Posts by ladvr
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You should switch user names with Yakatak.
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If the fish are at the top of the water column or shallow then the extra weight is a plus. I like to be able to exhale and sink out at the surface.
Mike
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60ft vis sounds like a great day of diving. Congrats!
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Aaron,
I use this website for RE trend data.http://dqnews.com/Articles/201…Bay-Area/RRBay100715.aspx
This site has good trend data as well:
Mike
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copy that mike, even better yet are those schoolie/barely legals. sash time!
Love the veal.
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Sounds like a great day. Congrats.
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Welcome dude!
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Corey,
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Welcome Al!
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Alex, do you know what the whole backstory is? Just wondering what information you are basing your analysis/rants on. I understand the theme of your diatribe, but the details... are a bit different than what I've heard directly from both Erik & Dano.
Harold,
One can't help but be suspicious of a vendor that gets any unfavorable posts/reviews deleted on a forum that touts itself as a "free speech" forum. The same free speech that is damaging dive spots. It just seems weird.Mike
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Mike:
I am giving my Stable to Campillos as soon as I get a new Sporasub J. I used one at Cat. and it was the best I have ever used until I lost it due to some clumsiness. Very dry and no reservoir in the bottom to create Darth Vader gurgling noises. Very comfortable too.
Just thought I'd throw that out there. Its amazing to me how the simplest piece of equipment can get so overblown in the name of marketing. Keep it simple. Also amazing is how the perfect snorkel can make such a big difference.
Thanks.
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Mako spearguns and most of the other gear is cheap Chinese crap. %75 of their products including; wetsuits, rashguards, socks, gloves, masks, snorkels, knives, floats, come from the Chinese distributor who will sell the same stuff to anybody. The fact that Mako is deep in bed with spearboard and the grogan just tops it all off.
LMAO. I almost bought from Mako.
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Great thread. I've been thinking about dumping my Riffe stable for a while.
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Beautiful knives Don. I would be hesitant to drag those into the ocean.
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Thanks! Nice rig.
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first of all, this makes what you left coasters do, that much more impressive....and i was already impressed
second, do you think this percentage is because of the cvis in general or because you are primarily targeting halis who chill in the surgey areas where it is all stirred up?
Great question. PV is somewhat like an Island in that it has areas protected from North swell in the winter and South swell in the summer. So across the entire peninsula conditions are variable. I dive where the fish are and deal with the crappy vis. I enjoy the challenge of diving the adverse conditions and it is also less crowded as most guys will go over to the Islands for better conditions. I target halibut in the winter and spring, WSB in the spring and summer and YT in the summer and fall. If I have fish in the freezer i generally dive camera only and seek out better visibility as it makes for better video. I dive with a gun/polespear about 30% of the time.
Mike
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Here is a hand made fillet knife I built in 1985 from a old Sorenson Steel lumbering saw I found deep in a Connecticut forest when I was a kid. I took me several weeks to forge, shape and heat treat. The images do not show the color in the ab shell very well, the tubes through the handle are Ti. I will take better pictures and post a separate thread on the build in a week. The 56RC 8.5'' blade can be bent 90 degrees, is like a razor and is has only touched fish. I do not let my son or GF touch this blade, it is a bone cutter.
Cheers. Don PaulNice work and a cool story.
