Posts by seaweed

  • Simple mortised handle?

    Good idea. Different mechs might require a different spacing but I suppose most people use the reef or tuna mech anyways.


    I like the pinning idea better. Drilling through will require more work recessing the holes then you have to plug them up.

  • Range, one vs two wraps of shooting line

    Put a pin on the bottom or side anywhere between the anchor and release to adjust the length. Pin is facing forward like a line anchor from the side view. You can grab line at muzzle and off bungie and take it around the release and loop it over the pin. Or bring line from muzzle around release then around the pin then finally back around the release.

  • Range, one vs two wraps of shooting line

    Harry uses 1.6mm 250lb mono with 7.5mm shaft.


    I think 1 wrap is best for fish you want to stop from getting in stuff. I hate shooting a grouper up close and seeing most of the line floating near the gun rapidly peeling away deep into structure. I find myself switching between 1 and 2 wraps about twice a year. I get tired of having too long a line then get tired of having too short a line. I'll try 1.5 wraps on my next dive.


    By the way you can load 2 wraps in the same amount of time it takes 1 wrap. Much faster if you have a closed muzzle.


    After wrapping the the line over the spear as you come down grab the line from the bungie. Now you have 2 lines in your hand. Wrap it around the line release and as you come up to the anchor put your thumb in the loop formed and the bungie will stretch allowing you to go over the anchor.

  • Dangerous gear - speargun wrist strap

    Quote from Dan

    This way I can hold on to the gun with one hand and fin away from the discharge with the other hand, as the pants down around the knees prohibits kicking (enjoy the visual LOL).


    Getting enough propulsion with one hand is difficult. Plus you look weird flailing around like that.


    You have to "Jockey" it and dolphin kick upcurrent.


  • Name this lobster? And jelly. . .

    Pistol shrimp and juvi manowar. I seen the shrimp on discovery channel, something about applying it for future weapons. There were literally thousands of manowars like that of off ft. lauderdale last week.


    I think the pistol shrimp are the cracking noises you hear on the reef.

  • Pros and cons of a kayak as a spearfishing platform

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    i was thinking about hitting a flat on the way back for some snook or redfish fly work...a nice way to end a day...if she's up to the task, you should try it <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    Fly work? I almost pierced my ears plenty of times. I can only imagine the piercing that will go on aboard Dan's RIB.

  • Fins too hard

    I think stiff fins are for giving you propulsion when you are really negative. Like for freedivers kicking up from 300'. I'm thinking you need the force to get some momentum and once you have it the fin is used minimally.

  • Looking for some Euro Gun advice

    No experience in your waters but a minimum 120cm, 2 5/8 bands, short wishbone with a 7mm shaft. 20ft from the gun will be tough without adding more mass to or overpowering it.


    Who knows, in the end you might end up with something approximating a wood gun.

  • Advantages of a tube style float line

    I've used both. At first a regular RA floatline then a tube style I made. I carry both in my bag still but have the RA just in case.


    I like that it is stretchy. It absorbs fish runs and it absorbs the tugging action of waves. If I want to move a distance and the float is tugging it gives me some distance to build up speed before moving the full weight of the float around.


    I also has less drag than a rope one for pulling through the water or current.


    Also when holding the gun on the bottom the stretch can diminish hard tugs from the float above.


    It is easy to clean and is easier to coil that a rope one for storage.


    Alot of people seem to like them.


    I went diving with a divers direct employee and was told they never have the riffe ones in stock. Every time they get a shipment they sell them all quickly and couldn't understand why because it is just a $120 tube.

  • Indentifying Greater Amberjack & Lesser Amberjack

    Biological description for lesser amberjack:


    The lesser amberjack occurs in the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans. In the Atlantic, it is found from Massachusetts to Brazil. This is a benthopelagic species, primarily found in depths of 55-130 m (180-427 ft). Maximum reported size is 68 cm (27 in) FL. It feeds on squids and fishes.


    Lesser amberjacks don't usually venture into water less than 100 feet in depth and the largest ones stay exclusively in deeper water, sometimes over 600 feet.



    The diagonal dark bar through the eye may stop short of the dorsal fin. It extends to the dorsal fin in the greater amberjack.

  • Quick shallow day out of Dania

    Biological description for lesser amberjack:


    The lesser amberjack occurs in the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans. In the Atlantic, it is found from Massachusetts to Brazil. This is a benthopelagic species, primarily found in depths of 55-130 m (180-427 ft). Maximum reported size is 68 cm (27 in) FL. It feeds on squids and fishes.


    Lesser amberjacks don't usually venture into water less than 100 feet in depth and the largest ones stay exclusively in deeper water, sometimes over 600 feet.



    The diagonal dark bar through the eye may stop short of the dorsal fin. It extends to the dorsal fin in the greater amberjack.