Posts by LunkerBuster

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    went out yesterday from Meade st hahahaha...should have stayed in bed


    I went to my buddy Jordan's house to load up the yaks at around 8. we were planning to take the tandem and a single to bring out my buddy Rob on his first dive..rob is a big boy(295lbs) and a total newb to diving but has been fishing since he could walk and loves the ocean, so we figured it would be a good way for Jordan and I to take it slow since we hadn't dove in like 5 wks.


    to skip the stupid derails, we made it to meade at around 12 !!!! and were greeted with a stiff southerly wind and 1-2 ft...seemed do-able, so we geared up...Rob and I in the tanden and Jordan solo...I clip everything to the yak and launch...rob reaches out to splash some water on his face...flip
    we right the yak, get hiim in, I get in...gear all still here..paddle on...we get over the first reef and jordan jumps in to check the viz..pea soup..he estimates 8 ft. while we are discussing if we should go out further or just try to explore here, rob tries t oturn around and get to his water...flip. this time the righting goes a little slower but we finally do get it up and one of the gear bags is missing....the clip is there, but the bag is gone.


    I quickly realize that we are drifting fast and don't want to lose any more gear so I grab a mask and dive to find the gear bag minus a few small items that had slipped out of the hole in the side (the clip had torn out the bag's anchor strap and thus the bag was not attached to the yak).
    we finally made it back to the the beach about 1/2 mile south of meade (did i mention the current and wind) and dragged the yaks what felt like 100 miles to the car...all I lost was an anchor, a bag of replacement wishbones (just old shooting line, so no biggie) and two cheapo spear tips for Jordan's gun..not too bad but.... I should have stayed in bed :)


    good to get wet though...


    oh, funny story too. While I was trying to find the gear bag that fell, I thought we were still over the first reef, but we had drifted over some sand...I dove looking in all directions for the red bag and expected to see the bottom once i got close...slam.... head first into the sand :) never saw it at all. ..looked just like the water .....once i righted myself i did see the bag and made it to it on the same breath..prolly would have had no chance if not


    good luck weekday spearos :)

  • What slows down a shaft the most?

    I did some un sanctioned testing in my apt pool on saturday night.


    I set out with this in mind...one gun w many variables that could be changed one at a time...


    I used my AB biller 54 floridian and a 20lb cat litter container filled with sand.
    the test was simply to determine which shooting configurations slowed down the shaft the most and how much..I did this by placing the target 10 and then 20 ft away and seeing if it could penetrate the target with the following factors


    1) single vs double(floridian one long one short opposite sides) flopper- both 7.5mm (freeshaft)
    2)double flopper vs double flopper with a tip guard(just to see how much a blunt cork could slow the shaft down
    3)double flopper shaft w line v without
    4)double flopper lineshaft v double flopper lineshaft w reel attached w pigtail snap.


    for such an unscientific test, i was surprised that the thing that seems to slow the shaft down the most is the lineshaft(at least in a biller configuration w slide ring.


    1) both shaft full penetration on both targets
    2) both shafts made it to the target and the one w the cork pierced the cork on the short target and knocked over the second...not slowed down very much
    3)free shaft penetrated both targets. line shaft penetrated the 10ft and didn't even reach the 20ft
    4) both penetrated the 10 ft and neither reached the 20ft


    I know that alomost none of us use a slide ring, and now the reason why is clear.


    I wish I could have done this testing w my RA, but it was too cold to get in the 25m lap pool and i fear that the RA freeshaft would shoot the full 30ft pool and that would be a no no for my complex :)
    once I can do a daytime test I'll try in the long pool


    the glaring lack of science here is fairly hilarious, but the data is still valid, just not very detailed :)


    Don insired me to do SOME testing with all the awesome stuff he's posting

  • Tow BoatUS

    so if you loan your boat to someone and they have a problem, the craft will not be protected?
    not sure who you'd lend your boat to, but something to consider

  • Best secure SS quick release snap?

    probably a good idea...the only thing I would suggest is that you add a cleat behind the splice..that way you could have two or three SS links at 40/80/120ft and then use the cleat to tie off if a distance in between those length is needed...not too expensive for the links and infinite variability...

  • Best spearfishing snorkel

    just like you said...slid eone ring on the snorkel, then thread the middle of the 8 under the massk strap and then the second ring on the snorkel and slide it to where you like to wear it.


    very simple, very effective