Posts by LunkerBuster

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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?

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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

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Might be a good weekend to be "sick".

... when are you planning to head out?

or the corgi was taken advantage of while she was on a stepladder

well i think you re correct, a 100lb king would own me and the float, but I used reinforced aircraft rivets and wide steel washers so I think I have a little more hold than screws, but I'd still be 'screwed'

that is Banjo, my corgi/German Shepard mix. he will bring me handtools (never the right size though, damn mutt can't grasp metric system) but that is his favorite bone he is showing off there

monsterslayer- that is a very nice float, you only lose points for not making it yourself...j/k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKsKUw1RwZY

that was an adventure. took three tries and two router resets to get thast bitch uploaded.

hope you guys enjoy..either way, I no longer suck at tailing bugs

here are some pics of what I did

first I added a padeye and nice ss swivel to the bottom to attach the floatline. on the bottom so it lifts the front when towed to minimize drag

this is the bungee I put on the top of the front. I copied the rigging from my kayak cos I know how handy that is and figured it would transfer well

here is the rigging for the back end. I use the padeyes to both anchor my speargun while in transit as well as to anchor the bungee that holds down the flag. I drilled the flag hole out to allow for a pvc but that pads the flagpole

Here it is holding down the gun and the rear end with the gun anchored

here is the flag pole up

and the better view

i think i'll most likely redo this with some custom tied bungees but that will be later

and here is the handle I added for carrying the board to and from the launch

and here is my sidekick

well i decided to hold off on the pontoon glassing idea I spoke with you about when I got the float.
I figured I should dive with it a few times to get a sense of what I like and what i dont

in the mean time I did a little rigging to keep my gun secure, and hold up my massive flag until I get a better idea of what needs improvement.
I'll post pics in a little bit

I'll post up a vid I took as soon as I get the time to edit it down...but here is the basics

you chill kill the bugs(put em in ice and sea water) to get em cold right off the bat, this is critical

the flip them onto their back and using your right hand grasp all off the legs

place your left hand, palm down, on what would be the bug's chin

pull the legs away and up from the carapas(sp?)

as the first shell breaking sound is heard, pull slighty back towards the front of the bug

then continue pulling up and down

at this point the legs and leg tendons can be easily removed from the tail and there is a big chunk of body meat on the top of the tail

i was blown away....even learned a trick to get at the head meat which is "b" grade, but can be cleaned up and used in tacos or salads and such

I'll get the vid up soon

i am in on sat and sun for sure....gotta get something scaley for the misses on valentines day