Posts by LunkerBuster

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    i wanna dive tomorrow but it looks ugly....think I will head to the jax at 930 and see what the viz is like....anyone who wants to head out ...look for my flag (huge) on the first reef or over the jax

  • 1st Boogieboard

    by bending a plate around the board and then drilling throug the top, you get a reinforced hole (wont tear out of the foam) and the bottom is secure (it acts as a backstop)


    nice board projectile... Ilike it a lot. I would maybe add a few quick release straps on the corners so you can clip extra gear onto it or just to hold your stuff while you are getting geared up or down in the water. I also like to keep a bottle of water. Iguess you could slip it into your fish bag, but then you have to open it and move around the fish to get to the water. I would add a small bungee net for such items


    looking forward to diving with you and seeing your sick yak



    as hau said...pics please

  • It will be a while before I dive

    very cool Dan, how did you learn to do this sort of training? I have always loved to work with my dog, but I only know how to do obedience and trick training. I'd love to get him to know how to do more service oriented work. any tips?

  • Protective caps for spears?

    synthetic wine corks are the best spear tip covers...drill out a section about a mm smaller than your shaft and viola, it holds snug as can be...



    I lose those almost immediately and end up with the cut up old band anyway


    I think the issue for storing guns on the boat comes down t ohow easily ca nthe spears be removed and then re-rigged. if they are easy to take out and in, then storing the guns becomes easiler as you can just do any of the ideas, upside down (no spear to take the weight or get bent) , rightside up (nothing sharp to stab anyone) or horizontal (shorter without the spear)


    i find it difficult when the shooting line and or slide rind adds more gear and makes it impracticle to do a quick change.

  • shaft band tab

    Jeff, you are correct, it would only be safe to use it unloaded. Iwas thinking that he could have the band out of the way for using one band only. I hadn't thought about when he wanted to quickly add the second band


    Quote from Toledo970

    That would depend on wether he has a reel/guide or not, no?


    very good call, this would be almost impossible because Hau does use a reel....I saw the idea on a commercial freeshafter's gun and didnt think it through to applying it to hau.



    one more idea would be to have the second band with you but not on the gun, that way it would not be easy to add the band once it is already loaded, but you would be able to add it quickly in the event you were seeing more fish off the bottom or less.

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    Jorge and I did our due diligence too, unfortunately no gear was found. the seas weren't too bad for the motor boat and I manged a nice hog and got a lot better at loading the tito gun.


    I had a 30" mak that was positively mocking me....he swam by while I was unloaded, while I was incorrectly loaded and then stayed just out of range when I was ready... i hate that mack >:]


    are we totally f'ed this weekend ? is anyone going out at all?


    Jorge, wanna try again out at some other spots?

  • shaft band tab

    i kow that Dan McMahon uses a ss screw drilled into the stock of his gun (wood) on the bottom to keep the second banf out of the way, I knom you aren't going to drill a screw into the RA tube, but maybe you could mount a tab/fin of some sort on the bottom of the barrel for the band to be secured there.


    just a thought