Hes a real good guy. I'll give him an invite
Posts by LunkerBuster
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They are really hard to see a lot of the time.
Excellent pics G. Very good eye ESP on the second pic
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Hahaha ouch ben
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I love that song. Both are favorites to play on my ukulele
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Will do.
The name just came from the sheer volume of pursuit gear on the boat. It felt like a commercial. Four pairs of fins, three red tide knives, two pursuit guns.... The list keeps going.
The socks are from the swimoutlet.com or something like that. I'll mine the inbox for the order info if I still have it.
Rolo I will do that in the next thread. Good idea.
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Brian, Steven, Mike and myself hit the water today on mike's awesome boat.
hit spots in 55', 45', 30' and 12'
ended the day with two macs, a mango and three bugs.
I shot a few videos
grabbed these caps quickly..my computer cannot even play a GOPRO vid anymore
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stone shot? look like it with that stupid open mouth look:)
nice work brother...good shooting
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Great idea, but IMO, it looks a bit sketchy...
I cringe thinking about using it... I can see that pvc whacking my hand on the shot.
i actually have thought about that and i would expect that on a normal spear but this is not really supposed to be too powerful...for the rockfish ill be just stabbing them like halis and for a lionfish it just needs to pierce him and hold.
i can also tie off a little bit of dyneema to secure it til i'm on the boat.
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you might be right about the PVC and i might just take it off and use the bicket as you said...a little trial and error is in order.TEST EDIT-
i also tied a knot in the bad, effectively shortening it by two inches...it hits too hard now and the pvc does hit my hand...however, it actually acted more like a braking system and just stopped the spear, it works really well actually and should bring ruin to many lionfish -
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So I found that rock fish and figured i would reverse engineer myself a "safespear" biting the design of the spear of the same name...basically it is a short polespear with a pcv sleeve for sliding the fish off the spear into a bucket or cooler and avoid any hand contact.
I took an old golf club and cut it off at what seemed like a good length. I had this fixed head para tip from an old spear that came in a lot off craigslist and I just epoxied the end closed and then fused the two pieces.
for the rear end, I cut a length of the remaining shaft as long as the diameter of the shaft and drilled a hole of the same diameter...i just stuck the tube in there and figure the dyneema and the tangental pulling forces will keep it in place. it basically is acting as a ferrule.
the nylon strapping is a thumb grip and the club grip holds the pvc in place when not in use
it isnt terribly powerful.....see videos....but it should be sufficient for it's purpose but i can always shorten the powerband if needed.
http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad155/lunkerbuster/lion-destroyer/?action=view¤t=0d0e9841.mp4
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wow, that is really remarkable
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very exciting...that sounds like a perfect size
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Very nice fish. I really enjoyed the intro a lot.
Thanks for sharing the reports
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i think a 3-4ft polespear with a fixed paralyzer tip is in order...this will be a fun project
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any ways for a non marine biologist to spot the difference between a stonefish and any other scorpionfish? all accounts are that they are delicious, and if they are in the same family as the lionfish I believe it
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that's awesome man...way to go
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that is him exactly D. I was thinking I wish I had a polespear with a para tip, some rubber gloves and I'd have had some tasty treats....thanks guys..this is the second one I've found that was big enough to think about taking,,easily 13-15inches long
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awesome...I have the Jewish holidays coming up but I'll try to get up some time next week.
what is the threading size?
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Poison to eat or touch or both? I am lucky. I literally almost hit him with my face. Yikes!!!
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Hey dan I remember you mentioned something might be in the works. Any updates? I'd like a new seven or eight footer and I'd like to see what you have cooking
