Posts by sdeisen

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Hau, thank you for the advice on the flag. I don't think your getting old, sharks in bad viz = no fun. I think if you see a hogfish swim up to you in Guam though, Thats when you really need to worry :S


    Hardline thats a cool pic, what are you doing down in miami?

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Out with Natedawg deep in the heart of Miami yesterday. Weather was not inviting, at all, but we are hardcore. Nate failed to launch into some serious rollers and filled his kayak with water while tons of chicks looked on, but he's shameless.. Obviously I shot out no problem. After that it was a long long long paddle out to 52' ,, same distance would of put us in 100' up north. Anyway we got in and viz was horrific. Hopefully Nate has some pictures he can post of how bad it was. We both started getting fish though and ended the day both getting macs, hogs & mangroves. Nate gutted his first fish and we soon after got pushed off of that spot. I dropped my bag and was too sissy to go in after it.
    Next spot was nice and we continued getting fish, with viz being no better.


    And I love love my new gun

  • My new Speardiver diver down flag

    Kayak diving is hard on flags, from the moment you leave shore until you return it gets sun and salt non stop. That said I have gone through a lot of them. Eventually they fade but long before that the loop fasteners in the corners rust and cut into the flag and worse the stupid stiffener (which is FWC required) bends to get caught in the eyelets or worse rusts through all together. What I am getting at is I got a new flag from Dan (Speardiver) and not only does it not suck, its about as cool as a simple thing like a flag can be.


    Things that make it cool-
    First and foremost is the stiffener. It is stitched into a pocket in the fabric so it can never shift, bend, or get bound up in the material.
    Next is that the material of the flag is very very high quality, furthermore the stripe and field are two different materials, the white having more of a sheen.
    Last thing is that unlike some flags, this flag has a pocket lining the foremost side in which you can run a flag pole into the flag, as opposed to fastening it via the eyes.
    Also its the same price as the cheapo ones I've been getting at bass pro, divers direct, west marine, etc


    FreediveStore.com Diver Down Flag



  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from Hardline

    Awesome gun. I havent been out in like a month or so cause of these damn winds. Im gonna try and get out tmw afternoon if anyone is looking to get wet. Has the water cooled down much?


    Water feels a little bit cooler, but just a little. Did you get out today?

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    AAhh I see. To be honest that much thought was not put into it. The whaling video was just ripe on our minds at the time and people have a tendancy to name very personal things like boats and spearguns women's names.

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Indeed, and I will hide the xtra gun while u are not looking. <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">

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from Dan

    What was it like for you with this gun?


    It was like "pew pew pew bam bam"


    Really though it was very different. Much more to hold on to in the water and tracking was obviously slightly more difficult. The handle was actually fine. While it is thin, the notches on handle allow for surprisingly adequate leverage and the slits along the back actually grip your hand making side to side movement with the hand translate a little better into the whole gun.
    The downsides of the gun being more cumbersome are returned tenfold in the shooting, though. Dan you know, as do the few people who dive with me, that I only like to shoot with one band. I'm basically useless with two. This gun shoots with two bands the way my railgun feels with one. That was essentially the whole point to me building (well Nate building for me) a wood gun. Oh and its cool

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Solo south of the Port today. First day in a while (probably like a week or 2 :rolleyes: )that the winds subsided. Rained the entire time but it was really nice. Suprised to find good viz in 35 feet then better viz in 70 feet. I really expected it to be shot. I was only going to check the ballasting on my new gun and get wet but wound up diving for like 4 hours.


    Biiiiig rollers filled up the kayak on the way out from shore but the sea was flat past those.
    Heres some pics. EEaasssy transition considering I've only used railguns.
    wound up with one Mac and a nice hog- sorry bout gorpro stills