Thanks Dan. Out of curiosity, why doesn't 5200 work? It can't take all the movement?
I hear you on the bottom contact but....it's hard. I've hit a lot of fish while laying on the bottom and after the shot, or trying to get a fish out of a hole, the last thing I'm thinking about is making sure I don't beat my fins up on the bottom. 
although I do try and not break corals.
I pretty much beat the shit out of all my gear.
baguhan lang sir. i use make shift guns of friends from la union and ilocos province
Welcome. You may be an apprentice at spearing, but it looks like you rip surfing. Is that you in the avatar?
I surfed and body surfed in Iba back int he late 80s. Nice little waves.
Nice report and pics. Many thanks.
You stumbled into a good place. Lots of mellow, experienced, good hearted folks on here.
I have a couple Riffes. Killed a lot of fish with them.
Welcome.
Kind of an old thread but this looks like the place to post this question.
I'm in the process of changing the channeling rails on my C90s. I did a section about 6 months ago that should have been on the "funny things" section.
Anyway, the remaining rails are slowing peeling and ripping off. Jake and I were using an old fillet knife to scrape the edges as clean as possible. But before we super glue the new rails on I was wondering.....will 5200 Marine Sealant work?
I ask because I anticipate that the rails will wear again before the blades do and I'll have to get that rock hard super glue off again. The 5200 flexes a bit and should peel off easier..but will it hold?
I recently became curious about the idea of spearfishing the way guys did it in the 50's and 60s here in the US. I want to try it the way it was done then, like the pinders for example.
my plan is to pick up some old duckfoot fins, classic j snorkel, oldschool round mask, UDT swim trunks and jump in with my hawaiian sling and one of my old dive knives i have hanging on my wall. I think it would be pretty cool to try it at least, would make for some pretty cool pictures as well. Anyone interested in giving this a shot with me this summer?
I don't know Andrew. To me, it would be kind of like taking this old bike.....and yes, she was a good one in her day.....out on a supercross track. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
I think I'll stick to my modern gear. My body is "old style" but I can't do anything about that.
I hand carried my carbon fins last trip to Philippines and Hawaii. Not on Hawaiian though but three other airlines and was no problem.
"Matrixed around my shaft". I gotta remember that one. Nice fish.
Hank, you always have to use two hands to shoot a hybrid?
You know, honestly I can't really say. I know I use two hands sometimes but not always.
I'm in the process of tuning my gun down a bit. I like the feel and accuracy of 26 inch 9/16 bands on my 55. I can shoot that one handed with pretty good accuracy.
I'd been using 5/8 the same length but I honestly feel I would miss shots due to recoil and lifting the end of the shaft as it passes the muzzle, shooting low. So, for the chance to make that rare "Hail Mary" long shot, I was missing some closer easy ones.
My Father in laws omer came with a 19mm band and we both struggled to load it - changed it over to a 16 now - so much nicer to use but does have slightly less power (not really an issue though).
Wouldn't two 14s have about the same power?
Nice.
That third video....whoooaa. Is that guy alone? All that line on the surface makes me nervous. Whenever Jake or I have a fish and we're bringing it up, the other guy is winding up the line on the reel.
Thanks. Good way to start the morning.
Dilletante.....I had to Google that. You're really educated.
I go through phases on hobbies too. I collect and use tools, guitars, scuba gear (in the past) and spearfishing ...stuff....
But it's hard when there are two kids under 4 years old in the house. Things disappear and get misplaced constantly.
I find sockets, batteries, who knows....laying out in the yard. My boat fuel lines are pulled up and out of the tanks, shifters are pulled down or up....
I wonder sometimes how it would be if it were just me and my wife....like normal couples our age and not having so many kids around.....I'd probably be a grumpy, crazy old fart.....instead of just an old fart.
So spearfishing is like the Golf PGA. Over 50 is Seniors Tour. We get dumped on "Old Man's Reef" when out on our friend's boats.
"Yeah, over there at about 15 feet deep, we saw a few hogfish the other day. We'll come back for you...." <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
He said, "we had a nice boat and shot a shitload of fish".....I think anyway. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Not to continue to derail the wonderful tacos....
but I had a Riffe trigger mech fail on an almost new gun. I was swimming back to my boat and just touched the trigger and THWAP !! It fired. Surprised the shit out of me. So I loaded it and did it again. Then I took it home, went out in my back yard and held the gun parallel on the ground with a free shaft. It still had a "hair trigger". Jay Riffe sent me a new mech free of charge, and it never had problems until now. I'd heard it happened to a couple others also.
Now....about that taco recipe.....
57, going on 39. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Actually I feel best when I am in the water. I fish from 7:00 Am to 11:30AM every day and then again from 3:00pm to Sunset. We live right on the China Sea in the Philippines. I have sleep apnea and suffer from cronic sleepness. Sex and Fishing is all I have left. I will give up sex if I have too choose. But I use a big stick for both.
And a stone shot on a tanguigue (spanish mackerel) with what looks like a Wong 55 hybrid.....loaded into the back two of three holes. I'm liking this guy more and more.
Nickmal, I'll be in Antique, Panay in August. Manila for as little time as possible. You're way north on Luzon?
Congrats! has good size snapper
Thanks. When I first saw the dog snapper turning to look up at me, I thought he was a cubera. Really dark colors for a dog and it was hard at first to see the triangle under his eye.
Like the one Dan shot a few weeks ago that he had to really work for, this one was a bit the same. It's one of those times when it's best to be hunting alone. If someone else had been with me and been 4 feet farther out in the channel, the fish would have seen him/her and most likely gone back into the "Hole". The satisfaction of a hunt, sneaking up like that, to me is greater than shooting multiple jacks, ceros, hogs.....these dogs were on red alert. Hard to approach like that.
I actually kind of chased the hogfish. He saw me drop down about 20 feet away from him and slowly started moving away. I just followed....and started picking up the pace. Then he turned, as they do so many times. I rarely, if ever, catch a mutton, cubera or dog doing that. Once a snapper starts moving away, if I follow .....they're gone....fast moving.
I just had lunch and my belly is full. But those tacos are STILL making my mouth water. Nice.
I'm back. haha. I was trying to let my elbow heal up but I can't wait any longer. The pain of being dry is much greater than the pain in my elbow.
Quiet as far as snappers. The commercial guys were heading north from the first cut we hit. Jake said he saw something at about 120 feet on the new fishfinder on the boat but I never saw the school. They run deep when they get scared. So I circled around in the cut hoping for cobia, like last year this time. The eagle rays were there in force....like 60 or more. But no cobia.
I moved as quiet as a fart in church and creeped up over the "Hole" that usually has fish around it. There was the dog snapper under the ledge. Got a good head shot and stoned him.
Found the hog in a cut south of there. Big one for here. Not much else there though. Duqesnay swears there just aren't much fish this time of year. He's been spearing here for about 45 years. Maybe he's right.
The boys were getting some porgies and black snapper. Jake has a healing boil on his leg so he just drove the boat all day.
I shot the two barracudas. The new signal to the boatman is "TEETH!. haha. I'm still a bit leary of those sneaky bastards.
Hank, I think thats the opposite of making people feel better
but congrats on getting back in the water, how was loading the gun?
No pain in the water. It's only at night when I move my arm in weird positions. Thanks.
