Posts by Oscar

  • Speargun accidents watch where you point it!

    Wow - gad you are OK Sergio! Scary dangerous shit. Twice!


    I am taking my twins to La Paz in a week and a small 38 inch Riffe mid handle MAINLY to teach them safety with guns - same with bows, real guns, air guns, EVERYTHING!


    No more accidents Sergio PLEASE so we can ALL return to Bikini Thread.


    You know what - I too like diving alone like most of my life :thumbup: hell of a lot safer.

  • hi everyone-Aguadilla - puerto rico

    Bienvenido - welcome.


    It's great to return to our origins the mother ocean!


    Maybe a simple sling?


    But Pole spears with a parallzer or tri point tip are great too and probably easier to use than a sling.


    Might be conch, welk, maybe even spiny lobsters to harvest besides the little mangroves, Hines, maybe small groupers, and other small good eating fish.


    Oh, for the other dirty old men here (NOT ME), send pictures of babes in bikinis too <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

  • California Spiny Lobster Diving

    Nice Bug!


    Thanks - very interesting to see this. I pretty much funded my youth, treats, dates, and more growing up in The Panama Canal Zone catching and selling spiny lobsters in bth the Atlantic and Pacific but mostly from shore along the Causeway on the Pacfic entrance to the Canal. There were no limits, other than self imposed ones; no small and no femails with eggs. Not unusual to catch and sell 50 or more pounds of lobsters pretty much whenever I needed money. A 100 pound day was a real good day but there was no comercial fishing for them and rotating locations we never hurt the population.


    Went back this year after commercial netting was started a few years ago and didn't see ANY!


    Did the Florida Keys Spiny Lobster diving pretty much every year for a long time too. Now that is very different from your California and Panama Pacific lobstering as well.


    But what was so interesting was the difference in the environment where spiny lobsters may be found and the wide range of water temperatures. We would get the upwelling from the Humbolt Current into the shallow bay of Panama and the water temps would drop from mid 80's to upper 50's at times and 60's often during the dry season (December - April) and the Spiny Lobsters would become lethargic and slow in the cold water that you could catch and bring up 4 at a time (hands, bathing suit :S, underarms <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">) but you needed to put them in the inner tube fast before they warmed up ha ha.


    I miss my lobster diving and EATING (not the selling). <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">


    Would love to have our Aussie mates show us their REAlLY big Spiny Bug/Crayfish they enjoy". My biggest was a monster of about 12 pounds caught in the San Blas Islands in the 60's. Tail dragged on the ground with me holding it by the base of antlers. :thumbup:


    Great to see the difference. All of my lobstering was freediving which of course is another difference in methods.

  • High Altitude Training Mask

    Quote from grossetti

    :) , at least we know it is safe to swim in front of you if you don't know how to use this...


    <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">  <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">  <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

  • High Altitude Training Mask


    Looks like something that would be found in a sex shop to me. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">


    How is this supposed to work? ?(

  • Guam spearfishing reports

    Quote from sdeisen

    oOoOo looks very Guambodian. Sounds like the stage is set for very big things. Were they reef white tips or oceanic white tips. With you being on a reef wall like that it could be either. In hawaii i loved seeing the reef white tips but DID NOT want to see the oceanic ones


    My bet is reef white tips. Oceanic are larger and usually solitary. White Tip Reef Sharks are Often seen in those waters with similar sized black tips. No problem but they can steal your fish. Me too - deep respect for the Oceanic White Tips :nono:


    Where are the beach girl pic's !!!!!!!!!

  • Guam spearfishing reports

    Quote from sdeisen

    Hau, please find shootable fish soon.
    Also need pictures of Guamanian beach buns if available
    Thank you sir


    Female beach bums please. Enough ugly mugs on avatars here <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

  • New member

    Quote from hank

    Welcome.


    Great people here. Young and old. I heard Oscar is so old that when he was born, the Dead Sea was only critical.


    (I got that line from a Lucky Dube song.... <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">)


    What? What? I can't hear. ?(


    He was there when it parted - or was that the Red Sea <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

  • MAKO Spearguns - Poor quality made in China

    I will state what occurred and you can draw your own conclusions:


    I was warned by JFJF to never post anything related to Dan or I would be banned. Tony & Jim deleted all of my posts where I was trying to help OP's needing equipment by sending them to Dan. I then used PM's but same thing. This was a month or more ago. Based on this, and Mark Forney aka Marcus's conspiracy crap that is posted every day, I quit posting but tried to help new comers on equipment choices via PM's only.


    The past few day I saw lots of SB staff & tony highly recommend any-all questions on equipment to Mako. I then sent PM's (not replies to thread) to OP never bashing Mako but with options that IMHO were much better than Mako.


    As of last night I am proud to say tony/Jim and company banned me from posting or sending PM's. Thank you thank you!! <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">


    My opinion is they do not want any options other than Mako mentioned unless, then only tolerated, if the recommendation is a paying sponsor's product - but NEVER by them - according to SB tony & co Mako is the ONLY dealer they ever recommend.. I have to question their relationship with Mako whereas no other options are tolerated. ?(


    I am Not, nor did I, bash Mako on my PM's or earlier posts.


    What is going on? As weird as SB is especially with the likes of Mark aka markus and others like him - too far out for me anyway and majority of posts aren't helpful, friendly, or even related to our sport. Very sad and now he is emailing everyone that left SB to go to the new forum with strong California section with no religion, politics or conspiracies and no bashing or rudeness tolerated.


    For me personally Dan's forum and Chris's new forum are the only ones of value :thumbup:


    Just saying.

  • New member

    Dah broh pah zhah lah vaht !


    Not a busy forum but great people always willing to lend a hand and if you need to buy something - check with Dan for personal FAST service. Welcome Dimitri to a mellow fun forum. Please feel free to post Russian girls photos (lots and lots) to the Bikini Thread

  • Dive Knives

    Quote from Don Paul

    Here is some more of the steel clan.


    Cheers, Don


    That is amazing Don - I see "stuff" in your catch all cabinet that brings back lots of memories. How in the hell did you manage to keep and store stuff going back to the early days (50's) of our "skin diving" days? Hell, I don't even have pictures :(


    The only early gear I still have are a pair of 100% rubber full foot Cressi fins and an early (2nd generation I think) double hose regulator. I used both until late 80's. Wish I still had some of the single glass oval masks - bet you still have a few.


    How did you manage to keep all that stuff with your travels? Very cool :thumbup:


    Do you have any of the early French Arbalets? Would love to see some photos - my first guns. I do see some of their pig iron muzzles in your cabinet with the nylon covered screw in bands corroded in p,ace - big problem for me when I forgot to unscrew, wash, and lubricate threads <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

  • Speardiver frameless two window mask

    Another idea worth trying


    1. Lighter first
    2. Toothpaste trick next
    3. Baby Shampoo next
    4. Now after using it in Salt Water DO NOT rinse or clean it. I was having issues with forging after steps 1,2 and 3 and 4 finally resolved the problem and no, I don't know why. Rinsed/cleaned it after last day of 5 day diving trip.

  • Super typhoon, Cat 5 headed to Boracay or Iloilo

    Many are now calling this Super Typhoon the biggest/worst storm to EVER hit land. Scary prospect if global change will lead to more like ths. Typhoon, Cyclone, hurricane one and he same name differs by location only.


    Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest ever, rips into Philippines - CNN.com


    Glad your friends are ok Hank but am bracing to hear/read the devastation caused by this super storm and it's not over yet - headed towards Southeast Asia now.