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Welcome to the forum Soren. Very interesting to hear about spearfishing in cold water. If you have pictures we'd love to see them.

Which 9mm wetsuit is preferred by you and your friends?

Very nice concept and execution, and congratz Soren. I've been thinking about a wood pole spear myself, but decided it will be too buoyant. Can you say if this was the case? I'm settling on the idea of the forward section being heavy wood with a shaft embedded through it, and the back section being carbon.

When I was a kid I tried many times to swim like the man from Atlantis. They really fooled me with that shit. That was before the monofin

The man from Atlantis used the dolphin kick.

Aquaman used a flutter kick, but preferred riding sea creatures to get around.

Welcome to the forum.

Jim, use the whole thing for a speargun stock and put a thumb trigger on it

And it tells you where the fish are too.

Great report, thanks.

Cool gun.

I wonder how long it will be before there's an attack.

I don't know how much damage it will do to a white shark, but I'll wager it will at least scare it off and make it think twice about approaching divers again. Get yours if you haven't already Speardiver Quick Slip-on Powerhead

I think a slip tip is generally not used in holes. I do have slip tips.

You know what I just thought of a way to reinforce it in the weak point, all it needs is a metal sleeve. I think I'm going to go with this after all. But modifications such as this increase the cost.

I have a carbon pole spear available but it's been on the back burner. It's very light and very fast, and at the same time has enough weight for good penetration. But after using it I found it can't take punishment if you're shooting fish in rocks and they're going to put leverage on the spear. So for open water it's great, but I'm not convinced it's a great all around spear, and that's why I haven't promoted it. I'll pics when I get a chance and post them here.

If anyone has ideas for a good pole spear I'm open to suggestions. I could easily produce a solid aluminum (one piece or sectional) spear, but IMO those are just too heavy and slow, albeit durable. Carbon is the best material but the connection to the metal shaft is the weak point.

Great pics, fish and report.

Thanks Bryan.

Amazing footage. I'd give something to know what was on the Orca's mind. Orcas can beach themselves to grab seals.

Good fix. Save the day is what it's all about.