I currently own a pair of Gara professional LDs and are trying to decide if it is worth upgrading to carbon fins. If it is, I have narrowed my choices to the three options mentioned above :thinking:. I will be spearing mostly in about 30-80 feet of water. Advise or suggestions are welcome.
I made the switch from Garas to the Speardiver and never looked back. You won't find a better built fin out there at any price.
Nothing like a little retail dive equipment therapy
It would be hard to get what you want for what you want to spend. I would look at the following guns:
- Wong Super Magnum
- Sea Sniper
- Merlo
- Hamilton
You can expect to pay $1,800 to $2,500 for one of these hand crafted masterpieces. I love them all so I am not going to try and steer.you towards any particular one. Look at it this way. You will be diving the rest of your life and will hopefully go on some epic trips. Get that special gun that is made just for you.
Good luck.
Chupi,
Did you guys get out on the new ride?
Wish I could have joined you homos!
I was having problems with the jet propulsion system so we went out on Ed's Yellowfin. <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">
GR awesome! I so needed pics of the red suit. Who are the other guys in the pics?
That is Conner Erwin and Dave Wible. I will post on Spearboard and get you some frre advertising
Got out last Sunday with some friends on a Commercial Grouper trip. These Red Suits are the Shizzel.
Got out last Sunday with some friends on a Commercial Grouper trip. These Red Suits are the Shizzel.
Good job Roberto!! I wish the deaf ears over here would accept some new information and change our rules back to something that makes sense. The whole commercial / recreational thing over here is ridiculos.
I generally double my bottom time in the 0 to 60 stuff just to maintain a relaxed rythm. When I start pushing in current I may do double plus 1 minute before I begin my breath up cycle. In deeper water I always do double plus a minute.
For me the watch is a must have piece of saftey equipment. I dove without one for years but consider myself lucky that I did not SWB. If you use the watch to off gas at the surface and then dive when you feel good I think you will be a lot safer. Just saying
Good lord the artwork on those Sea Snipers is unbelieveable! WOW!
Chris's guns are just wicked. In a class of his own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0mtNEo5cE
Check out this guys Kayak Depth Recorder Rig. Really cool!!
I brought that same unit to La Paz a couple years back. It gets the job done for finding structure. I rigged up a PVC pipe with the transducer connected that could be lowered off the side of the boat when looking for the spot and stored when running.
It's strange looking for a saltwater fish. Impressive nevertheless. Is it good eating?
They have a lot of worms and some people don't like that. I think the worms tenderize the meat and give it kind of a nutty flavor
First the Giant Chub and now the mighty Black Drum tipping the imaginary scale at 35 lbs. Chris Grauer shot one that was over 60 lbs, but he does not post here. Hahahahah!!! My super stealth Pursuit Wetsuit allowed me to stalk this fine sushi grade fish in the irrie green waters of Tampa Bay while dodging hungry Bullsharks.
imo it's better to get it off the reef as fast as possible so it doesn't hole up but if it does you can use the lift of the float to put pressure on it and eventually it will come out. i lost all of my bluewater gear in pv last year when i shot a 60+ fish with a sliptip and bungie on a breakaway. the fish stretched the bungie enough and the sliptip allowed it to go deep into a hole. if i had a short it with a hard float line and a short (one wrap) shooting line i may have been able to horse it up in time. the other thing is, if i was usuing a flopper shaft i think the fish would not have been able to hole up too deep with a shaft sticking through it.
again, my opinion.
Steve,
I agree with you when it comes to Pargo. There is a 100 lb Pargo holed up off Corbetania with one of my shafts and a Mori Slip Tip at 120 feet. If I was using a float line instead of a bungee He would have made the icebox instead of the deep rock ledge.
There is no perfect set up for Baja. Over rig and you have too much pressure and under rig you stand the chance of kissing your rig good bye. I like a 100 foot float line to a 25 ft bungee for Wahoo, Marlin ect and everything Bluewater in baja except Tuna. For Bottom fish go with the shortest floatline and the most floats you can drag around.
This is a qualifying tournament for the National Championship being held in Key Largo in August. The top 3 teams will qualify to compete. Start planning now because April 15 is just around the corner
I have owned 5 DiveSkin suits. Spiros is a great guy and provides a great product for the money. However, Dan has converted me to the Pursuit Wetsuits. The quality is second to none and the streatchy rubber makes for an almost custom fit. I have two Pursuit Wetsuits now and could not be happier And now back to the show!!
