Posts by Dan

Speardivers not speardiving; Fort Lauderdale Speardivers is better. Not saying it's perfect..

Welcome to the forum.

Since I can't offer anything constructive I'm only going to throw this in here for someone who gets interested in a hybrid, tries it, and then wonders what's wrong with them because they don't like it. I like an all wood gun precisely because wood is such a naturally well balanced material. The mass and flotation combination is just right for a speargun and the weight is evenly distributed, often no additional ballast is necessary. I don't like guns that need ballast in the front, it may reduce recoil but makes the gun more difficult to swing. A wood gun does everything I want in the conditions I hunt, namely reef and some artificial structures. I tried a hybrid once, a Wong gun, and found it inconvenient to carry around, I couldn't find a good place to grip it where I could carry it balanced. I also believe hybrids must not be overpowered, even a little bit. Steve's words about the hybrid being more suitable for certain conditions such as hunting in kelp leave the possibility open in my mind, but only for those conditions (which I've never experienced yet).

Quote from monster slayer

Thank you for your generosity!! Steve, from your point of view, what´s the advantage of an hybrid over a full wooden gun? Thank you in advance.

I started another thread to continue this discussion there http://spearfishing.world/spea…brid-over-a-wood-gun.html

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What do you guys in Florida call this snapper? In Cali we call them Dog Tooth, I got this one in La Paz.<br>
Cheers, Don

What was the weight Don?

Thanks Marco.

Lutjanus cyanopterus - Cubera snapper
http://myfwc.com/WildlifeHabitats/saltwaterfish_snapcube.htm

Lutjanus novemfasciatus - Pacific Cubera snapper or Pacific Dog snapper
http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Speciessummary.php?id=169

It's a damn shame. I don't understand, diving has so much history in your state. I don't know much about the marine life part of it, but my gut is telling me it's all just about public image.

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Wellcome to México

What do you mean?

Larry, the pup in the pic looks older than 1.5 months, looks about 3 months old.

Ahh hence MLPA..

Thanks, Dave.

Can someone please explain in a nutshell what just happened in California as far as closing off certain areas to spearfishing?

Looks like you're the only one doubting it

Can a big one fight off the dogs?

Thank you Steve.

On a semi related subject.. Was it you that was experimenting with marine plywood? If so how did that material turn out for gun making?

Do they see it because they're elevated in the vehicle?

How far are they from the coyote when released? How much distance, over open ground, do they need to catch it?

haha fish don't have a brain!!

What are crossings, how do you find them, how many crossings can you watch in one day, and how much time do you spend watching each?

Do the dogs see the coyote before they're released?

Thanks for posting it. The pics are interesting and revealing. How is the coyote located in the first place?

I like that, eliminates the need for weights.

15 degrees.

A different time, a different place, hunting pressure and consequent scarcity of fish and weary fish, will make anyone take shots that are far from %100 sure due to distance or quick movement by the fish. For example I and others have landed nice fish that were tail shot. The alternative of not taking a shot unless it's %100 sure could mean coming away empty handed. With that said I do hate taking shots that are outside my comfort range, but it happens more often than I would like. Could I have done something different with my approach? When I see the difference between a fish that is not weary, like a grazing hogfish, and a skittish one, I think that mostly it's not up to me, there's a limit to how much I can make my approach non threatening.

I dove a few times with a Russian dude here in Miami, actually a very good spearfisher. But he would boast a lot, which became annoying. He would constantly talk about about how all fish should be stoned and how he stones all his fish. Pointing out how light the shaft on his pipe gun is because he doesn't need to worry about it bending. One day he brought it up a notch and said that a really good spearfisher, one who sells his catch, doesn't even go for a stone shot, he shoots the fish through the gills and out the mouth, so as not to damage the meat at all

Truthfully I fell for it, I was really impressed. When hunting I don't have the kind of personality to follow someone, I usually head off on my own following my own instincts. On this one day I said to myself, let me see how this super spearfisher hunts and learn something, and decided to follow the Russian dude around. Not 15 minutes passed and I saw him dive on a fish, I positioned myself above him to watch the action. I saw him take shot and hit a mutton, the fish was hit low, thrashed and came off the spear. Since that day I don't pay attention to such claims. It is what it is.