Posts by Dan

Quote from Toledo970

One thing that hasn't been touched on; when price wars begin, especially in the economic times we're in, the end product will eventually suffer.

I can't agree with you there. Maybe with another product line but not spearfishing. You know how cheap the components are; aluminum tube, molded plastic muzzle, molded plastic handle, all made in China. How much cheaper (meaning poor quality) can it get? That's why when it comes to spearguns I like a wood gun, better if it's made by me. This way I know exactly what went into it.

If you had a PH would you have used it?

Rolo uses the black fiberglass tooled blades stiffness #3.

I was diving from the beach and alone Hitting it with the spear while it's in the gun was so weak.. The spear felt springy every time I poked and I was worried about damaging the mech. Being a nurse shark I'd reconsider shooting out the spear so I can poke it with the spike, a much more solid hit.

fuzz, normally what's the deepest you dive to hunt?

If it's around 60ft how will you weigh yourself from now on, the way you used to or the way you were taught at the clinic?

Quote from gerald

...in reality I've never felt threatened enough to feel compelled to slip one on. The few occasion where I did feel threatened, I simply didn't have the chance to slip it on, as the shark caught me totally by surprise.

I agree. But then those are not the ones we need to worry about right? It's the shark that shows interest and will not go away that gets the PH. I equate interest with aggression, the shark is not there to make friends with me. It may happen once in a lifetime but when it does you'll wish you had the PH. And honestly I have no problem PHing a shark whether it kills it right then and there or mortally wounds it to die later. As far as I'm concerned if a shark is of a species that can be a danger to me and it is not showing a reaction of fear towards my advance/stays withing shot range I will PH it. I wish we were allowed to spear them for food like in PR.

Tito told me once of a tradition he was taught by his uncle(?) in Hawaii. He said that if a shark shows aggressive behavior and is after fish or a diver then they'll poke it once with the spear as a warning out of respect. If it doesn't go away then the next thing is they PH it. I can see the fairness in that but I prefer my way. The worst incident I had was with a nurse shark. It came up and after my stringer. I poked it with the spear 5 times in the head and it kept circling and coming back after the fish. I didn't PH it because I thought it was just a poor nurse shark. But at that point I was getting worried. I focused and decided that the 6th poke is going in his little yellow eye. He must have noticed something about me because just when I was ready to do it he looked me in the eyes and took off.

Yaudon, most of the good points you made don't apply to spearfishing specifically. I never said kayaks don't have their uses, just look at the picture below. Kayaking in itself is a lot of fun and a practical way of getting around in certain water conditions. My problem with the kayak is only as a spearfishing platform in the conditions I'm familiar with here in south Florida. I was just curious to find out how people who favor the kayak for spearfishing negotiate the disadvantages I listed. I realize now that the title of the thread "Pros and cons of a kayak" was misleading so I changed it to be more specific. I know that kayaking is important to you and I apologize as I didn't mean in any way to detract from the value of the kayak in general.

When I try to envision conditions in which the farther range of the kayak would outweigh its disadvantages I think of productive bottom that's at least 1 mile from the nearest shore entry point, with nothing in between. The way things are here I can easily swim to the 2nd reef. I never tried swimming to the third reef yet.

Quote from LunkerBuster

this is why underwater footage is so valuable to us...to learn the visual clues that a shark is deparate, aggresive or just behaving oddly, can be the thing that saves you from a random attack

The only sign I saw is that the shark was not going away. Is this what you meant? One would have to be stupid to feed sharks like that and purposefully put himself in that situation. Wanting to be around feeding sharks is something that runs contrary to common sense and natural survival instinct. When I have a shark around that's interested in me and my fish and is not showing signs of being afraid of me, I slip on the powerhead and get ready to pop him.

Gerald, Julio, thanks for sharing your experiences.

Come over

Quote from Rolo

What normally would not be a quarry for these lions became one under hunger and duress. I wonder how many times this has occured with sharks in the wild...

Well said.

I saw the fight. I'm not going to post it because it's too long, being a championship fight it's 5 rounds. The person who wrote the review in the first post doesn't know his ass from his elbow about MMA. Every time Leites went to his back I saw logic in it, it was not a cowardly move. Silva fought a strategic technical fight and I wouldn't criticize him for it. He could have been more aggressive but part of being a pro is staying safe and not taking unnecessary risks. Every shot taken during a fighters career has a cumulative effect. Kudos to Leites being the obvious underdog but surviving against Silva. Leites made some nice takedown attempts but just didn't have the tools agains Silva. I thought the fight was entertaining. Silva displayed some unorthodox striking techniques.

This is the worst crimp job I've ever seen http://spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=40912& Can't believe that was only 2 years ago..

Monster, nice highlights of Ramon Dekkers.

What you guys fail to see is that this whole UFC thing is becoming/is like a soap opera for the fans, much like pro wrestling. For the vast majority of people who follow the UFC and contribute financially, when they get a chance to bitch and complain they feel like they're part of what's going on and this keeps them coming back no matter what. This Silva/Leites controversy is just going to bring more interest in the form of "Lets see what happens next time." or "Let's see how Dana White will squirm next time." It's a shame what UFC has become but I never really loved it like I did Pride anyway.

I'll try to post the video of the fight shortly. Notice how we're all curious to see it..

Cool beans, thanks for all the explications. I'm tempted to give the lifeguard rescue can another chance.

I'm looking to increase speed of loading and ease of use by simplifying the rigging and eliminating the slide ring.

Very cool about the dolphins. I remember seeing a documentary where they beach themselves in mud 3 at a time as they drive the fish onto shore ahead of them. Must be so nice to catch a buzz in the evening and watch them work..

About the float one thing that I can see you did different is the flag anchor. How does that work?

Thanks for sharing the story and the pics Alvin. I'm glad it all came together for you. Sounds like you had a good time and Bill and Jeff are great hosts. Your daughter is precious. BTW did you wear those sneakers to match with the speargun handle? I recognize the color scheme

Jeff, when you get a chance could you please post what you did different with the float on the thread I already started. And also.. does Alvin talk with as many smilies in person as he does in his posts <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> :hooray:

I'm guessing that's some kind of egret, maybe reddish?

The point is it's not the promoters and owners who make a great fight it's the fighters. If a fighter doesn't have a good fight I don't get pissed with him. I just may not be interested in watching him any more. I never pay to watch this stuff anyways so I don't feel I'm in a position to demand something. If you paid and feel you didn't get your moneys worth take it up with the UFC. Until you've been in the ring don't judge the fighters.

I don't care. It's about the fighters not the fans. I'm tired of it being packaged like the fighters owe us something. I always put myself in the place of the fighter and think what would I do. If the equation was such that one fighter's style negates the other so be it, it happens. I've yet to see the fight though.

I think this board can handle a 50lb fish. The gun inline with the spear and the float line also creates drag for the fish. I can also put more drag on the line by holding it. It's not likely to encounter a fish bigger than 50lb diving from the beach. Everything's a trade off but the balance of weight, flotation, and durability is pretty good on this board considering what it costs to make. If I was targeting big fish I obviously wouldn't use the board in this thread. What I would like to experiment with would be a board made of Divynicell but not as thick as the tuna board.

I don't like the bucket. I've tried similar things and there's too much drag on top because of the wind and on the bottom due to water displacement. I also don't like inflatable floats shardanah style. While I've never tried it I know very well what it's like to pull around a small inner tube, it's a PITA and and the shardanah should be no easier.