Had one take the biggest mangrove snapper I've ever seen/shot about a month ago. I was laying in the sand and the jewfish lined up next to me, watched me shoot and went straight in for it.
Wow! Sounds like jewfish have the potential of being real pests for spearo's there!
I hope they're not associating humans with a free meal!
That's one beautiful gun, Seal!
1 mm is way too thin to be handled with your hands. I struggle with 1.75 sometimas....
Understood, Marco. I can imagine that handling such line would be a pain in the a$$.
We do have Omer dyneema here, but the stores overprice it to ridiculous levels! (around $100 for 50m)
The reason I asked about 1mm dyneema was because I know a fishing supplier who has similar 1mm dyneema (in olive green), and he sells stuff to me at good prices:). I've also read that some Mediterranean spearo's use 1mm dyneema line.
Anyways, my hunt for decent reel line continues!
Crazy haul!
You guys never cease to amaze!
The link you posted, it's for an Undersee Phantom gun. It's a very simple gun, with no rail and a very small barrel diameter. From what I've heard, Undersee railguns have been quite unreliable.
The Speardiver Phantom is on par (in terms of quality) with some of the best railguns in the market! There is no comparison. If these are your 2 options, go for the Speardiver. No contest.
At $199, the price for the Undersee is quite steep too (for what it is)! If you're on a budget, you'd be better off with a simple euro like a Cressi Comanche (around 150$ or lesser). The comanche is well built, super accurate, but comes with a flimsy shaft.
Just my 2 cents.
Hello all!
I've stumbled across this dyneema line online, and was wondering whether anyone tried reel line with a 1mm diameter.
Sporasub Dyneema Braid 1 mm. Spearguns Nylon and dyneema lines, Scubastore.com, buy, offers, dive.
The advantage would be that I would be able to load more line into a 50m salvimar reel.
The disadvantage, however, is that it might be a little too thin to handle easily with gloves.
I'd like to get some input from you guys (and girls) on suitability of a 1mm dyneema line for spearfishing.
As of now, I use a braided nylon line (with a core) for the reef fish that I go after. It's strong enough for my needs, but is not very abrasion resistant. I'm considering the 1mm dyneema because recently, many good pelagics (Spanish Mackerel, barracuda, trevallies) have been showing up in our spots.
Thanks,
Nish
Dan sells reel line?
I can't find it on the online store.
Thanks Dan!
Dude George, it tastes fairly good. There isn't much 'taste', but the texture of the meat is excellent.
After filleting and cubing the meat, my mum decided to make it 'Indian style', with a lot of chilli powder and spices. I also baked the remaining meat it with salt, pepper, lemon and herbs.
I generally prefer fish with very few ingredients added, but my parents love super spicy marinated fish.
Welcome.
This forum is awesome!
So I went there last week. I noticed that the waters are much cooler now, and the viz has gotten much better! 
Shot this Golden Trevally in the face at 7 meters depth!
I'll be going there tomorrow as well! Hopefully, I should be able to run into some nice fish!
You guys get some SOLID fish!
Great to see smiling faces and big fish!
That's some nice fish!
And beautiful scenery!
Looking forward to some more pics and reports in this thread!
I have seen videos of some European spearo's employing this system. They use a reel with their gun, but dive with a float line attached to themselves. They use a 'weight clip' attached to their belt, so they can drop it to let their float board stay positioned over a good dive spot. It looks something like this.
Personally, I think Hau's method sounds pretty good. Of course, the diver would have to be quite aware so as to not get the line tangled under structure.
I won't choose a white snorkel. I would buy a red camo/Marroon instead. Highly visible at the surface and fades out in the depth.
"Predator snorkel"
I agree!
The fish in our waters are sometimes skittish when they see anything white. My poly floatline was plain and bright white in color... I never saw any good fish while using that haha
I prefer camo/black on anything dive related. So in response to the thread's question; No, I would not use a white snorkel.
Dan, I don't know whether there would be a market for a white snorkel. I'm sure some divers might like it, but why choose a white one when you can have "cool" black
, or camo?
Beautiful guns!
Fine craftsmanship right there!
It's a little scary seeing them balanced on the balcony rail like that though!
^Wow!
That's some incredible diving!
Thanks for sharing!
A lot of freedivers will tell you about different exercises(3 seconds inhale, 6 seconds exhale, etc.), but I've noticed that my best dives happen when my mind and body is "totally relaxed", regardless of whether or not I've done those exercises. I feel that freediving is a predominantly mental activity, but ofcourse you cannot ignore physical effects.
Bad viz can sometimes severely cut my bottom times, mainly because I get nervous. And sometimes I extend my breathhold by just imagining that a fish of a lifetime is gonna swim by. It's strange... sometimes what works for one person might not work for anyone else.
Cressi Nano
So the kings have arrived!:)
A friend of mine, Lawrence, recently landed a nice kingfish (narrow barred spanish mackerel) at a spot close to home! The fish was landed using a 90cm cressi comanche (with reel), at around 7 metres depth.
Beautiful pictures! And nice writeup too!
Busy weekdays always make the weekend spearfishing excursions more special!
