Posts by Dan

Quote from seaweed

I know when the pilgrims came the lobster were around 6ft long. I believe I read somewhere that a lobster never stops growing.

Couldn't have been 6ft because there aren't any lobster traps that big :tool3:

There's something impressive about huge lobsters. I'd like to get me one one of these days and see if they really do taste worse than regular sized ones. How big can they really get?

Forecast Sunday
East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 feet or less. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.

We'll be going out of Haulover on Pantoja's boat. He'll take up to 3 more divers. Who's in?

Is this transaction ever going to materialize LOL

An excellent response from Dennis, I couldn't agree more. I have a pair of #2 stiffness blades coming in my next batch. I decided to give them a try about a month ago, I have pain in my right knee sometimes which I used to disregard but became more aware of recently.

Quote from Dennis Haussler

definitely fiins can cause pain,
I had bad knee trouble 25 yrs ago, and just lived with it.
Two years ago, it kicked back in hard, and did some ortho clean up of the joint, but damage is still there.
Anyway, what I wound up doing was going to a much softer fin, like from a #3 to a #1. It really helped my knee, and what came out of it is, I don;t need to use stiff fins to get the work done.
Most americans like stiff fins. Its the " if I can';t feel it, its not working " mindset.
The guys in greece use VERY soft fins, and dive 35mtrs no problem. Now, theyre not trying to turn BIG fish at depth, but even still thats no easy work.
Once I worked at using close, tight kicks, and working from my hips all the way down to the fins, my performance with soft fins went way up. I now use a #2 max, and sometimes carbon fins that are about a #1, and have no problem diving beyond 80ft.
So, don;t be afraid to do down in stiffness.

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I wouldn't be as bored because I'd still be diving and seeing all kinds of stuff. I could just work on my breath hold.

I could say it's by choice but I can't help being bored with line fishing so maybe it's not by choice.

How far is it from the nearest supermarket? Dive spot? Nightly gathering place of good looking girls? Tourist area? Restaurants?

From the website.

You guys are good. Since I don't line fish I guess I never will see this fish. It does look good to eat.

LOL

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Oh, and do you know how I know you're gay? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I don't think anyone is going to fall for this one genius :tumbleweed:

What kind of fish is this? Evidently caught with line and in Miami area.

Jim, Jeff is right on the money with his post. I have my belt trimmed like that but not at such a shallow angle and have no problems getting the weights on. The beauty of these weights is how easy they are to take on and off. This comfort is conducive to being weighed properly when diving. Often fine adjustments should be made on the boat but we're lazy to do it if can't be done easily. While your method with the string is a good solution to get the job done I think the purpose of the weights is defeated as you may be hesitant to go through all that on the boat and may even not bring along the string.

The RA belt is a PITA on so many levels. I've already stated what is wrong with it on my belt thread. It's just so much simpler and better to go with another belt. This is why I'm content with the older mold Jeff made me that will do perfect weights for all belts except the RA.

That's some fancy scale you have there, how heavy does it go?

Yes good looking boys indeed, you have a blessed life Marco. I like how the bigger one has the bigger pargo and vice versa.

I feel smart

If you like Julio start a thread on it, I'm sure everyone wants to know and it will be easier to find in the future for someone who's interested in going.

Are those your two kids Marco? The girl looks like my daughter.

Nice work.

Don't you have a JBL you can try it on? I think the JBLs are not watertight anyways. A wood dowel can be inserted into the barrel to hold the screws.

I know little about how the other pipe guns are made watertight. I would try to acquire the same plug they use and just move it further down the barrel past the point where the spike would be attached. Then I would use the wood dowel.

I think the spike should be shorter. It may be too much leverage from a hard poke for the plastic to hold it. But then you know your plastics.

More pics are always welcome!