Posts by Dan

  • A difference?

    No. But I don't feel I've been diving it long and/or frequent enough for my observation to count for something.

  • Sample pneumatic speargun

    An update on this speargun. I sold it a couple of months ago and just got it back. The owner told me that the gun misfired a few times while routing the shooting line over the line release. The line release puts a little pressure on the trigger but this should not be enough to fire the shaft, the trigger sensitivity adjustment screw was not tampered with. Additionally the gun lost all its air through the trigger pin. I would have tried to fix it and find what the problem is, but this is the same thing I've been hearing about the Persistent pneumatic spearguns doing, so I decided buying these guns is going to be a serious debacle and to forget about it. Heads up on the Persistent pneumatic spearguns.

  • Permit & african pompano - our last chance!!!

    Thank you for your efforts bringing this to our attention Bryan. I sent an email today. Here's the text from the PDF file for copying and pasting in an email.


    Subject - New permit, pompano, and African pompano regulations.


    Dear Commissioners-


    Thank you for your sound management of Florida’s fish and wildlife. I am contacting
    you regarding your upcoming decision about the management of Florida pompano,
    African pompano and permit.


    Your staff experts did an outstanding job of gathering public input and opinion through
    the series of statewide workshops and video-conferences on the pompano/permit issue
    over the past year and a half. The resulting staff recommendations indicate that a majority
    of Florida’s pompano and permit fishermen approve of allowing individuals to harvest
    their legal bag limit of permit or African pompano by hook and line or spearfishing gear.


    I agree with these staff recommendations. Chairman Barreto himself mentioned, at the
    Clewiston meeting, that he saw no reason that a spearfisherman, following the same
    limits as any other fisherman, should be excluded from harvesting his or her limit of one
    permit over 20 inches. The phrase “a fish in the cooler is a fish in the cooler” was
    mentioned several times at that meeting, where the preliminary vote on this issue passed.


    Not only do these recommendations provide fairness in allowable gear, they will simplify
    the enforcement process for state and county agencies. With a 20” minimum length and
    1 per angler/2 per boat limit in place, this species will continue to thrive while allowing
    Florida sportsmen of all kinds to take a reasonable catch home for dinner.


    Further, spearfishing gear is arguably the most ecologically friendly fishing gear, with a
    bycatch that approaches zero and no effect on undersized fish. There is virtually no
    discard mortality associated with spearfishing. A light tackle angler, however, can fight
    numerous fish to exhaustion, and then release them near potential predators such as
    sharks and goliath grouper. A diver selects, stalks, and shoots a single fish, avoiding any
    undersized fish. Spearfishermen make up a tiny fraction of the total permit/pompano user
    group, with the total spear catch being extremely small compared to that of hook and line.


    According to FWC staff biologists, none of these three species is even remotely in
    trouble per the most recent data. They have not been subject to an increase in pressure,
    nor have they been found to be endangered in any way. In fact, this issue seems to be
    fueled primarily by a group of catch and release only fishermen who would like you to
    force their personal preference on all of Florida’s fishermen regardless of the lack of true
    need, which I believe, is unfair. I hope you will too.


    The FWC resources being spent on this issue would be, in my opinion, better spent on
    other fisheries which have documented problems, not catering to the personal preferences
    of a small group of fly-fishermen.


    To recap - I support ALL of the most recent staff recommendations and commend the
    staff for their diligence throughout this process.


    Sincerely,

  • Best handheld gps??

    I had the etrex, the little joystick is a big PITA. I also took it apart once, the extent of its waterproofness is a strip of tape, much like scotch tape, over where the two halves of the case come together.


    Thanks for the abbreviations breakdown fuzz.

  • Best handheld gps??

    Quote from hau

    The basic 72 gave me everything I needed
    The 76 has more bells and whistles

    :plusone:


    A color screen is the only feature I dream about, but it's not absolutely necessary and so I can't make myself swallow the price increase.

  • La Paz late afternoon report

    Nice to see how the rest of your day turned out Toño. Seems like you guys do it just like us, one moment at home on the phone and an hour later diving. Those golden jacks look like they'd make great fillets. What is this surface the fish are lying on?

  • Diving deaths scuba vs. freediving

    tulocote, don't start that shit here. The main thing is that our members are freedive spearfishermen at heart. Here in the US some freediving guys will put on a tank to shoot fish. And you know what they do it in Cuba too.


    Chuck, please ignore that if you can.

  • Glueing pockets

    Don't glue anything. The blade rails are supposed to fit correctly into the footpocket tendon slots, and friction alone will keep them together. If this is not happening you have to see what's wrong with your rails or footpocket tendons.

  • Bluewater!

    Nice vid. I don't know how you stayed in the frame so well with the gun and camera just floating there.