Posts by Dan

Yeah, those extensions on the tail will add another inch or two. I think someone would have to be lacking in common sense to try and include them in the measurement.

Lunker, I fixed your youtube link. To embed just copy and paste the direct link to the vid in the post.

Nice quality vid, but a little shaky.

I didn't know Aussies were known for..

being good ventriloquists

By all accounts the Neptonics tuna is a solid mech. I've used the Neptonics reef on my guns before and was happy with it. These are guns with two 16mm bands. Now I use Pursuit trigger mechanisms Trigger Mechanisms

Welcome to the forum Sean.

How many bands is this gun going to have?

From the beaches east of Havana almost to Matanzas.

I think Miami hogfish are genetically different than the hogfish in Cuba. Here a hogfish can be shot and injured 2-3 times over a period of a few months, and still allows a diver to approach it. In Cuba they don't need to have a bad experience with a diver to become weary, they're naturally weary. Maybe it comes from many years of pressure where only the cautious fish survived to reproduce.

Hogfish are doing fine. No need to stir the pot.

Whoa Brian, nice cubera!

Yes. japsw did it. I haven't picked it up yet.

Dude! It has a reflection!

I learned a few things prepping and painting this cowling two times, and being stopped just short of attempting it for the third time.
1. I was wrong to think that I could conform with any kind of utilitarian paint job, in other words don't paint with a roller
2. Don't paint with a laquer paint over an enamel paint :dumb:
3. No matter how carefully you spray paint and clear coat with a can, it will never come close to looking like a professional paint job.
4. If you want a good finish best let a pro do it right. This means base coat then a clear coat, using the right paint with a spray gun.

I think so. This is the meeting that they failed to announce according to what I was told. If someone knows the specifics please post in another thread dedicated to organizing a response in the regulations section. This thread is just my rant.

I meant spearfishing on scuba. If you want ask Sergio, we always comment when we see those boats so I know he'll remember. It goes something like "isn't that about 30ft deep over there?" and we shake our heads. Again I don't know what it's like in the areas you mentioned. Seeing freedivers in our area is always a notable occasion. It's been a while for you here, you should come down soon and see for yourself. I'm finishing the new bunks on the trailer as we speak. All I have left to do is change the hubs, and then it's back to diving at least 2 times a week :yay:

I don't know about those places as I've been too few times. All we see on the water going out of Haulover are scuba divers. It's a rare occasion we see parked boat with a dive flag, and divers on the surface.

Where do you get the 10:1 statistic? I don't share your pessimism about it being inevitable. I have a little more free time now, and my kid is old enough to go with me so I will go the meeting. The forum can be used to rally support.

It's come to my attention that they're looking to ban a huge area south of Miami to spearfishing. I don't know all the details but that's not exactly what this thread is about. Someone who's familiar with the situation should start a thread to rally up the guys to go to the meeting and protest the closure. I was talking to the person who gave me the news, and considering the points that can be brought up in the meeting to fight agaist it. A major point is why should spearfishing be targeted; if there's going to be a closure it should be on the basis of making the area a sanctuary to protect specific species, and thus should affect all recreational fishing which spearfishing falls under. We can say this because we know they'll never close the area to hook and line fishing. I blurted without thinking "if anything they should ban scuba spearfishing". My friend said I shouldn't talk like that, not because he's a fan or supporter of scuba spearfishing, he's a dedicated freediver, but because there are a lot more of them and they fight against the constant attacks on spearfishing. I agreed for the moment because I've seen scuba spearfishermen be active in fighting against anti-spearfishing regulations. So I reason that I must be tolerant, emphasize tolerant because I really don't care for shooting fish on the hose, of scuba spearfishermen for the good of us all.

Well today it occurred to me that whatever negative public opinion there is of spearfishing, it's most likely because of the very same scuba spearfishing in the first place. Freediving spearos are a very small group, and are barely visible. So whatever trouble we're always finding ourselves in is because of the scuba spearfishers who are in the public eye. The sight of a geared up scuba diver with a short range biller or JBL has always been disturbing to me. I can only assume that this is the first impression of spearishing most people get. The way I see it scuba spearfishers will keep fighting regulations for their own interest anyways, so I don't need to team up with them or pretend I support them. I wish for the day when the general public understands the difference between us and them. Freediving in itself imposes limitations which allow fish to be safe from a speardiver.

Someone told me that in the days of Art Pinder spearfishing was known as a freediving activity. Since then scuba divers have become synonymous with spearfishing. I want to take spearfishing back. We should have our own flag too. Maybe something like this, a combination of the US dive flag with the international dive flag.

Shark came out of nowhere. I was expecting the diver to head straight up, but I guess if the shark wanted him he would've taken him already. Was that two missed shots on huge AJs at point blank range?

Nice black. Welcome to the forum. What kind of boat is that?

It's great your grandpa supports what you do. I'm looking forward to the build. It's nice that the wood has history. I'm sure it's going to be a treasured piece of gear, so I recommend to use it with a float line.

I dove with Frank off this boat. Lots of deck space, the boat can comfortably take 4-5 divers and gear. Frank is a good marine mechanic and takes good care of his boat, made us wash it with soap after the trip Good luck with the sale.