hey Dan- I have been toying with the idea of a line shaft sling...how do you connect yours and does it effect your firing at all?
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I have been toying with the idea of a line shaft sling...how do you connect yours and does it effect your firing at all?
I've used it at the Bahamas with great success. Here are some pics of the rigging. It's very simple. I attach the float line to the sling, the spear is attached to the sling with the shooting line. Doesn't affect accuracy at all. You can shoot any size fish and as long as you have some penetration you can play the fish with the float line. Better range than with a pole spear and you can't damage any component.
On this spear I have a spinning point with double barbs. Since the range is not very long this has no effect on accuracy, neither does the attached mono. Take any SS shaft, thread the end and drill a hole at the point that is closest to the sling when you're at maximum pull. This is where you crimp the mono, secure the other end of the mono to the sling, there are a variety of ways to do this. You can tie the sling to a float and tow it. You can use a slip tip for the spear too. Big fish can be taken like this, I prefer this setup to a pole spear, it has more punch and 4 times more range.
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Nice, I love the pregonero concept.
But having someone else do it goes against my DIY nature
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When you splice be nice and let me know, I've never seen it done and would like to.
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So where do I order this floatline? I'm gonna try to get that 600' spool. Making a large batch of floatlines.
What happened to the tube? <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
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Is that really him? Looks by the body structure like it could be. If so I find it a little sad, what age will do to a man. On the other hand he pushed it to the extreme when he was young, maybe a more natural athlete would age better. Arnold was born in 1947 so that makes him 62 at this time. Still not so bad considering it's a bad pose and how much pressure he put on his body. It's only striking in comparison to the other pic.
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Not sure about which length is best. Fiberglass is lighter/faster than solid aluminum. Hollow aluminum like a JBL I used to have is lighter/faster than fiberglass. If you're going after fish under 10lb I would definitely go with hollow aluminum.
Carbon is another interesting option but it's much more expensive. Seastinger http://www.seastinger.com/pole-spear.html makes them. That's what I would go for. The whole idea of a pole spear is that it's supposed to be dirt cheap. But if I had the cash and want to hunt seriously in a place where a trigger was not allowed, like the Bahamas, I would get that carbon spear.
Other than that I would go to home depot and buy a wood dowel and insert it into a PVC pipe, figure out a way to secure a tip to it and that's it. It should be lighter than fiberglass which is still relatively heavy/slow.
BTW for all around use I much prefer the sling (once I put shooting line on it) to the pole spear.
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Stay away from solid aluminum pole spears. They are heavy and consequently too slow. The heavy ones are good for BIG fish where you need lots of penetrating power. Paralyzer tip is only good for small fish. I recommend a slip tip which can be used for small fish and all the way up to 10lb fish.
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I thought for sure hau would have the definitive word. OK about the one I recommended.. It does have inflatable tires, on paved road it moves very easily with the yak on top, through sand it's a chore. At least the wheels turn. I believe if the wheels were thin they wouldn't turn at all in the sand and you'd just be dragging the yak. Stability wise it was pretty good. Once you fasten the top strap it would stay in position. It wasn't collapsible at all which means another trip back to the car to put it away rather than stow it on the yak.
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Interesting choice. But I was thinking someone a little more manly who doesn't shave his chest, to keep it believable, after all it's a barbarian.
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Good thread title BTW.
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Molding carbon looks like fun. So have you permanently moved away from the creamy cheese filling to wood dowels? Can I know the secret now?
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Dan
Spiny Lobster
Nov 7/2008
Ft. Lauderdale
4lb
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If only he could speak LOL It's about time Conan was remade with a better actor and better special effects.
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Forum fish records.
Submissions are based on an honor system, at least until it get's really ridculous Feel free to make your submission and displace any of the current record holders or put a new species on the board. Only members of the forum can participate. When the new records will be added the old ones will remain on this thread but will be replaced in the list in this post.Emil
Great Barracuda
Date - ?
Port St. Lucie
51lb
Pantoja
Black grouper
March 28/2008
Miami
49lb
Emil
Kingfish
Date?
Location?
52lb
Updated 8.6.2011
Abalone - spearstuff 9.25"
African Pompano - Roberto Reyes & Gamble 36lb
Albacore – virgili ?lb
Amberjack - red tide 97lb
Barracuda Great - Emil 51lb[/COLOR]
Black Drum – red tide 35lb
Black Spot Tusk Fish - cww 10lb
Cabezon – spearstuff 7.8lb
Calico bass - bluesquids 8.95lb
Carp - Ryddragyn 23.5lb
Catfish Blue - imthbdmn 45lb
Catfish Flathead - imthbdmn 35lb
Chub (Australia) - red tide 27lb
Cobia - Rolo 50lb
Cuttlefish - cww 14lb
Dolphin - griswold 54lb
Flounder Summer - Greekdiver 11lb 11oz
Giant Hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus) – Spearstuff 5.5lb
Giant Trevally - Nunodias 72lb
Golden travally - Slingador 25lb
Grouper Black - cmfish 52lb gutted
Grouper Cabrilla – greekdiver 26lb
Grouper Gag – Rumblefish 28lb
Grouper Garropa - Monster Slayer 40lb
Grouper Gulf – garret 76lb
Grouper Leopard (Mycteroperca rosacea)- ddonnel 22.3lb
Grouper Nassau - Jareyberrysplash 35lb
Grouper Tiger (Mycteroperca tigris) - Rolo 14lb
Grouper Yellowfin - Roberto Reyes 31lb
Grunt Burrito – ddonnel 5lb
Halibut – Phil Herranen 30lb
Hogfish - red tide 19.6lb
Jack Black - Roberto Reyes 23.3lb
Jack Cravalle - John Hanson 31lb
Rockfish Black & Yellow– Spearstuff 9oz
Rockfish Kelp– Spearstuff 18oz
Kingfish - Nunodias 73lb
Lion Fish - Roberto Reyes 3/4lb
Lobster Spiny - Gerald 14lb 9oz
Lobster Spiny California - spearstuff 8lb
Lookdown – Rolo 2lb
Mackerel Cero - Roberto Reyes 15lb
Mackerel King - Marco 64lb
Mackerel Shark - red tide 26lb
Mackerel Spotted - red tide 14lb
Margate Black - khalel 10lb
Marlin Black - Roberto Reyes 296lb
Marlin Striped - Red Tide 99.78lb
Ocean Whitefish - spearstuff 15oz
Opaleye - spearstuff 4.5lb
Pacific Tiger - Roberto Reyes 4lb
Parrot Fish - Roberto Reyes 21.5lb
Permit - Rumblefish 42lb
Rock Hind - Pantoja 2.5lb
Rooster fish – nyspear 50lb
Sailfish - Roberto Reyes 109lb
Sand Bass - Ryddragyn 6.5lb
Sargo - spearstuff 3.3lb
Sculpin - spearstuff 1.5lb 13.5"
Sheepshead – bamaspearo 7.1lb
Sheephead California - wobbegong 31lb
Snapper Cubera - red tide 96lb
Snapper Cubera (Pacific) - Don Paul 60lb
Snapper Dog - Roberto Reyes 19.14lb
Snapper Mahogany – japsw ?lb
Snapper Mutton - greekdiver 19lb
Snapper Mangrove - Gamble 15.6lb
Snapper Pargo Barred (Hoplopagrus guentheri)- Spearstuff 8lb
Snapper red - griswold 22lb
Snapper red (Pacific) - Roberto Reyes 24lb
Snapper Schoolmaster – Rolo 7lb
Snapper Yellowtail - Roberto Reyes 6lb
Snook - Roberto Reyes 28lb
Striped Bass – JimCuda 42lb
Striped Bass Freshwater – Ryddragyn 12lb
Tautog - Greekdiver 15.5lb
Triggerfish Finescale (Balistes polylepis) - Spearstuff 4.5lb
Triggerfish Ocean - Roberto Reyes 16lb
Tuna Blackfin - red tide 26.5lb
Tuna Yellowfin - Roberto Reyes 276lb
Yellow Jack - Pantoja 19lb
Yellowtail - Don Paul 48.5lb
Wahoo - Roberto Reyes 89l
White Sea Bass - spearstuff 57lb -
The story is called "The Wait"
Kinda like what I'm doing to get the weight of the kingfish? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
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Congrats Emil, that's a hell of a fish, and yeah you were lucky with the headbutts. I'm thinking of starting a record thread for all the forum members. At this time you'd be the cuda record holder and Pantoja the black grouper record holder as far as I know. Submissions will be based on an honor system. Do you guys think this is something that would be fun?
And BTW spear went through the fish!? It's time to change my bands.
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I think hau is the man to answer this question. His yak cart to a regular cart is like what a monster truck is to regular trucks <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Stevo, I had the one in the ebay ad. I couldn't figure out what to hell to do with it. Check out this thread http://spearfishing.world/boat…aks-and-spearfishing.html It's the other one that worked well enough. I've considered the one that fits into the scupper holes but heard something negative about it, can't remember what it was, it seems like a good idea though.
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hehehe
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Funny this comes up now, I've never noticed this thread. I never heard about chimichurri and my wife bought some to put on steak yesterday. I'll try it on fish soon. Thanks all for sharing.
