Great looking gun
Posts by ladvr
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Bump for Shark Week...
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Epic. Congrats!
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"I swear officer they are not my bulbs man...I don't even own a lamp...."
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Ive heard of one guy over in S. Africa that offers spearos a true speardiver beath hold coarse. His name is Trevor Hutton, check him out on youtube. This guy hunts at 171' and I think he's the world record holder for deep dive spearfishing on a single breath. I think here in America its more hype & gimmick and so a coarse like that would be hard to come by. If that guy was teaching here I would give it a serious look.
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That's an awesome feat. I would not pay to far in advance to take his class.
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Nothin wrong with taken a little something for the grill.
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Despite the many flaws outlined here, the Chapple et al. [22] estimate of 219 mature and sub-adult white sharks is useful as an index or minimum estimate for the numbers of predominantly male sharks that annually return to two pinniped rookeries in central California; we suspect, however the estimate of 328 (222–433) from the Chao model [40] to be more useful as it accounts for heterogeneity of capture probabilities. Extrapolation from any sub-population abundance estimate to include members of the population outside of the specific sex/age/length distributions or localities without accounting for sampling bias or including population demography may mislead or misinform conservation and management of this important apex predator. Our demographic results suggest that the white shark population abundance required to account for the number of mature and sub-adult sharks sighted by Chapple et al. [22] at the localities they surveyed must be at least an order of magnitude larger than their estimate when all age classes are included and is probably not “far lower” than other apex predators in coastal California or the ENP. Furthermore, there are signs that the California sub-population is at least stable with recent data suggesting increasing numbers of juveniles [68]. Our estimate and these recent observations place doubt on the need for inclusion of white sharks on the national or state endangered species lists and indicate that existing protective measures are likely to be improving the population status and should be maintained. More importantly, the status of the population should be regularly monitored using a variety of techniques, as no single method is likely to provide completely scientifically sound and unbiased results.
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City Council meeting today (7/15) at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1400 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach to discuss potential permanent fishing ban on pier.
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I have owned or used most of the Riffe Competitors and miid handles over the years. The smallest competitor that I would recommend is the C2x. The smaller models overlap in performance with my polespears. The riffe can shoot shafts from 1/4 to 3/8" not sure about the Beauchat and thats a good feature to have. Never had any issues with the Riffe guns except a cracked handle.
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Lots of good advice here.
The spearing is real easy here in Socal. I have a garage full of gear but I really enjoy trunking it with a 2mm rash guard, voit fins and a 4-6ft pole spear. I see guys showing up with $2000 worth of gear and its kinda laughable watchng them do the walk of shame while I am lugging my catch up the hill. <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">. Just take it slow and focus on safety. The ocean has alot of ways to kick your ass. Too may deaths around PV this past week.
A Biller 48 is a great starter gun for local diving. A second hand Riffe would be a good step up from the Biller. Dans stuff is quality gear when your ready for it. Avoid Mako at all cost.
My 2cents.
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Welcome mate.
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Anchovy aggregation and crystal clear water....
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One of our resident juvi white sharks bit a swimmer yesterday.
Shark attack stirs Manhattan Beach holiday weekend crowd*-*Los Angeles Times
Not really an attack IMO, just an unfortunate incident.
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Nice work. I use a bread pan and a spam can for my belts and vest. Your vest will last a lot longer if you remove the weights after each dive.
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I watched it out of sheer curiosity. It actually doesnt do a bad job of portraying the fishing side of commercial spearfishing well. They come at it from a "this is where fresh sustainable seafood comes from" angle. Showing how it gets from the ocean to peoples plates (shots of the seafood company showing up and paying for the fish) Its also cool to see middlegrounds hogs and groupers even if guys on scuba are shooting them.
The part that is just silly is the manufactured reality drama. Like many reality tv shows its blatantly obvious (to me) pretty much all of the conflict is fake. Bad actors pretending to argue about stuff and run into danger for the sake of television. When a shark shows up they pretend like its going to eat them. When heading into port in a storm the boat breaks down etc. When they shoot a fish in a hole it gets silted out and they have a hard time finding their way out. They even give the divers full face masks so they can talk up the drama on camera. For those reasons its a pretty silly reality tv show.
But I love/hate reality tv. I really enjoy the documentary style look inside cultures and professions I otherwise wouldn't know about. But I absolutely hate the fake docudrama crap that ends up taking up most of a reality TV shows time. Unfortunately it seems like the general public is more interested in the drama than the work.
I think that sums it up.
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I am almost certain the SCUBA charter captains have procedures and drill for "missing diver". The Coastguard would be another good resource for info. I think Step one is to mark the surface with a heavily weighted (spare belt), highly visible buoy or float where the diver was last seen and allow it to drift in the current.
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Catching Hell - Spearfishers risk their lives in extreme depths for the best catch
You guys should check this out.
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Welcome mate.
