Posts by Chastral

Is there anyone out there that has plans to come to Thailand? I am on Phuket Island and it is amazing out here.

You can get a boat to take you out to some smaller islands for 30-100 dollars a day (8 in the morning until 5 in the evening) depending on how far out you want to go. I went on one trip and one of the locals that took me caught a 15lb grouper and about half a dozen other couple pounders. I didnt catch anything because I couldn't dive that far (about 60 feet). I didn't see any big fish, but I hear that there are dorado, cuda, tuna, GT, and other big fish.

If anyone has any questions about Phuket just send me a message.

I have not caught any trophies yet, just a 6lb octopus and some rainbow parrotfish (which taste amazing grilled).

yea it is an 850, dont know what I was thinking.

I bought it from leisurepro.com.

It is rather easy to load, so I am going to put 50 more pumps into it and see how that works.

Thanks everyone.

I am a diving noob, and I didnt know you were supposed to take the snorkel out of your mouth when diving. Noted... but why?

So you spit out the snorkel before taking your last breath on the surface before the dive?

So only use the snorkel when your scouting for the fish? Find the fish, spit out the snorkel, take your last breath, then dive... right?

I took my new Mares Cyrano 830 out today, had a couple pound rainbow parrotfish in my sights... he was only a few feet away... I was aiming at center mass, shot him right in the middle, yet somehow it didnt even pierce him. It glanced right off and went over the top of him.

I was using a big ricktip with 4 inch wings... am I using too big of a speartip for the little shaft?

My speartip wasnt sharp as a needle... does it need to be?

I shot another fish. That time the speartip penetrated but it didnt go past the barbs so it got away (why didnt it go through it?).

And with one fish it went through him, all the way to where the fish was on my line instead of the shaft (but that was like point blank range).

Oh, and I wasn't deep at all, only a few meters (so pressure effect on the speargun is out).

Does it sound like my pneumatic speargun low on air? If so, how do i check how low, and how much to pump into it?

I have a JBL 3 band explorer, and with just 2 band its about 3 times the power as my pneumatic.

So why isnt my pneumatic packing a punch at just 5 feet away. Why wont it go through the fish when I hit it center mass right behind the gill?

I am going to put on a much smaller hawaiian slip tip and see if that does anything.

But please, anyone with pneumatic speargun experience tell me what they think about the non-penetration issue.

I am in Phuket Thailand right now... will be for the next year. I was wondering if there were any spearfishermen out here.

You can get a longtail fishing boat for 30-50 dollars, they will take you out to the smaller islands and it usually lasts from 8 in the morning until 4 in the evening.

Send me a message if your in Phuket.