Posts by Don Paul

  • 30 year old Beuchat foopockets / fins

    I used to wear the Comp Gold Fin ( still have a set of new green blade) and another pair Dillon has been wearing. The Cressi Rondine had replaceable blades first around 1982 but I need to check.
    The one in the picture is a newer model of Gold Fin with out the blade support ribs.
    Cheers, Don


    This was the first long fin I had the one with the removable plastic blade came next.
    Rondine means Swallow in Italian.

  • MPLA update

    Court decision requires MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force to repay angling groups all legal fees in Public Records case
    Tuesday, 29 March 2011



    A March 10, 2011 California Superior Court ruling has ordered the Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF) and Master Plan Team (MPT) to pay 100-percent of the legal fees incurred by recreational angling groups in a 2010 lawsuit to enforce BRTF's and MPT's obligations under California’s Public Records Act to produce important information about their actions in adopting marine protected areas in the ocean waters off the California coast.
    In that case, the court found in favor of Robert C. Fletcher, former president of the Sportfishing Association of California, a member of the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans, ordering the provision of information regarding the activities and decisions of the BRTF and the Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan Team. That ruling confirmed that these were public agencies and therefore required to carry on their business in an open and transparent way.


    “This is a significant monetary award on our behalf, but it represents only a small portion of what we’ve invested in battling the unlawful MLPA process so far,” said David Elm, Chairman of United Anglers of Southern California and director of the Ocean Access Protection Fund. “Even more important than the financial ramifications of this decision is the signal that it sends. The court has now decided in our favor twice, based on the merits of our original case against the BRTF and MPT,” added Elm.
    Elm was quick to remind anglers that this in no way should slow the pace of contributions to the Ocean Access Protection Fund, the non-profit organization established to finance legal action, on behalf of recreational fishermen, challenging the Fish and Game Commission's decisions under the MLPA. In fact, he suggested, it should do the opposite.
    “This latest court decision has given both encouragement and additional resources to our efforts,” said Elm. “But we have a long way to go, and continued success will only be possible with ongoing support from anglers across California. We will continue our aggressive awareness and fundraising campaigns, allowing us to keep up our ‘full court press’ on the flawed MLPA process.”


    Following the successful Public Records Act suit, on January 27, 2011, United Anglers of Southern California, Coastside Fishing Club and Robert Fletcher filed a lawsuit in the San Diego County Superior Court seeking to set aside the MLPA regulations for the North Central and South Coast study regions. This currently pending lawsuit cites a lack of statutory authority for the Fish and Game Commission to adopt the regulations, and, in the case of the South Coast regulations, numerous violations of the California Environmental Quality Act in the commission's environmental review of the regulations.
    http://humboldttuna.com/smf/index.php?topic=4758.0:yaydance:

  • spear size?

    Quote from yellows

    I'm fabricating a custom speargun and need help in deciding on shaft diameter.
    The gun fits a 55'' shaft and will house 3 bands. I also plan on using a delrin track.
    What the advantages and disadvantages to 9/32 or 5/16. Help.
    Scott


    In your avatar I see Mexico/ Cali we're not shooting foot long fish that dart the shaft. The 5/16 has more mass to pull 400 mono shooting line out 15 feet and still crash though the spine with a slip tip if you run 3 5/8 bands at 300 % elongation. Both will kill fish well, but my stack of bent 9/32 shafts is larger then the 5/16.


    I do like the 9/32 for small local blue fin however, those fish have some James Brown shite going on.;)


    Guys talk about WSB beating the shaft....but it has never happened to me if I keep the rubber fresh and short.


    Cheers, Don

  • Cheetah - 4 Guns

    Very sleek style and grace of line. Beautiful workmanship mate I can see the geometry and dynamics were well thought out.
    I really like the curve under the butt extension allowing the raised hand placement. Nice detail as well as grain choice .
    Cheers, Don Paul

  • Speardiver vs Beuchat weight vest

    Alex, I used to use the old back wt and straps but never wore the Beuchat vest.
    I could always feel the center wt between my shoulders with my 5mil. I now have the Speardiver weight vest with the thin straps and just forget it is even there. I have to remember to take it off before peeling of my top at the end of the day. I really like the ability to trim my stance in the water along with moving a little wt of my lower back. The quality is as good as Dan's wetsuits.


    Cheers, Don

  • Long beach neptunes annual auction 04/06/11


    Nothing on the prime list... just trinkets from the past that are vintage like me;)


    Just PM me a location to pick you up. .


    Cheers Don