Posts by Don Paul

  • Holed up fish recovery at your limits?

    Quote from Treebilly3

    Yes Padi advanced, But I haven't used my gear in a few years. To much crap to pack down the dock!


    To me, 60' in your cold waters with all the lead is a deep dive, sounds like you can cut it, but all it takes is one F-up. I have always had a steel 72 on my boats just in case and I have used it twice to get my gear back.
    At that point I'm no longer spearfishing... just doing salvage and recovery.;)


    The main thing about deep holed fish is .....it's only a fish...not your life. Make sure your spotter can dive as deep as you and save your life before you take this kind of risk. Another bad thing would be having your buddy black out helping you.
    I'm not going to tell you how to dig a fish out as there are so many different scenarios, but take your time getting lots of surface time. Try to plot out how your going to proceed after a recon dive, then take it slow one step at a time. The most dangerous time for a diver however, is when we have a mission, we get focused on that and throw safety and clear thinking out the window. I would completely forget SpareAir (Death- in-A-bottle) and get a small pony tank instead.


    Cheers, Don


    PS. Billy I just reread your post, if your ''buddy'' is only diving 20 your diving pretty much alone.

  • Stop bashing México

    Quote from Oscar

    Off topic and only partly diving - sorry Dan.



    I think your topic is spot on....Dan likes dogs...so I think now that he sees the ''seadogs'' He and I will have to go visit Monsterslayer next year, time permitting to test new gear. Business trip for him with write offs of course .;)


    Cheers. Don

  • Stop bashing México

    Thanks Benshep, that brought back great memories of past trips with my friends boy onboard our liveaboard, and big fish aren't far away......I will always love la Paz.:thumbup:


    Cheers, Don

  • Stop bashing México

    Quote from Oscar

    Great shot. Sounds like Christmas break (December 22-Jan 3) would be a good time? Or perhaps Thanksgiving break (mid-late November) might be better? What could we expect for water temperature in late November or late December? Kids would probably need some kind of wetsuit to get in the water with them.


    Gracias!


    I bet the kids would love the Seal preserve at Isla Espiritu Santo.


    Cheers, Don

  • Add a pissette to your wetsuits?

    Quote from Oscar

    Don - I am still laughing, and trying to conceptionalze the fairy shoes with the implied zipper - a real dichotomy. <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">


    They had scull and crossbones heel and toe protectors if that helps, got them in a Euro biker shop in the early eights. They were popular here just before fake ww2 bomber jackets. <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">



    Cheers, Don

  • Bit of shore diving

    Quote from Ramon

    Ohhhh :@ an Alien jajajejajjejeje <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"> <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">



    Yeah...jajajajejejeje......I'm working on my Spanish.;)


    Cheers, Don

  • Add a pissette to your wetsuits?

    Quote from Oscar

    Don - are those elves shoes in the first photo? Sure looks like it. I need to think some more on your little left thigh zipper before I can make a pissass comment <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">


    <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"> <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"> too funny. I even tried to hide them with the black marker.:the shoes were from my pirates of the Caribbean costume.


    Cheers, Don