Posts by Dan

John Hanson with a 31lb Jack Crevalle.
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Alan, you got a gift with that water.

Be well Chad.

Much respect to Rok and crew.

What is your speargun of choice for these fish Khalid?

Very nice kings.

Khalid, do you mostly hunt bluewater or bottom/reef?

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Now that I think about it, I don't think I even noticed the pneumatic go off. Seems not as loud as what I remember them being.

Same here.

I'll post a pic of my inserts with the bands stretched so you can get an idea.

Ah a feather is pretty light.

Yes I really do. I don't know how you can magically infer that the mares are lighter, without even having a point of reference in the pic. In any case my mention of the Pursuit inserts being lighter than others on the market, where I believe there's a significant weight difference, had to do with this kind of insert not the mares.

Looking at the pic of the mares stuff I get the feeling it's made to be good for eyes more than having any utilitarian value. Just my opinion..

LOL really? did you weigh both of them?

Not being round with a space in between the wires, how does the band seal around the mares wishbones?

I thought of putting a window through the bottom, then I won't need a fish finder, but I'm afraid it will compromise the hull.

For this the diver would have to sit on top? I was thinking keep half the body on the yak and the legs in the water. But if the trolling motor is in the back it will get in the way of doing that.

If it could be pushed through the middle of the yak though, and the clamp and tiller eliminated with just an on/off switch, and you could steer with your fins, you may have something.

They will not.

You serious?

I don't know why you guys are so excited about that POS folded wire with a ball. Here are the new Pursuit wishbone inserts, stainless steel, super light, the holes are completely smooth/deburred, and the length is perfect. You don't even need a tool to get them into the band, just lubricate with spit and push in. The wishbone end of the ball is flat so it will never pull out. Other wishbone inserts look very nice in pictures but in real life are too/unnecessarily bulky. The Pursuit guns will have these wishbone inserts as standard rigging.

My post is from a month ago. A couple of weeks ago I went to sports authority and this little yak was on sale for $99 right by the front door. When I bought my new speedos I got a $25 off coupon on any $100 purchase. So I bought the yak and a piece of gum and it ended up costing me $80. I keep wanting to rig it but haven't found the time so it's sitting in my garage.

It was pumped from carrying the cooler moments before

Only had one so far and it was very good eats.

Don't be waiting for a pic..

This Saturday Pantoja and me joined Rolo on his boat, and headed out of Ft. Pierce. It's always an adventure for me diving with Rolo up there because the diving is so different to what I'm used in Miami and Broward.

Conditions were great on top. There was mixed visibility with about 40ft of clear water and further down an impenetrable muck layer and a vicious thermocline, with no more than 5ft of vis on the bottom. This made diving to the bottom impossible as the combination of psychological and physical factors was overwhelming. Add to that having to swim through and almost touch dozens of huge jewfish none of which were less than 200lb, so %90 of the day I spent hunting from the surface.

Fortunately the fish didn't seem to like the cold either and stayed mid water, the predators which we were after taking turns at the balls of bait fish. Even the mangroves would come up and only go down and disappear into the muck when we'd try to stalk them. There was all kinds of amazing fish movement you'll rarely see in Miami; different sharks, Bonito, kingfish, cobia, rainbow runner, and I even saw a school of sail fish.

Pantoja was using the new pneumatic. I was using the new Pursuit speargun and found it to be very accurate, powerful and quiet. We took all kinds of fish and ran out of cooler space. Here's a vid of Pantoja shooting a cuda, and some pics of the catch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZHzAc8HGo

Rolo with a nice Kingfish.

Pantoja with a mangrove. The mangroves were skittish but he got a few of them, one of which was a good size.

AJ

AJ and bonito.

It was a long day and when by the time we got home the 18lb cobia felt heavier to hold up.

Rainbow runner, my new favorite.

Thanks for everything Rolo, you were a great host.