Posts by Dan

Very good! The butt is the one thing I'm undecided on. I really would like to get away from the conventional look of the butt pad as everything on the gun, except for the trigger mech and line anchor, is made by me. However I don't want to lose on the ease of use and I'm looking for alternatives. I don't like the idea of building up the back with more wood.

I'm finishing a new gun and took some pics of how I make the palm swell on the handle. It's two part epoxy and sticks very well onto the wood. Over this will go the Herculiner coating. This time I have a router so rounding the edges of the handle only took a couple of minutes and is more consistent. Before I did it with a sander and files. I still had to use a file for the places where I couldn't use the router, where the handle joins the stock.

Pictures would be best anywhere! I was thinking that since you're concentrating on conditions here we may never see a pic from you as there's little point to starting another report thread with pics if you already have the conditions report here.

This is a private section after the first post.

Very descriptive and interesting, thank Jeff. Were those shopping baskets or shopping carts? Plastic or metal? Also do the tires and boat get coral growth on them?

hau, great thread and much appreciated. Does this mean all your fish pics you will post here?

No te preocupes about measuring instruments an estimate is just fine as if there's something so extreme that is prohibitive of diving for someone I'm sure it will be evident from your report.

How far north and south in Broward do you range?

BTW are you breaking your own recommendation as it seems most of the time estas buceando solo? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Looking forward to your reports.

Look at this, all the old farts of the forum on one thread

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Figure you have a target like a small sunken boat, about 15' long and 4' wide, on a featureless bottom in about 40'.

I find this interesting. I know that fish can congregate on the strangest stuff. What can you find on a wreck like that?

hau, the vest is probably a better idea for this application than as a black out survival tool. I used to worry about being swept out to sea and find that I don't much anymore. I've never seen a current here that goes out to sea, but I could be ignorant about it. Rip tides I understand are not a serious concern because you ride them out and then you're not so far out from where you started. The other thing I can think of is being lost from the boat. I think in those cases though the wetsuit provides some flotation once you ditch the weight belt. Floats should be made comfortable to hold on to. If you're using a boogie board for a float you can lie on it.

This is the article and it's long http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081215/penn?rel=hp_picks Interview with Raul starts on page 3.

I really respect Sean Penn as an actor. I think he's versatile and I enjoy most of his movies. But now I don't know what to think of him. Why is it that these show business types always get seduced by men like Fidel and Raul. I guess they don't know that the arts get special treatment in Cuba. These celebrities go to Cuba and get the sense that it is a special place which is understandable. But they really need to take their head out of their ass and see the reality of what the Cuban leadership has done to the country. Strangely ignorant on behalf of Penn chumming around with Raul. You'd think that with the means he has and the life experience a man in his position can accumulate he wouldn't be so naive. Opening a dialog is one thing but openly admiring the man is weak.

We all know Fidel has a way with words that can twist people's heads around. I guess it rubbed off on Raul as he seems to dish out the same seducing charm (from Penn's perspective) which I think you'll note if you read the article. Shit he's even able to get to me with hings like this (page 4):

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I want to ask Castro my unanswered question a final time, as our mutual body language suggests we've hit the witching hour. It is after 1 am, but he initiates. "Now," he says, "you asked if I would accept to meet with [Obama] in Washington. I would have to think about it. I would discuss it with all my comrades in the leadership. Personally, I think it would not be fair that I be the first to visit, because it is always the Latin American presidents who go to the United States first. But it would also be unfair to expect the president of the United States to come to Cuba. We should meet in a neutral place."
He pauses, putting down his empty wine glass. "Perhaps we could meet at Guantánamo. We must meet and begin to solve our problems, and at the end of the meeting, we could give the president a gift...we could send him home with the American flag that waves over Guantánamo Bay."

Still one has to keep in mind the reality of the average person living in Cuba.

Now there's a bit of truth you don't hear every day.

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I couldn't aim at all, had to guess where the spear would go!

I thought this was your normal shooting style <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Dirty Sanches.. reminds me of a photoshop I did about bgbill's goat. I'll try to find it.

There's a Pelaj gun already for sale in members items on SB for much lower than that. But I know the feeling. Don't you dare not report on the gun good or bad <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> And better yet a good report and some pics of fish taken with it :thumbsup1:

That does sound like a pickle. When current is bad we usually opt for drifting the reef.

The obvious thing that comes to mind is positioning the boat over it. I'm not very knowledgeable about anchoring, are there anchors that will hold solid onto sand? I'd locate the wreck with the depth finder, make an up current approach on it and drop anchor some distance ahead of it. Then pay out anchor line until the boat is directly above the wreck and then tie it off. Does this sound feasible? At 45' I could also tie the marker buoy line to the wreck. This will permit a much shorter line positioning the marker buoy closer to the wreck. Or use the anchored boat plus the buoy to get your bearings. You can then swim hard into the current to get ahead of the wreck and coordinate so when you end your descent you'll be on the wreck. Current is always a bitch but 45' is not so bad depending on how strong the current really is.

Great report Jim, I enjoyed reading it, even the part about me being a wuss.

This is a Caribbean reef shark. Are you sure it had the black tipped fins? I've never seen one around here.

The ALT and number pad worked, interesting I never knew about it.

35' - 45' is very convenient depth. When it's so shallow I think the poor visibility will be to your advantage so the fish don't see you start your descent. With a marker buoy and not a crazy current should be very doable. Aren't you curious how the fish will behave on your spots without the noise and bubbles?

Wow I didn't know it gets that cold, converts to 14°C. BTW where's the degree ° character on the keyboard? How about an old pic of gags or snapper then?

Do people freedive the rigs in the winter? You should try to make it to Miami for a couple of days diving with us.

What depths were you doing? I had somebody asking me if freediving is feasible up your way.

Yes, I remember you like it too. Not really complicated though. Your basic sofrito with onion and garlic. Then some tomato paste with seasoning of your choice and the lobster. Served with jasmine rice is very nice.