Posts by LunkerBuster

  • Making a fish skull

    i would stay away from solvents and corrosive soaking because so much of the fish is actually cartilage and you dont want to take soup bones out and have them melt.


    I wish you posted this yesterday cos I would have asked the guys from helter skeletons...they do some NICE work.


    also, i have always loved this piece from fishskulls


    i dont really smoke cigars but his makes me want to start...

  • Hello from Qatar

    Welcome friend of John... i saw you two a few times from a distance today and at the kickoff party, sorry we couldnt meet in person. glad to have ya on the forum

  • Broward Beach Conditions


    cue the DAft Punk.

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    black, please take some pics on that trip, i really want to hit the vandy and with the oil looming it might not be available for a while pretty soon...the last pics I saw were from about two months ago and it already held some nice looking fish...AJs were up by the antennae less than 40 ft deep

  • Bands in my shooting line $%%%$@@@#

    got to take a look at a possible solution to the band issue at the Kingfisher booth at the blue wild...they have an articulated axle of sorts that is the front muzzle..it allows for the bands to be quite far forward, but most importantly to this discussion, they raise the bands up and out of the way after a shot...seemed like it was at least worth sharing...

  • Making a polespear grip with self amalgamating tape

    Quote from Dan

    Why does it need to be copper wire?


    it does not need to be, at all, I chose copper for two reasons 1) i have a lot of it from car audio installing and it is readily available in thicker gauges than most materials 2) it wont rust or degrade it should only patina


    any wire or even thick cord will work, but the copper stays in place while you wrap it which is a plus.





    Mike, post a pic of your wrap and I'll see if I can give you any pointers

  • Making a fish skull

    I think davie is correct..I have heard that you get off all the meat you can and then put the skull or skeleton in a pot and bring it to a boil (outside, it is supposed to stink) and then carefully pick it clean...if you cannot get everything, re-immerse it in boiling water for a few and then try again.

  • New addict from Hawaii!!

    808, welcome...we're putting together a good Hawaiian contingent here:)


    you want to make sure you ask tinman and griswald your track question as they have more experience than most with all of those materials.


    looking forward to hearing your reports and seeing your guns

  • Making a polespear grip with self amalgamating tape

    Okay, so "tonight" was clearly a lie, but hey! gimme a break! at least I came back ;)



    Here is the grip



    this was wrapped about three years ago and you can see the wear




    the great thing about the tape is that it doesn't unravel...as this pic shows it is still holding in the tattered area
    also shows my floatline rig.



    this is just the benefit of a large wire in the wrap, I am not squeezing the spear at all, just keeping my fingers hooked to hold the grip...this makes for much less hand fatigue




    and the obligatiory wrapped sling on a FG spear

  • This past week out of Englewood, FL

    Quote from tinu

    thats some serious fish. aprecciate always when people going to dive, carry and use their camera. specially if they do some underwaterfilming. its a great way to share the impressions of the environment you dive and hunt in, with others. nice pics and vid man !
    but i personally not such a big fan of cam mount on gun.
    i find it much more interesting filming other divers stalking and shooting fish. or just leave the gun in the boat for once and just film the fish and environment without having a gunpoint in the vid. also interesting to see that the fishes sometimes behave much different towards you if you gliding down with just a cam and no gun. or have you ever tried to put your cam in one hand and gun in the other? that style definetely gives you the most creative opportunities in underwaterfilming/hunting by yourself. of course its a bit tricky to handle the multitasking, and you have to be able to equalize without use of hands.
    keep it up


    Tinu, I agree with your sentiment 100% BUT, you have to realize that your perspective is different for two reasons...one you dive a lot more than most of us (except Hau) and you shoot a lot more fish than I do.


    If i only get to dive once a week of often once every 14 days, it is hard to leave the gun clipped to the float of kayak just because I dont see or shoot enough fish to not regret it when i miss a good one.


    I certainly do agree that it is a lot cooler to see a diver as he/she engages a fish rather than just a spear getting fired and then a spinning fish.
    I will try to mix up the style of shooting video once i get my camera setup back in action


    i still give rolo:thumbup: on his video

  • this old thing

    Quote from mrmike

    steven you trying to sell it or are you keeping it as a backup??? sometimes it would be nice to have a gun, being a mechanic wears on my hands and some days i cant even hold my polespear.... I hate when work interferes with spearfishing


    ME TOO!!! hahaha, quote of the century.



    have you mad a good grip yet for the spear?