Nice work. I use a bread pan and a spam can for my belts and vest. Your vest will last a lot longer if you remove the weights after each dive.
Thanks, I wondered about the weights tearing the vest up, I'll do that.
Dan, I used the vest last week and liked it, but it was to just add weight for shallow water. The king salmon are in so I need extra lead to keep me on the bottom at 10'. Now packing 28lbs of lead down the beach! Ill post about the vest after I've changed up my normal 21lbs.
Welcome and Nice fish! You've got nice gear for only doing this a year, smart move
What is it's original intended use.. where did you get it.. :rolleyes1:
It's a tarp bungee. I got them from Walmart for $5-10. I shorten it by about half by pulling the bungee threw the ball and trying a new knot.
The lead shown is the back side (side touching air when poured) it's not as smooth but not bad enough to clean up.
If it's needed I can set up a few pictures after work that show what I did better.
After getting my new Speardiver weight vest I now had the problem of finding weights that would fit the small pockets. Buying them was never an option as I have a few hundred pounds of lead laying around so I searched around to see what others had done to make there's. I found nothing....so here's what I came up with and I hope it helps others.
Ill say first off that if your not familiar working with lead you should do a little research first as it can be dangerous in a few ways.
I first thought of making a mold out of wood but decided I didn't want to put in that much work so I walked a few different stores looking for objects that fit the 3.5x2.5" size needed that would hold hot lead. I now know the demotions of every brand of sardine can sold in town :laughing3: I ended up getting a stainless sheetrock mud pan that is 12" long but had about a 2.5" wide bottom. I made a mark about a 1/2" off the bottom for a fill line and used a level to make sure the lead would be uniform. This takes about 8lbs of lead for one pour so I used a cast iron kettle that is large enough to hold 20+ lbs. I poured two bars a little over 1/2" thick and two a little under. I used a hatchet and hammer to cut each bar in to three 3.5" chunks, it was easier than using a saw. Hammered the cut edges round and touched it up with a file to get all the edges smooth. the end product dose flair out a little past 2 1/2" wide because of the mud pan shape but they fit in the pockets just fine. I weighed each one just so I knew what I was working with and the six that were just under 1/2" thick were all around 1.5lbs and the six thicker ones about 2.5lbs.
Nice lingcod! Definitely one of my favorites.
Never made one, but concrete seems like the easiest to work with and low cost. The weight alone would keep it on the reef.
Looking again it seems that medium view is only for 1080 on the gopro 3 silver.
http://cbcdn2.gp-static.com/up…ilver_UM_ENG_RevC_web.pdf
I'm still new to these, but I think what you want is on page 21. I use the phone app on my 3+ black to change the settings. It lays it all out and makes changing settings very easy.
Welcome! I look forward to pic of those fish.
I have never used a carter float but do they hold air. I mean once inflated will they hold that air or do they deflate? Could one pop a carter float and then use that to hold on to if they were stranded like dave in the above story?
Thanks for sharing jon
Yes they have a dump valve on one end to vent off excess gas but stay inflated. I used to pack one of those thin 6' mouth inflate types back when I'd be left on the reef by my self while my friends fished a ways off. It rolled up really small and made it easier for them to find me a few hours later.
In Cuba we don't have a 911. the one thing we do is to do the job ourselves . when we know someone is missing we try to find him. we do not swim to shore to find help. If this person is not found, then we look for help. The first 5 minutes are crucial. Meaning that if this person is not found in the first 5 minutes, then is dead for sure and then you can look for help to find the body, not the person. For that reason, I've been meaning to say, knowing that I'll be criticized like Dan was. that i would have thrown the anchor then jumped in the water, and if I hadn't found the person, then I'd call 911. My point is not to criticize, but to set an idea or whatever you want to call it, so that next time we can do better to assist. In this kind of situation you can go down and either tie a rope to the hand or shoot it to save the person. You do not have to go down and bring him up with you because it can result in the death of both. So, i apologize if I unnerve anyone, but i understand why Dan asked the question. It's just about the first 5 minutes.
I completely agree. we have dive rescue here but iv never seen the boat off its trailer :crazy: id go further and say that depending on your area, take extra time to look for the body before finding help. In my favorite dive spots when the currents moving a sinking body could be moved off the shelf's out to water that is beyond recovery by any diver. A carter float would also be a option more people might already have to the frv for aiding in bringing a body to the surface once you get a hold of them.
This is a great discussion to have and we should all probably have it with those we dive/fish with.
Welcome!
Very nice!
Nice! First iv seen of this. thanks for sharing.
Just ordered the red camo :thumbsup2::ecstatic
I seconded hau with the two line system for spooky fish, I use a 30' section of black line from my gun before my float line. A yellow float and float line hasn't stopped some close calls with boats so I look forward to getting one of theses in red&black!
Those are tiny tips for paralyzers
This design below using replaceable points out of 17-4 are everywhere. This tip material holds up really well, I think the new one will be much better.
http://www.linghunt.com/ForumPosts/Doublewing-SMALL-COPY.jpg
That will work. Would they still be strong enough around rocks if the tip was longer so the flopper was on the point and not the shaft?
Thanks George!! That's a great idea.
Ill be left with about 11" of overhang.
It's a small gun that shoots good, the issues iv had are tearing up smaller fish and some times penetration(when slightly dull). I don't really need two shafts for it so I'd hate to drop a bunch of money on a new one. I just wasn't sure if Hawaiian shaft tips were tempered or treated differently than my threaded one so that it might give me problems.
Iv been wanting to switch out my 42" threaded riffe shaft with that large heavy tip for some time and was wondering, is their any reason I'm not thinking of why I shouldn't grind off the threads and add a flopper? Seams simple and would solve some issues Iv had.
