Hola Amigo's
I am writing you all from Costa Rica and thought I would share some photo's with all my friends here. I shot a decent DogTooth snapper in a cave yesterday and wanted to share my joy, I will give a full report when I return, until then enjoy and Pura Vida.
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My condolences go out to his family.
RIP my fellow spearo.
Dan do you like the taste of the Rainbow Runner?
Yes and numbers/coordinates please...lol...just kidding.
Sounds fun Rolo, I am leaving for a trip to Costa Rica and maybe when I return we can dive one day, nice of you to invite people.
Welcome.
Holy Crap that is a big Hammerhead....Chad Palin swears to me he saw a Great White in Palm Beach and said it looked like a small submarine!!! he said it was in the same area GreekDiver was spearing the day before...gulp!.
"I think experimentation is the way to go. Do whatever works best for you"
Agreed, we are all different in certain aspects so it is best for an individual to see what works for them.
Yes facial immersion works for me because it relaxes me before I start my diving and does help lower heartrate, "new theory" is not backed up by real test's which have proven beyond doubt facial immersion works. It may not come on as strong for some and may be the reason some say that it does not work, but, Kirk, Mandy, Pippin, Martin and spearo Dan Silvera are pretty knowledgeable about such workings.
http://users.ugent.be/~mvaneech/Schagatay.html
but again nothing compares to just diving alot, no outside activity will truly benefit you MORE than diving itself!
Dan is right, best thing for "Spearfishing" is spearfishing, when you do statics your not moving your arms or legs...just sitting there...you may get good times, but, then when you hit the water and start moving arms and especially legs and start burning O2 it is a different story, not to mention pressure from depth, mask equalization, ear equalization. The only thing I find that helps me personally for breathold on the days I am not in the water is Apnea walking (on grass in backyard), this way I am using my legs and I equalize and do small mouth exhales (imitating mask equalization) during my 90ft walks. These help to a certain small extent because I am much more relaxed when I hit the water and I do a 5 minute facial immersion to kick in the dive reflex.
Sorry to hear about your loss.
Welcome Tickle.
I could make it Sunday if it is still on, let me know, a bigger group with flags I believe may be safer.
Lunker how far is meade from say Commercial blvd in Ft Lauderdale?
"so you can't see the location" Let's see...somewhere were there is sand and water and Palm tree's...I will figure this out soon.
Holy Crap!!! carib side of Nicaragua...must book ticket!!!
"deviated septum" yep, that's what I had, and yes it will in time go back to somewhat difficult breathing, but for me not nearly as bad as it was.
I had this same operation done about 3 years ago, it was due to excess cartilage in my nostril area and it was nearly impossible to breath through my nose, I forget the name of what they call it. They scrape and cut away the inside of your nose and go up into your sinuses as well, hurt like hell after the pain medicine wore off and they shove what looks like 2 huge tampons up your nose afterwards. Then like a few days later they pull them out and it is like you are breathing for the first time, so clear and fresh, almost unbelievable, but, after time the problem came back just slightly as they said it would, but still is ok for breathup and much much better than it was. Best of luck, hang in there it is truly worth it and will get better for your diving for sure.
I would suggest if your diving in 20 to 30ft of water only then a reel is best for that situation, but, a float line is good for someone who is inexpierienced and may feel more comfortable to let go of there gun and swim to the surface. A float line is good for several reasons, diver flag for alerting boats, float to hang on and rest, shoot and swim to surface without gun, etc, etc. The reel is good for ease of use, no line to get tangled in, streamlined approach, etc, etc.
Scuba diving is different and you should freeshaft so there is no entanglement of line around areas such as tanks or regulator which can be deadly if you spear a decent size fish, this could also get wrapped on structure or reef and not be able to free one's self. I would go with a reel, fish are not big at all in 20 to 30 ft of water.
