Posts by LunkerBuster

  • Speardiver SA euro shafts

    thanks a lot for the feedback guys..I think the answer is to get some 200lb mono and rig that on my regular guns and just bring a spear rigged with 400lb when I'll be diving a wreck.


    anyone have any insight on 200 lb vs 300 lb? i know one holds 100lbs more...duh.....any other thoughts or considerations?


    my thinking goes like this..


    it is better to keep as much strength as possible while getting as much reduction as possible- ie go to 300 cos it is the best compromise


    OR


    if I am giving up the strength of 400, i should go as thin as possible to maximize the lighter line and go as light as possible while keeping basic strength- ie go to 200lb






    Dan, this is a derail of this thread..sorry...will you move this to a new thread called " slow and steady vs fast and light-matching shafts and mono..."^^ if it is not too much trouble

  • Yeah

    That's why I love you guys. No homo though <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Speardiver SA euro shafts

    I guess I am just used to the bigger shaft. Hahaha couldn't resist.


    Truth be told I am vacillating at the moment. The thinner shafts are so fast and since I rarely shoot big ass fish. It just might make sense to switch to 7mm.


    Btw I have your mako shaft. You left it in my yak when you gave it to me

  • Speardiver SA euro shafts

    i will bring my tito when I come to see you this week so you can test them in a beauchat mundial mech as well.


    they are the same as the RA, but you never know until you test it :)



    EDIT- i just saw your response- FOR REAL my brother!!! If companies insist that everyone who purchases their gear also be an advertisement for the company I can accept that. But, if that is the case, I better be able to represent the companies that I actually like <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    i'll be patient but I'd rather buy one or two now if you will help me replace my floppers when some new ones arrive.


    I really want a 7mm shaft for my tito as 400lb mono is out of the question with the 7.5mm shaft and that is my big fish gun so I want the heavy line even if it is a lighter spear.as I type that is seems like it might be retarded logic and maybe I'm better off with the heavier spear and lighter mono...hmmm.


    still certainly want one for my 90 RA

  • Hiding from fish

    my general feeling is that you are 100% correct...i feel that fish want to "see what is going on" but that they will often first run away.


    this is why they get kileld by me <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> i have realized that most fish want to "see" what's up so I can accidentally spook tham but if I can confuse them after that I have a good chance of getting them back in.


    I like to do a lot of the following...


    aspetto, just chill on the bottom and wait...maybe tap rocks or stir some sand


    agguato, hide in a crack and ambush a fish as he moves in a predicted pattern


    swim down and away from a fish quickly--when I have spooked a fish, esp snapper, if I quickly change direction and fin as if I am pursuing a fish, if i look under my body behind me, that snapper is usually watching me


    throw a flasher...i dont do this the way most spearos do...I have a bent spoon I tuck into my belt so if a fish is quartering away from me I'll drop it to the other side and swim away...8 out of 10 times the fish will turn to see the falling spoon and give me a nice broadside shot. dont so this in more than 40 ft of water because it gets really old to keep dropping to recover your spoon :)




    my feeling on camo is that it might help me break up the silloutte and thus appear smaller to a fish or confuse the fish about which way I'm facing...i try to swim sideways and move upsidedown a lot for that reason as well...i also have flasher tape on my pipe guns so they are broken up as well.


    I dont want my camo to make me "invisible" because a) it doesnt so that would be a failure and b) you want the fish to see and be curious by you. I want my camo to make the fish not know what I am, or not know until it is too late.


    so to your original title, I am not hiding from fish as much as hiding my intentions from fish

  • Yeah

    i dont think it means anything from a strategic or security perspective but for morale and a sense of rightness in the world, it sure feels great