Posts by LunkerBuster

this thread is awesome, thanks for starting it Dan, and thanks for joining up and contributing Ricky, your pics are amazing

this forum is forcing me to really work on my spanish cos I know I am missing some funny stuff

Quote from straight shaft

Although I know it will be short-lived, I'll take a jab at the Cubera category...24lbs.

BTW, this was a shore dive less than 200ft from shore, if that means anything.

does it mean anything? yeah, it means you are awesome!! that is a hell of a fish for so close to shore.

i understand all the reasons that other guns are better than the biller hornet line and we dont need to get into that.
I was asking only because you added the word freediving in front of gun and I thought there was more behind the comment about the characteristics of the guns.

I have shot a friends riffe and it was a great shooting experience, I have also shot a few cressiguns and liked them a lot.
I figure i'd like to learn what I like and dont like in a gun if possible before I drop serious change on one

I just like the biller floridian for now.

i could bench press a lot more weight than i would want to drag 100 ft through sand

Quote from pargo

First advice, when possible change the seahornet to a good freediving gun.

what is wrong with a sea hornet for freediving?

I use a 54" biller and I have no issues with it at all, it floats and I can move it easily in the water...what else does one need from a freediving gun?

that is pretty cool...
does the new google (info sucker) give the same results for everyone?
I thought it claimed to tailor your search hits to what it believe you are looking for...I dunno, all that info gleaning scares the piss outta me, what is to stop them from monitoring everything....but that is another thread i guess

fine read..I certainly agree

thanks for sharing that

he raises some great points about our gear giving us abilities beyond our limitations...

thanks monster

Jim- the one my buddy has looks just like the lansky, but it is about twice the size of the ones I saw on the site

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the ease of carrying really enhances the experience over adding another step and then the walk back to the car to drop it off.

amazing...I am definately going to try and do the same...what is the typical size shaft people use?

I have a few that are pretty long, wondering if there is any factor other than draw length?

Quote from seaweed

I know in Hialeah there are mobile knife sharpening vans that go from restaurant to restaurant. They are Cuban knife sharpeners that continue to do the same trade here.

They'll pull up behind a restaurant and whistle then someone will bring out the knives and they will sharpen them right there.

They have a distinctive whistle which my dad says is the same used in Cuba.

that is cool as hell

I use a cheapo sharpener with the opposing ceramic rods for my fillet knives and it works well enough it just takes some resharpening after every five or so fish. for other knives the stone is the way to go.

I have a buddy who bought a knife sharpeneing kit that had these rods that you set against a form so they were held at a particular angle, this allowed you to just run the balde over it and get the desired point. it was annoying to learn how to use but yeilded shaving sharp blades...I'll see if he still has it and has any more info to share

for clarification, the cart is got on ebay is way crappier than the one you posted in your first post..that one should do fine, but it is more of a chore to strap the yak down onto and then keep there, and it has to be taken back to the car cos it will take up all the room on your kayak

my .02

i avoid the scupper hole models because that is where the seam of you yak is and thus it is likely the thinnest part of the plastic, further the seam is inherently the weakest part and I don't put anything hard into my scupper holes.

as for the smaller carts...I have an ebay yak donkey and it sucks..worthless. it is ok for paved sufaces, but that account for about .0002% of the area I am carrying my yak around and therefore it is worthless.

I would ask yaudon as he is the yak guru, and I am pretty sure the advice he'll give is that you get one with the baloon tires. it is more expensive, but you can move sooo easily across sand that it is all worth it in the end.

I also put in a recommendation for just lugging it and then dragging it through the sand. It sucks, but it is do-able and the price is right

look forward to seeing you out yak spearing with us

hey Dan- I have been toying with the idea of a line shaft sling...how do you connect yours and does it effect your firing at all?

hau-

my back up is a 5 ft fiberglass pole, it needs a new rubber at the moment. I have a para tip for it as well.

I use a 6ft spear and have often thought about using the 5 ft on the reefs where we dive because it would be easier to carry with me in addition to my gun.

I would be happy to lend you either for your trial time, but I would only give away the 5 ft one.

I'll bring them both the next time we dive so you can decide what you want to do then

the two tips I have a re different in that one is spring steel and quite rusted, but strong as all hell and the other is ss and not at all rusted, but the tines can be bent and might not do too well against repeated rock slams.

I will be happy to give you the ss one along with the spear- the way i see it, it is impossible to have too much good karma among dive buddies

i could also make you a sling if you want to get a threaded shaft that accomodates a three prong

good ol trusty rusty thrusty

I have one you can use to see if you like it, and if you do, you can have it, it is my back up polespear.

I'll bring it next time we dive

it is basically shore diving with a place to rest and no super long surface swims.

I shore dive a lot when I don't feel like / can't bring the kayak..it is no problem

here she is on her maiden (re maiden) voyage.

I didn't get to pile it full of fish, but all the stuff I did rig up worked well enough

thanks again Dan...just about everything I want from my shore diving board:thumbsup2:

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