Posts by tinu

Quote from hau

I agree 100% with Marco.
Until the new Pursuit reels become available I will continue to use my RA composite reel. The RA composite reel has worked GREAT for me for over 250 days of spearin in the last 1 1/2 years. I have used the SAME reel on both Riffe Euro 120 and RA 120 guns. I now use the SAME RA reel on my ETPG.
Hope this helps

i finally got two rob allen reels. one on my riffe and one for my orca gun.
it works fine. but when i took it apart after TWO WEEKS IN use, it didnt make me too happy what happen two one of them. idont know if anyone had that same results ? dont think that should be normal, even after two intensive weeks of use.
i had to insert an stainless steel washer , otherwise the dragknob would touchdown on the reel,and now after one more week, it sure looks worse. but the second one works fine.

ok,
i tryed the rain-x on my cam-lens. the result is not as good as i expected it. the water sure runs off the lense better now, but i get still 1 or 2 or 3 drops remaining on the lense. but i will renew the application and see whats going on.

the gun could be a modified beuchat elite.at least the muzzle look like from a beuchat mundial.
but from this video its very hard to tell. diego santiago is a brazilian. so this could be also a brazilian made gun. the vid is very nice. he is a very good diver and filmer. i am waiting for a good while for him to release this coming dvd.

it was said in this thread earlier this rain x cant be applied inside a divingmask because of irritation of eyes.
but have anyone try to apply this stuff on the outside glass of a divingmask ?
could be a nice effect, when pushing your head out of the water and looking for your boat or buddies.

some nice pictures !
khalel, that second pic from yuh, look very much like maracas in the morning.
here some older fishing pics, that i took on my boat. the two old man had a lot of fun.
the fregatebird was taking one of our flying fish bait. had to pull it in and take of the hook from his beak.
a next day we get about two dozen mahis. heres one of them. when i see the coulors of the fish, i always get a touch of that feeling that i get when i sitting in the boat for hours, and finally you hear a splash.
next thing you see wich of your lines look thight, and next thing your boat is surrounded by coloursparkling mahis, and you start throwing bait and pulling lines, until your hand start to burn.

hey khalel,
nice barracs. the water looks calm there.
that was at the bocas ? for a long time i want to make a dive on the far end of chacachacaree.
ever dive there ? lets go when the water gets clean.

Quote from Dan

I have to think about it. I believe and some of you guys concur that this video has good potential, maybe partly because it hasn't been done this way before.

think dan!:D much more thinking will probably coming up, the further the project goes.
and the potential may also will get bigger the further it goes.
it is a very challenging and nice idea. looking forward to the prozess.

Quote from Dan

BTW tinu the gopro underwater focus problem has been solved with a flat replacement lens.

that means that if i buy a new gopro now, it automatically comes with the new lens already mounted ?
one year is a good timing for such project. and who knows, you may get material for a double dvd.
great chance to come up with something really special.

nice one dan.
about the quality of the filming. i cant say anything about the particular gopro material. never used one , and so far i heard and seen a lot of contrery stuff. last info i had, that the filming is quit good once the lense is modified. but much more important is what and how people filming.
as a saying goes: "all the gear and no idea", just having the best camera dont make the best movie.
i will always enjoy videos where i can see people coming up with a creative and inspirational filming style.
once the filming have some special quality it wont bother if its a little blurry or not full hd.
bothers me much more to see all this recent full hd spearovids and they shaking the cam the whole dive that i almost get seasick.
what timeframe you looking at for that possible project ?

Quote from Marco

Well, I was reluctant to post this one, but here I go...

The weight was "only" 52 pounds. It looked as a 60+ fish but was very skiny. Shot with a 130 Rob Allen.

hey marco,
thats a beautiful fish. ii believe atlantic cubera over 20-25 pounds are the hardest fish to shoot and land.
would like to hear a short story how you got that one.

here is a pic of one that i got many years ago swimming around in the open, with a single rubber beuchat gun with 6.5mm shaft wich dint looked to straight after the fight.
btw. thats my "professional dive suit" that i used for years. no gloves and barefoot in my cressi garas. it pains me and freeze me to see that picture today. all the best

lb,
you have to come up with a species that is not in the record list yet. what about bar-jack, or mahogany snapper ? your record might not last very long, but it would be a start to know how it feels to be a record holder. btw, do you have mahogany snappers up in florida ?

Quote from Rolo

All the former French, British and Dutch islands are a no go for spear .

i think it would be important to do some serious research on wich islands have what exactly laws about spearfishing. to my knowledge there are spearfishing in guadeloupe and martinique(french) as well in barbados, jamaica,and grenada(british)in grenada for sure for locals, dont know for foreigners. heard of other islands too, but dont know if legal.

Quote from Dan

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is it waterproof ?:thumbsup2:

it just get better and better. ALL the serious spearfishermen/woman really needs.
still waiting for the riffe camo-cryptic vacuum cleaner.
and of course for the fullbody riffe camo-cryptic tattoo, for the very warm waters.

Quote from Ryddragyn

Everyone is entitled to their own sense of ethics and conduct. Keep in mind that "Shoot what you and eat what you shoot" originated in the ocean where life is in a "natural" state, and the existing balances and species need to be kept intact for our benefit as well as their own. Just like ANY moral code, it is there for a highly logical, biological reason, and not because of some unwavering, divine proclamation that blindly decrees "because I say so". The fragile ocean and its reefs are where I learned to spearfish, so that philosophy resonates strongly with me as well.

Freshwater, however, is a completely different ballgame - we're dealing with the legacy of past generations of humans building dams, diverting rivers, introducing different species for food and for catch and release fisheries. The damage has been done, unfortunately. The native species which the Mojave indian tribes depended on for food (example: Colorado pikeminnow) are nearly extinct, so the ethical implications are very different.

Perhaps Daniel should have answered "I shoot them for fun AND to help control their numbers, and to refine my shooting skills so that when I shoot more sensitive species in the ocean I have a higher chance of landing them".

My own sense of ethics views life as a continuum, not as scattered individual dots that are isolated from one another. Hence, nothing ever truly goes to waste. The carp get recycled within the lake, or their biomass just gets plain removed from the system and becomes part of another when a coyote eats them.

As far as their eating quality goes, I've tried it and personally find it to be really foul even when cooked right. Another issue that is often encountered is that their lateral line runs very high on their bodies, so anything other than a perfect head shot either hits the gut, hits the meat, or hits the kidneys, or all three. So the meat often gets spoiled as a result of getting speared.

Edit: maybe Dan should move this to another thread so it doesn't distract too much from the records discussion.

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again, the he question here came up if someone shooting a fish and not eating it ?
the first answer was the fish was shot just for fun.
if that answer would have been left alone like that, i would consider to talk about fishing ethics.
but that answer already had been clearified with a further explanation. case closed for me.:thumbsup2:

Quote from Ryddragyn

They are an invasive species in a lake that is itself artificial. They serve no purpose in the lake's food chain other than eating the eggs of other fish, as well as vegetation. Nothing preys upon them. Keeping their numbers under control helps maintain stocks of more desirable game fish, as well as recovery efforts for endangered species. A lot of the other game fish (large and smallmouth bass, stripers) prey on the young of the endangered species as well, though.

the qustion was if you eating the fish.
the answer was :they could be eaten,but i shoot them for fun.
this answer is not good enough, and can offend people in their diving-ethics.
good that you find the time to add this post . you cant expect that everyone here have the particular knowledge of environmental problems that occur in these places you dive.

Quote from spearstuff

They're edible but I just shoot them for fun.

i think doing that is not good for the karma. the fish's and yours too.

ooops, and seeing now what happen in this thread i would like to advise everyone once more not to loose their temper, and keep beeing respectful !

the movie is well done,i just dont like that style of freediving movie.
where the heck you people get the money and the equipment to do such things ?
must have been a fortune on expenses to do that.
tell you what, get me just two of that cams been used, keep the crew,scooter and other hightech stuff, and half of the production money. sure i will make it an original spearfishing movie worth watching without computeranimations.

dude,
thats some nice fish.