Posts by Dan

  • Spearfishing World forum fish records

    aaaagghhhhaahhhhaaa! :frustrated2:
























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  • Spearing near sharks

    Marco, your original post is still on the other thread. I just moved the part pertinent to sharks to this thread. If you don't like this you can delete it.

  • Pipin video- long shots with different guns

    Interesting vid. I had no idea that Switzerland was like that.


    Sometimes the forum is about getting your rocks off. If there's going to be drama I prefer it be on a Pipin thread. But if someone's a generally negative person I don't want them to use the forum as an outlet for this negativity.


    I look for value in what people write here. If some editing is necessary to bring value to a thread whose premise would otherwise be drowned out by irrelevant posts, I'll do it as long as I have the time. I don't suppose anyone else would have the drive to do it.

  • Spearing near sharks

    In this case I agree. But I'd like to offer something else. I don't think it's so much the presence of fear that motivates a shark to investigate closer, but rather lack of a predatory mind set. The presence of fear automatically means you're no longer acting like a predator, so in the end it boils down to the same thing. But if you want to get down to the crux of the matter I think the shark quickly recognizes predatory behavior, especially when directed to itself, and the presence or lack of this behavior is sometimes key to having close encounters or not.


    I'll give an interesting example. On the last trip I shot a rainbow runner, a fish that I really wanted to keep. A big cuda separated itself from a school and went straight for it, thrashing and cutting off about half of it. I wanted to keep the rest and while it was swallowing one half I quickly reeled in the remaining half. I had half the fish in my hands when the cuda finished gulping down its piece, and came right back at me. Then we had a little dance, where I tried to reload the gun and string the shooting line as fast as I could, while the cuda would circle and make tentative lunges at the fish half. As it would start it's approach I'd forget about loading the gun, take out the spear, and poke at it, which is when it would back off again. Needless to say I felt inadequate with a hand spear and wanted nothing more than to load the gun already, and not only shoot the bastard, but also gut it and recover the other half of the rainbow runner. Anyways I really felt this fish sizing me up, and I didn't like it. At some point I managed to load the gun and string the line with half the fish still on the shooting line. The instant I gripped the gun handle and turned towards the cuda, this time giddy with anticipation, it took off full bore. Make your own conclusions.

  • Spearing near sharks

    Quote from sdeisen

    .. and alan getting chased up by a bull while ascending after doing the same,, and theres no way he was scared cause from what i remember he didn't even know the shark was there

    Alan is an exception, I can tell you as someone who dives with him, that for whatever reason sharks find him very attractive. They will appear in places you wouldn't expect and reveal themselves to him and him alone <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 would seriously not recommend Alan to dive in waters where sharks as a rule are more aggressive.


    Ben, you didn't answer my question?

  • Small kayak for a float

    Quote from shallow runner

    Is a FL and float even necessary in shallow water?

    Where are you going to put your fish, big or small?


    If for whatever reason you have to let go of your gun, and the vis is bad and there's a current, and you don't have a float, you may never find it again.


    If you're diving with a partner, and there's even a little chop, will make it very hard to spot each other without a flag. A lifeguard will not let you launch without a flag. You will get a fine for diving without a flag.

  • Spearing near sharks

    Shooting fish around sharks you have to be able to judge the situation correctly. There are areas in south Florida that are sharky, you get used to it.