Posts by Dan

Really, he said that? That's some sage advice Come'on moster, Mexico is a country of craftsmen. You couldn't find a carpenter? It would cost you less than a phone call to Hawaii <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I think what the putz in question doesn't miss is a photo oporturnity <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Sure. How about this brand..

Which immediately makes me think of the putz who used to be so proud of them..

Riffe competitor is a nice gun but the handle sucks.

Freediving gun to me means a better gun. Scuba guys usually don't put emphasis on guns, look at the best seller JBL for example. Why they can get away with these poor quality guns I'm not sure. There are many different well designed guns, wood or pipe, chest loaders or hip loaders, even pneumatics.. so there's no one word to describe them. The fact that they're better makes them freediving guns to me.

Guns that don't fall into the freediving/better catergory IMO are: JBL, AB Biller, Seahornet. These brands don't make a single model that I would use. I base my opinion on having handled and shot all of them. This is not to say you can't shoot fish with them, but you can also do that with a sling.

Who is this amateur? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

What wonderful effects does salvia have? Inquiry minds want to know :tired:

Fiberglass is normally less expensive than carbon and is supposed to be more durable. The advantage of carbon is that it's lighter. We found carbon fins that are as durable as fiberglass under normal use. They are lighter and faster than fiberglass. Once you try these carbon blades you don't go back to fiberglass https://spearfishing.store/fin…rbon-freediving-fins.html

Do you want to improve your spearfishing equipment or do you want to affirm your choice of equipment?

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I am a new spearo and live in Miami, where do you spearfish? I have a boat and I am trying to learn the area and the sport, any advice is welcome.

First advice, when possible change the seahornet to a good freediving gun.

I was invited to go out of Homestead with Pantoja and his friends. The boat owners were a father and son, cool guys, they have a very nice boat. The divers were myself, Pantoja and his friend Guille, the boat owners line fished although the son is showing interest in spearfishing.

It was a cold day that started out sunny then cloudy on and off. The water felt cold to me in a two piece 3mm suit. Visibility was great, top to bottom everywhere though I don't think we went deeper than 45ft. We didn't go to the best spots but I could feel that the fish weren't around and those that were around seemed spooky. Even the ones that normally don't move around too much like the small grey snapper. I don't know if it was pressure on those spots or what.

I got a nice cuda close to the start but quickly got discouraged and sat out quite a bit talking dogs with the boat owner. Pantoja persevered all day with his trademark stick-to-it-ivness. At one point he was diving in shorts and rashguards.

I saw a couple of gags or blacks on different occasions. One was trucking and never gave me a chance, pantoja saw him too. Another time I was racing to reach the boat, the boat would come close but was very hard to reach. I believe the canopy which was very big acted like a sail, it was windy, and would push the boat away. I finally reached it and grabbed the step, took one last look down and saw a grouper go into a small hole. I let go of the boat and swam over, I thought for sure he was mine but just when I finished loading the second band he took off out of the hole. It was about 40ft there.

Pantoja kept raking the bottom for hogs. Towards the end of the day we were coming over to pick him up when he signalled big fish. 15 minutes later he swam over with a very nice cubera, around 15lb? Apparently it holed up in a bad way after being shot and he had to work hard to get it out.

It was a nice day even though the lack of fish as most all days on the water with good friends are but Pantoja saved it with the Cubera. Very generous of him to leave it to the boat owner who BTW wouldn't accept any money for the expenses.

Sounds like a stone shot. What range approx? How many bands?

I don't have numbers for that area but I have some awesome spots a little further north. Do you want the numbers for them? I will text them to you right away.

What's the story of the big AJ, how did you subdue that beast?

Core, I enjoy your enthusiasm

^^^ Does it get any better than this? Rhetorical question..

Nice pics. There are lobster on the rigs?

Here are the standings so far.

Amberjack - Griswold 96lb
Barracuda Great - Emil 51lb
Cobia - pargo 42lb
Grouper Black - Pantoja 49lb
Hogfish - seaweed 9.5lb
Kingfish - Emil 52lb
Lobster Spiny - Pargo 4lb
Snapper Dog - Marco 18lb
Snapper red - griswold 22lb
Yellow Jack - seaweed 15lb

In the case of the bowed glue up piece on the right, wouldn't a jointer or a planer make it straight again with no additional forces acting on the wood afterward? Of course avoiding that warp in the first place the way wood guy does it makes more sense. But if it did happen to be there and the stock was planed to make it straight would that make it weaker in the long run?

Nice. Interesting way to make the trigger guard. She can chest load?

Bill, Thanks for the explanation. I didn't quite get the mental image.. But! sounds like like your stocks shouldn't warp

I actually left the gun in the car permanently So it was there for a few months and this is Miami, it gets like an oven in the car. So one day may not do it.

What does that mean that laminations are not straight?

Yep, no big deal now. It was a springboard to better things. Or as we say in Russian "It was long ago and not true"