Dude george. Thanks for the tips and about my spear I am already looking in to a new pole with a floper or slip tip around seven feet right now I just have a orange fiberglass pole but the tip is crimped on so no chanting tips. I've already missed and lost a few big fish cause of the paralyzer tip.
Linghunt- thanks for the advice I'll play around with the weight and see what feels best to me. I just read about swb so I wanted to ask just to be safe see what the normal amount would be you know.