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hau, I'm going to join you soon. I just have to get the new boogie board/float ready for a beach dive.

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I get the impression that the reason I do not see many fish is
because I am hunting in too shallow water. I would love
to find a "target rich environment" like that.
2.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

For starters don't go with 8 spearos to one spot

You know what, before I buy a 5mm I'm gonna give my vest another try. But man I remember it was hard to breath easily. For this same reason Pantoja dives in rashguards shorts and top right into the winter. You should've seen on Sunday Rolo layered him up in odds and ends to make some kind of full body thermal protection. He dove the whole day and I'm the only one that was complaining about the cold LOL I think as spearos we have to brave the cold to a certain degree no? Plus I think maybe getting in and out of yak or a boat makes you colder than doing a consistent long dive. I'm thinking of beach diving.

Palan'te, cuadra con seareefer and I'm in!

hau, I got cold this Sunday (Jan 11) too. I was using a two piece 3mm suit. The suit has open cell neoprene at the extremities and I had no water circulation inside the suit, however I was still cold. From my limited experience in these waters (about 3 years) I don't think the water gets any colder. Since Sunday I've been thinking about a 5mm too. Last winter I was using a one piece suit that is a little less than 5mm, maybe 4mm and I was warm, but it was a hassle to put on. I also tried the 3mm vest under the 3mm one piece suit approach but I didn't like it because it restricted my breathing too much and I felt I wasn't breathing up properly. I'm now thinking a 5mm top with 3mm pants. Or 5mm torso with 3mm sleeves and 3mm pants.

Rolo told me that Jan and Feb are the coldest months of the year here. From geography class I remember that land heats up and cools down faster than water. This means that although temperatures will rise after Feb the water temp will be behind, maybe a month behind. So for three months of diving out of the year a warmer suit is a good investment IMO. Or you can just tough it out

Is that the preferred way? I think the quarry be it bear or cat will know anyways that the dogs are after it so I don't know if there's an advantage to being quiet. However being vocal always lets the hunter know where the dogs are. Maybe they save energy and can work longer if they don't bark? Regardless I understand the dog's psychology if it only barks in the end. First it's focused and working then when it's so close and can't get the animal the dog gets frustrated and vocalizes.

Hola Misael. Si, el reporte esta por aqui http://spearfishing.world/miam…9-haulover-1-10-09-a.html Tu sobrino is uno de los mejores pescadores submarinos que yo conozco.

Good one!

Pantoja and myself joined Rolo out of Stuart on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny day with flat seas, zero current and unusually good viz for the area. A fun relaxed day with good friends. Rolo is a super host right down to the sandwiches A few fish were taken by all but nothing noteworthy. The deepest we went was 60'. It was great to see Sergio back in the water. Thanks Rolo for taking us out.

A feeding frenzy of pelicans at the cleaning station, I'm not used to seeing so many so I found it interesting. One swallowed what I believe to be a big fish head that it couldn't get down so his throat looked like it was going to explode.

Good reason to send some business their way when I'll need aluminum. I've thought about making a pole spear just for fun before, aluminum would seem to be the material of choice. So this project of yours is it spearfising related?

seaspliff <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"> how did I miss the obvious.. Ron, that's not starting to clean the fish, that's making it 29" long

Stories of lost shafts are always interesting. How did it happen?

I lost a shaft about a year ago in that area. I was diving with Pantoja and a few other guys. I was stalking a grouper, he finally stopped to give me a shot, I couldn't see any holes around so when I shot him I didn't hold on to the line. He zoomed into a hole that I couldn't believe he'd fit in. He took my shaft far inside with almost all the shooting line. The back of the Riffe shaft caught on some rock inside and I couldn't get it out by pulling on the shooting line nor could I reach the shaft to wiggle it free. I cut the mono with about 4ft of it floating out of the hole. There's the only advantage of the euro shafts, the mono is connected to the very back and so there's no toggle effect that would cause the back of the shaft to catch on something.

Nice hogs and good shot placement. Did you go north or south? Depth?

Good to hear, nice teamwork that's what it's all about:good:

No need to seal the slot as Herculiner can be sponged on. It has pretty good adhesion so I think I can do it without encapsulating the weight. The nice thing about Herculiner is that you can touch up as need be in the future, it adheres well to itself in a dry state.

Maybe someone remembers I started a thread on this way back when on one of the other forums. Some ideas were floated including plasti-dip and plasti-dip spray. I have some experience with these materials. The spray is no good, the layer is too thin and weak. The liquid is better but it doesn't go on evenly and it's hard to fit the dive weight in the relatively thin container that the stuff comes in. Plus there's the problem of plugging the belt slot. If you start brushing it on it really goes on unevenly. The adhesion of plati-dip is also not the best so what keeps it on well is an encapsulating effect. Because of the slot and the relative thinness of the weight around one side of it, the encapsulating effect is lost.

I'm thinking that the best way is with Herculiner. I'm really amazed at this stuff, I use it on my speargun handles. It is brushed or sponged on, dries as thick as you can lay it on and has good adhesion. The textured finish may even add to the non slip effect which I'm looking for. I've only seen Herculiner in black color but I guess it could be worse. I'll do a couple of weights and post back.

What can one say.. His new life starts now, a new harder life with no diving and no many other things as well. It's a bad omen for this new year. Still a life with no legs beneath the knee is a liveable one. I can foresee myself finding the will to live as opposed to if I were to lose my sight. My grandfather lost a leg below the knee stepping on a mine in WWII, he is still with us and lived a long full life, has 4 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

These fucking boats however is a serious issue we all need to keep in mind. This is why I will not beach dive on weekends. This is why having a float and a flag is very important. Still I had many close calls. At least as freedivers we have better awareness of our surroundings and better mobility to get out of the way of a boat. Those scuba divers with all that cumbersome gear on were sitting ducks.

A wahoo with a reel would be an achievement but not the surest way to land it I think.

For me it takes a longer surface interval after shooting and fighting a big fish. The excitement of the fight makes it more difficult afterwards to get into good breath holding state. The quicker I'm able to regain a calm state after a fight the more indication it is that I'm diving well. For this reason I think the 2:30 surface interval was pretty good in the sense it didn't take you long to get your air again.