thinking about using it... I can see that pvc whacking my hand on the shot.

i actually have thought about that and i would expect that on a normal spear but this is not really supposed to be too powerful...for the rockfish ill be just stabbing them like halis and for a lionfish it just needs to pierce him and hold.

i can also tie off a little bit of dyneema to secure it til i'm on the boat.

Dan-
you might be right about the PVC and i might just take it off and use the bicket as you said...a little trial and error is in order.

TEST EDIT-
i also tied a knot in the bad, effectively shortening it by two inches...it hits too hard now and the pvc does hit my hand...however, it actually acted more like a braking system and just stopped the spear, it works really well actually and should bring ruin to many lionfish