Posts by LunkerBuster

Cheers don! Cheers to that vision

Nice to have you

Mazal tov!! A long life of nothing but blessings for you all.

Hunter Bash! What a badass. He is already the coolest guy around

Quote from red tide

Exactly! A reel is not there to fight the fish. It is there to retrieve your line once you get to the surface and keep you connected to your fish.

Gr, clearly you and Harry are way elite tier divers, you both have skills and experience that enable you to both assess your condition and dive AND to get back to the surface from bad situations when the circumstances require. You both are better able to land amazing fish because you stay connected to them and can get them to the surface.
In my mind, being connected to the fish is more dangerous over all. You and Harry and Steve as well, can very well assess when and if you need to bail and I trust all three of you would lose your gun to save your life, I just see that the seconds a lesser diver spends thinking about holding on to the gun could be costly and the ability to just let go of everything and ascend is safer

I suppose it has a lot to do with comfort and what you are used to, but I think that there are two questions. Which is better an which is safer.

Welcome to the forum

Very nice catch. Looks like a very nice launch site as well

Holy cow!!! Look at that doggie!! Who is that?

I have to say that I really believe a floatline IS safer. I think a reel is more convenient but the floatline is the only system that allows the diver to completely disengage from the entire circuit. I understand the arguments against them, they scare away fish, they are a pain in the ass at times, they can tangle, and I respect those who choose to use them. That said, the ability to let go and the presence of a float on the surface make the floatline safer. Not superior necessarily, but safer

There is a lot of good info on this thread. Very good insights for someone trying to make up their mind about styles.

Last year it was at the Broward convention center. I assume it is there again

That's scary. Be safe buddy

Quote from hank

Nice haul George,

I haven't been out in two weeks. Weather and now…..shit….they found a dead body in the water at our favourite cut. Chopped with a machete and shot in the chest 3 or 4 times.
We're hoping it was drug related since it is a "pick up" or "drop" zone on the Colombian route. Or so we hear. But shit….Now there's talk of piracy in the same area.
Why do some asshloles have to always screw up a good thing?

Anyway, sorry for the rant on your thread. I gotta come your way. I need a break. Tiger shrimp are wearing me down too. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Wow. Stud fish. Ihab looks like he is struggling to lift it!!

I love it. Really nice lines

Stuff is the bomb diggity. I put it on everything and make a damn good spicy mayo out of it

Wicked jealous. Have fun and dive safely brother

Quote from Slingador

Yeah I hear you! Im just mentally preparing for a trip to the where the Monsters Roam. I hope to make a trip in the next year to some of the waters know for the best Marlin fishing in the world. Im leaning towards, 75ft bungee, 2 rob allen hard connected by 25ft bunge, to the 60L as a terminal float. All those floats will still be around the price of one riffe 2 atm.

I hear you about shot placement.

I have shot plenty o fish in the 50lbs range and can tell you, anything can happen.

I have had mono cut on structure, slip tip spectra break, floppers bust off shafts, stoned fish slide off of shaft, I have also landed 60lbs amberjack freeshafted, So I anythin is possible, and having a 600lbs class fish wounded, take 1000$ worth of gear never to be seen again, as has been reported, is an optio I would like to make my best preparations to avoid

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Hahaha for sure. I was mostly being an ass with my comment. Clearly the ocean can and will throw you a curve at every chance. I have always believed that a nice chain of floats is better than depending on one. This does make for more connections to potentially fail but I would rather know the fish is working against my first float and bungee while I still have a float on the surface. Keeping it all neat and not a tangle on the surface also becomes a challenge.

Cool man. I hope it is great. Id love a nice 50 foot line w a little stretch for that price

That is very strange

Welcome. Very nice to have you here. Lots of very nice and very smart spearos here to learn from

What a beast! Nice fish.