Posts by Dan

Distance is something that can be very misleading, depending on the water quality, and more so in a video. As a beginner, and even to an experienced spearo, I suggest in general you don't put so much emphasis on distance, rather just try to get as close as you can to the fish.

That said a Biller is not known as a gun for long accurate shooting. Start looking for a freediving speargun when you start to feel you're at a disadvantage with the Biller. The furthest you'll be shooting then is 15ft from the tip of the spear, but it won't be often.

Here are the updated forum fish records. If you submitted something please check that it's here, and is the correct species and weight, if not send me a pm. The pics have been uploaded to the photo gallery fish records section, check to see that yours is there too, you can edit the details of the pic if you want to add information about your capture. Also let me know if I made any mistakes with the fish names.

Abalone - spearstuff 9.25"
African Pompano - Roberto Reyes & Gamble 36lb
Amberjack - red tide 97lb
Barracuda Great - Emil 51lb
Black Spot Tusk Fish - cww 10lb
Calico bass - Ryddragyn 5.8lb
Carp - Ryddragyn 23.5lb
Chub (Australia) - red tide 27lb
Cobia - Rolo 50lb
Cuttlefish - cww 14lb
Dolphin - griswold 54lb
Flounder Summer - Greekdiver 11lb 11oz
Giant Trevally - Nunodias 72lb
Golden travally - Slingador 25lb
Grouper Black - cmfish 52lb gutted
Grouper Nassau - Jareyberrysplash 25lb
Grouper Yellowfin - Roberto Reyes 31lb
Grouper Garropa - Monster Slayer 40lb
Halibut - spearstuff 26lb
Hogfish - red tide 19.6lb
Jack Black - Roberto Reyes 23.3lb
Jack Cravalle - John Hanson 31lb
Kingfish - Nunodias 73lb
Lion Fish - Roberto Reyes 3/4lb
Lobster Spiny - Gerald 14lb 9oz
Lobster Spiny California - spearstuff 8lb
Mackerel Cero - Roberto Reyes 15lb
Mackerel Shark - red tide 26lb
Mackerel Spotted - red tide 14lb
Margate Black - khalel 10lb
Marlin Black - Roberto Reyes 296lb
Marlin Striped - Red Tide 99.78lb
Ocean Whitefish - spearstuff 15oz
Opaleye - spearstuff 4.5lb
Pacific Tiger - Roberto Reyes 4lb
Parrot Fish - Roberto Reyes 21.5lb
Permit - Gamble 28lb
Rock Hind - Pantoja 2.5lb
Sailfish - Roberto Reyes 109lb
Sand Bass - Ryddragyn 6.5lb
Sargo - spearstuff 3.3lb
Sculpin - spearstuff 1.5lb 13.5"
Sheephead California - wobbegong 31lb
Snapper Cubera - red tide 96lb
Snapper Cubera (Pacific) - Don Paul 60lb
Snapper Dog - Roberto Reyes 19.14lb
Snapper Mutton - greekdiver 19lb
Snapper Mangrove - Gamble 15.6lb
Snapper red - griswold 22lb
Snapper red (Pacific) - Roberto Reyes 24lb
Snapper Schoolmaster - Roberto Reyes 6lb
Snapper Yellowtail - Roberto Reyes 6lb
Snook - Roberto Reyes 28lb
Tautog - Greekdiver 15.5lb
Triggerfish Ocean - Roberto Reyes 16lb
Tuna Blackfin - red tide 26.5lb
Tuna Yellowfin - Roberto Reyes 276lb
Yellow Jack - Pantoja 19lb
Yellowtail - Don Paul 48.5lb
Wahoo - Roberto Reyes 89l
White Sea Bass - spearstuff 57lb

ha we don't have that smiley, granny porn it is!

ahh

Nice vid Harry. Those looked like long accurate shots. And lobster mayhem was cool. Who is Bob?

Welcome to the forum Fred.

Wow what a shame wood guy got rid of the pics. That was one hell of a step by step pictorial.

Wow dude great directorial touch The music really made the dramatic effect, and diving at night is f'n dramatic. Never mind that it was very interesting to see a halibut hunt in the dark for the first time.

Please add it to the video gallery if you get a chance.

Please send me your bent shafts I'll pay the shipping.

Thanks for the pic. It doesn't look too bad in the sense that you can sharpen it. But I've never seen a shaft break like that before and it makes me wonder about the shaft as a whole. Or it could just be a random weakness in a particular spot. BTW if that happens to you during a trip just keep fishing with the shaft as is.

Here's a vid I made today with the Gopro and the new underwater lens installed. There is a small vignetting effect in R1, R2 and R3 which I think will be less obvious when filming underwater, and a pronounced vignetting effect in R4. R5 which is the most suitable setting for our purposes anyways has no vignetting effect. I'm going to proceed with selling the Gopro for $259 with the new lens included, at least for now as an introductory offer. I will make another video with the different settings as soon as the sea conditions improve.

EDIT - Updated video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6gOEIYBfog

Sounds nice.

Well done Steven.

Here's John's version

Interesting.

I think that can be fixed with a prickly dummy, or it may discourage the dog. IDK if you can change a dog's natural predisposition like that. I don't think one dog can do it all perfectly, are airdales supposed to be bird dogs? I thought they're more find and bay dogs when not catching small game.

The dog is doing a sit stay. When we look at it with our twisted human psyche it seems like he's taking his punishment and understanding why.

Dogs are looking great I wish I could see them in action.

Cute, but dog training wise a waste of time. A quick correction is effective, anything else is to alleviate guilt a soft handler may have about physically correcting the dog. Nice scene you and your dog sharing some time togther.

LOL hot redhead

Seriously what was he after?

I'd really like to see a pic of that. This indicates the steel is brittle, it's so hard it will break before it will bend.

I've just straightened a RA and a Sumora shaft a week ago. Both will bend like any other shaft. I have straightened many shafts and when you do the job right they function perfectly well. Based on my experience and the force I needed to exert with my hands to straighten a RA Sumora, Riffe, Ray Odor, H Dessault, Pursuit, and others shafts, I find the RA and Sumora to not be any harder to bend than average. Of all the conversations I had with guys claiming the RA shafts to be more bend resistant, none have actually tried to bend the shaft between their hands, while this is something I do all the time. There must be some psychosomatic effect at play here for them to claim those rusting shafts are more bend resistant. If you're curious and plan to come over to check out Pursuit gear, I can let you bend an RA shaft that I have here so you can see for yourself.

With all that said there are definitely shafts that are softer than others, I don't like those. But consider that there's a sweet spot between hardness and ease of straightening the shaft back. You can use an 8mm shaft that is more bend resistant, but some fish at some time will bend it. Then it will just be harder to straighten on the spot. I like the 7mm shaft, it has good bend resistance and is easy for me to straighten. Those of you who have seen me straighten a shaft know what I mean.

Matt, where exactly did the DW shaft snap and how did it happen?