Posts by Dan

I'll be ok. I don't like going to a doctor unless I absolutely have to.

If anyone else goes through this, I advise you don't succumb to the overwhelming desire to rub your hand. It makes the pain and swelling much worse. Looks like increasing circulation to area increases the reaction.

Epoxy will add weight.

Before anything I'd see if it floats without the reel. Then with a light composite reel.

Next I would consider changing the handle to wood.

It wasn't a lion fish. The Benedryl had no effect other than making me sleepy. 1.5 days after there's no improvement in the condition of my hand.

I took Benedryl tablets half an hour ago, no effect so far. I'll update tomorrow.

I didn't look just asked here.

My thoughts exactly. Gotta be that I always used gloves. It's one thing to brush by something and be on your way, and another to take a solid hold of the same growth encrusted rock a few times. I believe the skin of the hands and fingers is thinner and more sensitive. If I remember right it requires smaller diameter sutures than other parts of the body when cut.

Took a look with a magnifying glass and didn't see anything. Any spines would've been rubbed off. I had an itch attack and rubbed my hand wildly. This made it much worse. It feels like it's on the way to looking like the pic Hank posted. Did the hot water thing again and couldn't keep it in the water because of the pain, but when I took it out of the hot water there was some relief. It's weird typing like this, my finger tips are double the normal size. I can't make a fist I feel like my hand will explode if I do. I'm surprised the effect is peaking a day after.

I thought I should've grabbed the hydrocortisone rather than the Benadryl cream.. I don't think it will make a difference at this point though. Thanks.

Makes me wonder how presumptuous it is to believe ourselves to be at home in the ocean, yet the smallest thing like this can take you out. I wonder if touching this crap would affect a dolphin or a seal the same way. Then again there are plenty of nasty things on land that can have a similar effect..

Good to see you here Erik. Nice intro.

Thanks Hank. It's nowhere near as bad as that pic, but I can see it getting there if I had a stronger reaction. I tried hot water today. Initially it feels worse but then calms down. But once I remove it from the hot water it goes back to the "normal" painful condition.

Thanks. Nauseous at my stupidity for not using gloves yeah

I forgot my gloves and dove without them. A few times I grabbed rocks (which had some kind of growth on them) to stabilize myself on the bottom. I had no problem in the water but when I got out my left hand started hurting. There was no rash and it wasn't swollen, but it felt like tiny shards of glass digging into the palm and fingers, it also felt swollen/hard to make a fist. Being so uncomfortable I even tried peeing in my hand which didn't help at all.

Today the shards of glass sensation is gone, but the hand is quite painful. I tried Benedryl cream but it had no effect. Holding a frozen water bottle alleviates the pain. Does anyone know of a medication that will fix this?

That's quite an assortment of fish.

Every couple of years or if at a new location (coinciding with there not being any other shootable fish around :)) I try a porgy again. Without fail they taste like what I imagine floor cleaning detergent would taste like.

Yet I really enjoy cuda. Today's catch 5lb of clean beautiful fillets, half an hours work just off the beach, with some mangos from my tree :nana:

George, can you post a link to one or two please.

It's asinine for them to go after spearfishing, this being the first speargun related death I heard of. You'll never see them try to shut down fishing which is considered the deadliest vocation in the US Fishing deaths mount, but government slow to cast safety net for deadliest industry

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Commercial fishing is the deadliest vocation in the United States. Four years running, from 2007 to 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked commercial fishing as the most dangerous occupation in the United States. From 2000 to 2010, the industry’s death rate was 31 times greater than the national workplace average.

I wasn't active fighting proposed closures but I will march in the street over this.

The RA muzzle fits the Stealth aluminum tube perfectly, and the tracks line up.

The stealth carbon barrel is the C1 carbon barrel.

Carbon barrel or aluminum barrel? Both have incorporated tracks.

Actually they're a brand new addition to the Speardiver line. Please keep in mind the current pictures show the Stealth carbon speargun. The only difference is the aluminum barrel, it has a black textured finish. I'll have to shoot some pics asap.

And my friends used to call me a boat nazi every time I'd point out a safety issue.. Generally guys don't like to be criticized/told what to do, and express their irritation. It's enough to make most people keep their mouth shut, which works exactly against increasing awareness of potential dangers. But to me the risk was a stronger impetus than being considered a nag, so I'd bitch even about something like beer caps lying upside down on the boat deck. "I told you" just doesn't seem to be rewarding any more.

Very sad, my heart goes out to the family.

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In the statement, the man’s family called for stricter safety measures, including appropriate regulations for the use of spear guns.

This however takes my mind off the sadness. The reaction is understandable and I was anticipating it. It's normal in times of tragedy to lay blame elsewhere to alleviate the pain of guilt. But at 21 years old the onus was on him and his friend to be safe while engaged in an activity that is inherently risky, even if there were no spearguns involved.

I've done my part to bring the speargun safety issue to light. Just google speargun or spearfishing accidents and this will be your first result http://spearfishing.world/spea…here-you-point-thing.html. Some of you didn't like that graphic thread but it's a necessary evil. This incident is the worst addition yet.

I wonder if he drowned before his friend brought him to the surface.

I wonder what brand speargun it was, and whether it was a trigger malfunction or if the trigger was pressed accidentally. My gut feeling is that the trigger was pressed accidentally. In any case I wouldn't want to be the manufacturer of that speargun right now.

I already answered those questions. If you're asking whether I'm sure about it, yes I'm sure.

There will be no problem with your gear entering Cuba.

Speargun and knife must be in checked in luggage. If asked never say speargun, always say fishing equipment.

Fishing license is required in Cuba. But there's no enforcement and as a visitor for a short time no one will expect you to have it.

You can see what spearfishing in Cuba is like in this thread Cuba spearfishing

A 110cm is not so bad. The speargun is easier to load in the water. The bands do become a little softer after a few cycles of loading and firing. But most importantly you need to develop the right technique for chest/stomach loading. Does anyone have a link to a video?

If you load out of the water make sure you're near a wall and pointing the gun at the wall. If you shoot by accident and the spear travels to the end of the shooting line, it will come back at you point first.