Posts by Dan

Oh how I miss being on a boat with that blue float line.. For upload to youtube use DivX in full resolution, 480 x 720.

Can you imagine if they start jumping and spinning like that when speared. It would be unusual to play them with the float line.

Is this the annual migration I heard on the news before? Is it made up mostly of these spinner sharks? I've never been in the water around something like that. Did you feel any risk diving among them, that there would be another kind of shark around? Or does their presence indicate the contrary?

Thanks for the story. It's a nice bug. Goodbye Houdini Is that a gauge fastened on to a flashlight? Is that a normal way to hunt for lobster in California? How is it an advantage? Are you wearing a life jacket? Is that required by law when kayaking?

My concerns were not exactly the same, but I settled on penetrating epoxy and been using it for a couple of years. Teak oil is a PITA because you have to put it on regularly. Epoxy to get a nice clean coat you need to turn the stock. Unless something's changed since Griswold figured that out. I also dislike the glossy look of epoxy, I love the deep color of wood that you get with oil. Penetrating epoxy gives me that look, I just have to rub it. It doesn't need turning to avoid runs. It's so cheap it's almost free. It doesn't build up any significant volume. Touch ups are very easy, and it dries pretty fast. You don't hear of a lot of people using it though.

Here's what it looks like.

Great report. How big are those sharks? I know I'd want to spear one. Are the man-o-war still thick?

Sweet! Thanks for the pics. Is there a float like this in existence or is it still a concept? What are the sections made of? Who are the guys in the pic? Nice fish.

Quote from behslayer

I use a normal sized Float, ie like a smaller Riffe or RA, but I set it up so that there is something like a Band material release on the attachment of the line to the float. If I'm pulling it through the water, it pulls from the front, if a Big Fish pulls the Float under, the Band material will stretch and release and then the float is attached at both ends, and instead of being pulled in a streamlined torpedo.. it is pulled with maximum resistance. This allows using a much smaller float.

That sounds like a good idea. Would be good to see a pic if you have one.

<img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

I wonder if wearing a weight belt would pass nowadays.

In a week or two it's going to be available from the store.

Looks nice and is well thought out. But like Don said, too much drag in chop and wind. I'm pretty sure it feels close to pulling an inner tube.

It's very interesting for me to see your table saw/router combo. Over the last month I was contemplating doing the same thing for the same reasons, and wondering where I can find information on it. I figured the table saw fence can easily be used as the router fence. My problem has been how to secure the router from the bottom since the table is made of thin metal and the bolts have to be countersunk.

If that's a Neptonics trigger mech on your gun then I can see you reshaped the trigger to get rid of the angles and match the trigger guard, very nice touch.

Good catch on the pin fuzz. I don't like pins anyways, they can catch on something and tear out the wood.

No and I'm probably not going to. There's an ideal solution for a dive board right now which I'm waiting to arrive. Pursuit will also be selling it.

I'm selling the little yak for $60. It's brand new, never seen water.

Welcome to the forum Ben. Thank you, it's always nice to hear good things about my gear. The reason there's no logo on the suit is simple; when I had these suits made I was still undecided on the name. All suits since then come with the Pursuit logo.

Nice looking RIB.

Welcome aboard.

Never would've thought it http://www.pacificpaddler.com/1210/needlefish_attack.pdf For the cuban guys this is an agujon.

I didn't think that it would. I guess a nose clip is an option.

One of their goggles I believe is made of epoxy. I suspect there may be a genetic factor here, something about the divers from that region physiology. But if it works for the white guy testing the goggles now I'd give it a shot.

There are interesting discussions going on that started because of this video. You can see the diver is using simple wood googles pretty deep.

I remember using goggles as a kid and it was painful to dive even 3 meters to the bottom of the pool. I have since disregarded goggles and it never occurred to me to use them for spearfishing. But there is no denying this diver is using them. How does he overcome goggle squeeze?

Some people are saying that it has something to do with the goggles themselves. The goggles are now available to buy in various models http://woodengoggles.com/

The website itself states:

Quote

• How come i cannot dive deeper than 5m with my plastic speedos, but with theses goggles you can dive down even to 20m?

We don't know exactly why, but it simply works.

People are buying them. There's already a report that they seal well.

I'm curious to see the report on using them to dive deep. I think it would be fun to dive with such small goggles instead of a conventional mask. I'd have to make the strap more robust to hold the snorkel.

Welcome to the forum Jeanarr.

Is there spearfishing in Germany?

Good luck.