Posts by Dan

I don't have one. I had a hollow aluminum JBL and sold it. I sold it because if I'm going to be spearing where I can't use a gun I prefer to use a sling.

The part of the spear that's shaft instead of solid aluminum may be just as heavy.

Because the suit is so thin, and has jersey on the inside rather than open cell, it will not be too warm. 10-4 on the hood guys, but this will probably make it more expensive. For people who don't like a hood cutting it off while paying for a complete suit with a hood may be a turn off. Making two versions, one with a hood and one without is more complicated than I want to get into.

Haven't decided yet. I guess you want a hood for sun protection?

I'm working on a 1.5mm reversible 2 piece suit/jacket and pants, my green camo on one side and blue camo on the other. Also a vest/rashguard combination ala hammerhead in my colors. Unfortunately I don't think I'll have them ready for this summer. Thank you for the suggestion. I do have some nice spearguns coming soon

The Ray Odor polespear is a solid piece of aluminum. I mean it comes in three section but each section is solid. There's not much to making a pole spear out of solid aluminum, you drill a hole in one end and stick a piece of shaft in securing it with a pin. The fact that it comes apart in three sections, is knurled and anodized takes more work to make but doesn't affect it's functionality. Yes it is robust and not likely to break. I believe the Manny Puig pole spear is also solid aluminum.

What does that mean? That the polespear is heavy and slow. Heaviness provides penetration power, but penetration power is no good if the fish moved before the spear hit it. Speed also gives penetration. For a polespear I prefer the kind of penetration that comes with moderate weight and lots of speed. I found the JBL hollow aluminum polespear to be very fast, in combination with a slip tip I believe it can take big fish. Fiberglass is also faster than solid aluminum, but not as fast as hollow aluminum. It's questionable how much stress the hollow aluminum can handle before it bends but a slip tip should help to prevent that from happening. I think an ideal polespear would be made of two materials, maybe half from aluminum and the other half from carbon or something along those lines. I'm not an expert on polespears, I haven't used one in a long time, but solid aluminum is definitely too heavy and slow for anything but the most close up shots on slow/big fish. You don't need to be in the water to figure this out, just put a milk jug or something on your lawn and have a go at it.

I can see it fine on both Firefox and Explorer. Maybe Hialeah is watching it from work or school, sometimes pics are blocked by institutions.

Wow tinu, you're 42!? From your pics I thought much younger than that. You're doing something right.

Stefan, I don't understand how you can still be overweight with all that. To me the schedule you outlined is equivalent to being a professional athlete. What I mean is I wouldn't have time for anything else between the specialized food preparation and the different exercising. Maybe I'm just lazy. I am overweight now but this will change without any particularly strong effort and by that I mean not having to do things that I really don't enjoy doing. I like to dive, on days when conditions are good, will add up to 2-3 times a week in the summer. I also like grappling which will also be 2-3 times a week. When I'm training dogs I have to put on the bitesuit and run around for a bit, this is good exercise too because the suit is very heavy. Between all that I think I should be in good enough shape.

Nice king. And good writeup too I forgot to say.

Yeah, I want to know what a NICE hog looks like.

I got a double once on two big YJ. They went in different directions and there was no way the spear and line could hold both. I landed the one that the spear passed through. If I could have pulled it off it would've been epic though. To this day the spot is marked on my GPS as YJX2.

A double on NICE hogfish, that doesn't happen often.

Congratulations Anthony and Core. Anthony, she's beautiful. I love having a little girl, and I always thought I wanted a boy..

John Hanson
Mangrove snapper
12lb
April/2010
Mississippi

Amberjack - Griswold 96lb
Barracuda Great - Emil 51lb
Chub (Australia) - red tide 27lb
Cobia - Rolo 50lb
Dolphin - griswold 54lb
Giant Trevally - Nunodias 72lb
Grouper Black - Pantoja 49lb
Grouper Yellowfin - Jareyberrysplash 26lb
Grouper Garropa - Monster Slayer 40lb
Hogfish - seaweed 9.5lb
Jack Cravalle - sharkan 19lb
Kingfish - Nunodias 73lb
Lobster Spiny - attan 5lb
Mackerel Shark - red tide 26lb
Mackerel Spotted - red tide 14lb
Margate Black - Dan 8.5lb
Marlin Black - Nunodias 243lb
Snapper Cubera - Julio 24lb
Snapper Pacific Cubera - Don Paul 60lb
Snapper Dog - Marco 18lb
Snapper Mutton - greekdiver 19lb
Snapper Mangrove - John Hanson 12lb
Snapper red - griswold 22lb
Tuna Yellowfin - griswold 141lb
Yellow Jack - Pantoja 19lb
Yellowtail - Don Paul 48.5lb
Wahoo - Don Paul 79.6lb

Actually it's a forum record, and I'm submitting it on your behalf John

One other thing in the interest of saving yourself some cash. I find that the H Dessault pocket is very similar to the omer in terms of fit and how much stiffness it adds to the blade. I do have H Dessault in 44-46 and will sell singly. I admit it's a little strange diving with two different pockets but they really are very similar. Besides your other omer pocket is probably on its way to tearing too, when it does you can get a 2nd H Dessault pocket. BTW I don't like the DiveR blades, they're too heavy and the angle.. well have a read http://spearfishing.world/fins…er-edge-and-waterway.html Anyways if you're set on another omer pocket please disregard my rambling.

PS. I don't know how old your omer pockets are, I'm assuming they're the older milleniums, the omer pockets of the new production I believe are now coming with a much stiffer sole and tendons, maybe to correct that very problem that you experienced. If since the last time I checked omer is still producing these stiffer pockets and you buy one of them, guaranteed your fins will not match, the one with the new pocket will be significantly stiffer. On the other hand the H Dessault is very similar to the old omer millenium, and I haven't heard of them tearing yet. Here's a pic of the new omer milleniums, the shiny/glossy surface of the tendons and sole is what gives them away, it's more plastic like than rubber.

http://spearfishing.world/fins…dessault-footpockets.html

Any progress on the fix?

The pocket tearing under the heel is probably the back of the blade pushing through the rubber. The pocket could be under warranty depending on how long ago you bought it and from who. I have a couple of pairs of 42-44 omer millenium pockets if that's your size. Let me know if you're interested info@pursuitspearfishing.com

Yes, bunching up under the suit is one of the main concerns. Especially an open cell inside wetsuit.

I'm behind on underwear terminology so your descriptions are not enough. Davie, what are speedos that almost reach your knees? What are speedos that look like briefs? Can you please find a pic.

Frank, what do you have?

Papaa, what are speedo thin board shorts?

This is what I consider a speedo

These look interesting. I think this style that's a little longer than the traditional Speedo is referred to as square leg.

This length is called jammer.

Impressive fish. Must've been recent because that Sporasub float hasn't been on the market that long.