Posts by sdeisen

  • Polyester line for reels

    I'm pretty sure some stuff I ordered (black and waxy feeling) online was polyester and I HATE it. I've seen similar stuff loaded on older Omer match reels that's why I think it's the same stuff. Anyways I might be wrong

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from greekdiver

    It's so Steven gets jealous and moves back to Florida to dive with me. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    It had exactly that effect! I appreciate you keepin the spot warm for me. Nice thing bout those spots is I know there will be fish for me when I get back. Tight work Harry

  • Daryl Wong in the news

    I just got this email from a close friend. I have spearfished Molokai a couple of times and enjoyed the culture and people. Please read this with understanding that we should see both sides of the story before passing judgment.


    Dear Family and Friends,


    As many of you may have already heard from the local news, there was a conflict between Daryl Wong and some of our sons of Molokai. While we are not justifying the altercation, we feel that it is important that the whole truth be told in this story.


    Daryl Wong has a long history - decades in fact, of coming to Molokai and killing huge quantities of Uhu and other reef fish for commercial sale. He does not just take the larger fish or a reasonable amount of fish. He targets fish of every size - the altercation was largely because of the number of very small fish that he and his group had speared. The scale of his harvesting is in the hundreds and thousands of fish. He has been selling thousands of pounds of Uhu and other reef fish to Chinatown on Oahu and also outside of the state of Hawaii for many many years. The first complains against Daryl Wong occurred well over 15 years ago. Year after year Molokai residents who depend on this food resource have been complaining and asking him to consider the sustainability of his actions. In the beginning he was welcomed into Molokai - the people here are kind, friendly, and amazingly generous. They give and give until they have nothing left. All who get to know the people here can attest to their tremendous generosity! His greed is the cause for this problem. He has greatly reduced the amount of reef fish in the Hakaano area on the North East side of Molokai for example. All Molokai residents have see this tremendous depletion of this food resource over the years. Many divers throughout the state are well aware of his actions - please speak out!


    This altercation was a result of Daryl Wong's actions over the last couple of decades. The frustration reached a boiling point and the residents of Molokai did the only action left - openly confront him for what he was doing. Daryl Wong has been destroying the Molokai food resource in the most selfish and disgusting manner possible - and in exchange for money in his pocket. Daryl Wong should know better - especially as he claims to care about our state and ocean resources and has a large line of diving equipment and spear guns.


    Daryl Wong needs to publicly apologize for his selfish, greedy, and embarrassing actions. Please forward this to everyone you know because this is an issue that affects all of us and our future generations to come. Stopping people like Daryl Wong is the only way to insure that our children and all future generations have a chance to enjoy the wonderful fish resources our oceans provide.


    Dr. Daryl Wong is now using his wealth and influence to go after the people who were trying to protect the ocean and asking for responsibly harvesting.


    With Love and Respect,


    The Concerned Parents of the Children of Molokai.




    This was posted on a Hawaii spearfishig facebook page. Whoever wrote this didn't have any form of proof to back up the allegations. A few people did come out to claim they have known this to be true.

  • Kayak diving setup

    Yessir except this one seems to come in two pieces but I don't think that'd be an issue. As far as the little flag and the metal bracket at the bottom are concerned u can just take them off. Also the one peice one I got at Walmart in the store was more like $4 than $11

  • Kayak diving setup

    Quote from Royakdiver

    Hey sdeisen, do you mind posting a picture of how you mounted your dive flag on your kayak? I have the same speardiver flag attached to a piece of pvc on mine but I would rather use a thinner pole. Thank you.


    Royak I'm afraid I'm a few states away from my kayak right now so I can't post a pic. What I did was take a bicycle flag pole (they sell them at Walmart in the bike/sports area ) and insert and epoxy it into a wooden dowel that fits snug into one of my kayaks scupper holes. The poles are dirt cheap, 4+ foot long, sturdy enough to hold the flag up in the wind yet flexible enough to not break when bent. They are great , I need to buy a dozen in case they ever stop making them. The kayak I have now is a scupper pro and it has a convenient hole in the back that the flag pole fits into perfectly so no wooden dowel just the pole and a wine bottle cork as a stopper. I looked up pics of ur those royaks, they look very cool but not sure if ull have a hole to put the flag pole into, but I'm sure u can work something out. Good luck


    P.s brother Hau gets all credit for discovering the bicycle flag poles

  • Winter diving in the gulf

    Hey everybody. I imagine this is a shot in the dark as I havnt seen any posts from the lousiana guys in a while but maybe someone's around. I'm in Baton Rouge for a while working& exploring job prospects and I'll be settled in here and ready to dive pretty soon. Not sure about the prospects of winter diving or if people generally wait for it to start warming up . Anyways if any of the lousiana regulars like griswald or whoever are around I'd like to hear from ya.


    Steven