Ive used both the Speardiver 120cm and the Rob Allen 120 and both are excellent guns for hunting Florida reefs.
Posts by Hardline
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Welcome dude
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Thanks gents. Sometimes shooting film can be just as rewarding as shooting nice fish when you get some cool shots.
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Mark and I have a sort of joke where we get tons of filler footage and hardly any footage of us actually catching and shooting fish. So here is a small portion of that "filler footage" from the past couple of months.
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Loved that clip, the fade at the end was slick and professional looking.
Thanks man. Appreciate the kind words.
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Been fishy out there but I have been shooting my camera more than my speargun.
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I like the clear snorkels. I know they don't do shit in terms of visibility lol.
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Welcome!
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Makes me cold just watching it! Haha. Good stuff.
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Great stuff! Not sure how I missed this thread! :thumbsup2:
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Welcome dude.
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The courses do not guarantee depth...
Water rescue techniques are taught in the courses.
CPR is not only ineffective but can also be dangerous to a blackout diver. When a diver blacks out the epiglottis closes to prevent water from entering the lungs. Without reviving the diver, trying to force air into their lungs can won't do anything and you can potentially damage tissue. Also the main premiss of CPR is circulation of blood. The idea is that there is enough oxygen in the blood to prevent tissue damage. periodically adding enough air to the lungs to replace some of that oxygen. When a diver has blacked out the blood is oxygen depleted and the brain is doing everything it can to conserve oxygen and keep as much of it in the brain as possible. CPR would fight both of those natural mechanisms.
If you pull a diver out of the water and they are not breathing nor do they have a pulse. You damn well better start CPR!
If they have a pulse, that is a different story of course. An unconscious diver with a pulse would need to be monitored for breathing. If they are breathing on their own than you can assist them by tilting their head back and keeping their airway clear or if they are not breathing on their own, you can assist them by ventilating and performing rescue breathing.QuoteThe best chance for the successful resuscitation of a drowning patient is to administer oxygen and ventilate as soon as possible. Of course, if cardiac arrest is present, CPR should be initiated and necessary ALS measures provided.
Drownings Present as Hypoxic Events - Patient Care - @ JEMS.comThat's all basic emergency medicine and I can't imagine a freediving course trying to rewrite that. Even a basic BLS/CPR course offers that information.
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Welcome!
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You learn to get deeper. Not to be a better diver.
When someone asks how deep I dive I have two answers, "as shallow as possible to get fish" or " it depends on how I feel that day"
Anyone who guarantees a depth is not listening to the real signals
As much as I consider myself one to push the limit on a lot of things, freediving is not one of them. Like Judah said, some days I feel great diving and others I feel like shit. I would never trust a watch or pre-defined depth rating to let me know how "safe" I am. The human body gives more than enough signals that every diver should learn to be in tune with.
If the big fish are hanging out shallow while I am hunting...even better.
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Hau I demand more photos from such a beautiful place like Guam to go with these reports....Clear blue waters, fish, beach bunnies, etc. :thumbsup2:
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Welcome to the forums!
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Nah, a water rescue/CPR course together with watching this video would have you better prepared.
I agree with this. A good course on how to properly stabilize and remove a victim from the water and provide CPR goes a long way.
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Need to pick up another one of these masks with that mount. Sweet!
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I've always had my doubts about what you are stating above. A big fish like that have had many reproductive cycles and eats A LOT.
Is it documented?
It's documented.
PLOS ONE: Depth Refuge and the Impacts of SCUBA Spearfishing on Coral Reef Fishes
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Commercial fisheries will always take more than recreational fisherman. Cant compare the two..
If recreational fisherman want to make a difference in reef health. They would follow the regulations (as most of us do) and leave the trophy fish alone. Hell you really can't eat that 80lb grouper so leave it be. A grouper that size produces almost 20-30x more eggs than a more modest size grouper that would be fine for consumption. When we spearfisherman hunt these big fish, it puts a lot of pressure on the total reproductive output of the fish.
We may not be able to control the regulations or even the commercial guys, but we can control what we shoot and it's nice to see that almost all the people I've met on this forum practice this simple philosophy.
I still feel that spearfishing is one of the most sustainable forms of fishing out there. Longliners are doing way more damage than we could ever dream.