Posts by Dan

  • 2008/11/21 Ft Lauderdale (dog snapper)

    Jim and Davie passed by my place after a successful day on the water. It was already dark so the pics aren't so good. There was a beautiful dog snapper, a nice male hog, and a big sheepshead that required head surgery to remove a detachable tip from a pole spear. The guys can tell their stories.



  • Pompano Beach Nov21 [Cobia]

    Facial expression says at least 50lb :) Nice cobe and good story Harry. That is indeed a nice spacious boat and the two motors give that extra peace of mind. How about a pic of the whole boat if you have it. So the cobias are in and the conditions are perfect, I'll be keeping an eye for them when I'm back in the water in a week. How did the cobia taste? Do you like them in general?

  • Shelter dogs

    Your post made me remember the rottweiler chasintail was trying to save on SB a couple of years ago. I usually turn away from things like that but something about that dog made me want to help it. Chasintail really made it look like time was going to run out for this dog and it was a rottie. You may recall I posted that I would take it and was going to. I contacted the people and they didn't seem to be in a hurry to find a place for him at all. They asked me way too many questions. I remained patient and gave them all the info they wanted. This took place over the course of 3 or 4 days. Every time someone new would call with the same questions. At some point it was all agreed upon after speaking to a fairly straight up lady who I believe was running the rescue. I then received one more phone call from some bimbo working for their organization. This one really crossed the line. She wanted to know who I live with and when I said my wife she wanted to speak with her and ask her why we want the dog. At this point I blew up and said I really don't need the dog and I'm only taking it so that you won't kill it, and that I'm finished answering questions. If they want they can let me know when I can take the dog. She said OK and they never called back. You can see why I don't want to get involved with these people.

  • Pneumatic speargun mods

    I bent the trigger pin of the pneumatic during assembly. I straightened it but the tolerance is small so it's not moving in there properly. The pin is 16mm long (not important if it's longer because I can cut it but can't be shorter) and 1.46mm in diameter. Called scuba's world and they simply don't sell the pin. Any ideas?

  • Shelter dogs

    Interesting that you would mention it and come to that conclusion on your own. I've long known that castrating a male dog will do nothing to solve many problems which the neuter Nazis advocate castration for. It took me a while however to understand theoretically why it can escalate the possibility of dog fights. It dawned on me one day as I was watching Caesar Millan's show. He was dealing with one of these people who you really can't tell whether it was male or female. Of course it had a yippy neurotic little dog that it carried in a designer bag and the dog was wearing these little clothes.. It was obviously gay but I really could see no signs which would indicate to me if it was originally a male or a female. Anyways, at one point the camera did a close up on this person and it was talking at length. I caught myself being irritated to a point of mild stress not being able to identify the sex of the person. I figure it works the same way for dogs, even more so because the scent will add to the confusion. Stress means pressure which can precipitate an aggressive response where otherwise there would've been none.


    I agree that rescuing a dog is a great thing. If you'd like to own a dog and rescue at the same time and the dog fits your needs then it's a bonus. The kind of dogs I'm interested in are systematically given up to shelters and put down. This society does not tolerate the dog expressing its natural protective instincts. There are however people who look for just this sort of dog. As a matter of fact any dog that shows strong drive to do anything which it was designed to do in the first place is usually too much for people and they give it up. Why get a performance breed if all you're going to do is keep it at home or never let it off leash. Maybe it's a good thing that American breeders mostly produce pretenders for the show ring, dogs that look the part but nothing more.

  • Shelter dogs

    Wow, a neapolitan mastiff at a shelter. Though it looks brown in the pic, they're supposed to be blue. The shelter people should learn to take better pics as a better pic can easily sell the dog to a potential home. That's quite a jump from a lab to a neo Emil. Of course temperaments vary and it could be a lab in neo clothing :) Looks like a big friendly guy. Looks like he has his nuts too but those will be gone before he gets adopted out. This is one of the reasons I won't consider a shelter dog for myself. I like intact dogs.

  • Riffe Euro

    7mm shaft is a minimum for big fish and it carries some momentum/punch. Anything less would bounce off on a far shot. My understanding is that a Riffe euro will take a 7mm shaft and I know it will take two 16mm bands. I'd shoot that big grouper with that for sure.

  • Riffe Euro

    If those are two 14mm bands then yeah it's a bit weak. I use two 16mm bands. But not clearing the fish is not such a bad thing. I don't like to have the fish on the mono, I feel I have better leverage on a big fish if it's on the spear. In this case it may have hit a vertebrae, still it was a good holding shot. I think that at 10' from the target the spear would have carried enough momentum with at least a 7mm shaft and therefore had the same punch.

  • Feeding dogs natural food

    For me training my own dog is fun. Training other people's dogs is work. With the rare exception of coaching a talented handler and dog team.


    Here's a vid of a mastiff eating a raw chicken for those of you who have never seen a dog eat raw. He's rather slow at it, I like it when my dogs go at the food with more gusto. I'll try to find another vid maybe with some bone crunching sound effects.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-OasV9LCxE

  • Riffe Euro

    It looked like the shaft never fully left the gun. It's seems it's been a long time since I shot something big. Have fun with your gun. But remember a speargun's like a girl you broke up with, if it didn't work once it's not going to work again <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Feeding dogs natural food

    You mean upwards of $10,000? Those kind of prices and higher exist with estate dogs. Basically German shepherd dogs that will protect the property of some people who have more money then they know what to do with and look good doing it. I know how to select and train dogs like that. If I were to get into the dog business I'd stick with what I know as like I said before I have only theoretical knowledge of hunting dogs. I've never shot anything in my life other than a paper target.

  • Feeding dogs natural food

    I understand your point to be that your yellow lab works better in certain conditions and you attribute this to her being fatter? I'm no hunting dog expert but I always thought that the dog's desire to work in those situations depends on its drive level. Maybe your black has lower drive for that kind of work. It does make sense to me to have an insulating layer of fat and fur on the dog when its working in very cold conditions. When I was talking about dogs that should be skinny I was talking about dogs that don't work and are fat year round. Either way a natural diet would be most beneficial.

  • Is jiffy jeff an underestimated freediver or is henqueero a butt kisser?

    I remembered that jiffy posted something on the subject of his abilities before so I looked for it and found it. Looks like in his own words feediving past 60' is always very challenging and some days he can't do it. I'm not trying to take anything away from his abilities, I respect what he said as those are my depths. But it's a long shot from "cruising at 80'".


    http://spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=59444&page=5