Loved it! When does ling season open? I really want to go hunt those dinosaurs for the first time! Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy hunting reef fish. Nothing like shooting a big pelagic, but something about the reefs. I use to live in indiana and squirrel hunting was my favorite kind. I loved white tails, but squirrels are just fun to hunt. Funny how things trigger memories.
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Hi freediver , that's my only heranan , belive it or not it's
only gonna trow three 9/16bands with a 5/16shaft for local tuna and yt
and a speedy 11/32 for the ghostbustingit was ment to be a modern day potts / safari type gun
big bulky but sexy at the same time , like a 1970 SS el camino
Again beutiful gun,
Thanks for sharing ....JoeI was thinking 11/32 for that track, but couldn't recall. Either way, it's gonna be sweet! Thanks for the kind words and I may get my chance to kill with it today if I'm really lucky.
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Welcome to the heranan fan club , you can send me
your duesDoesn't suprise me you are a part of it. I guess you have others, but I saw your new unfinished toy Friday too and played around with it a bit. That thing is a new classic. It's gonna fling the big shaft effortlessly with all that mass
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Ben, It was great meeting you and drinking your beer at 11:30 Friday night.
You got a sweet one-of-a-kind H-Gun, and it was a pleasure seeing you smile when Phil handed it to you.(it was even better seeing that you posted pictures of it at 1:30 a.m Saturday after finishing rigging it) <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Haha, thanks Rich and nice meeting you too. No doubt this gun looks even better in person and you are one of the few that knows that for sure. Thanks for cruising by. Oh, and pics would've been up sooner, but my daughter wouldn't stay asleep:boring1: I've been carrying it around everywhere not letting it leave my side like a puppy or something.
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You know outside the water the colors are aggressive. I don't know how they get toned down in the water, but maybe the gun could act like a big lure. Do seabass get attracted to any kind of lure? From the videos I've seen it seems you California divers are always chasing them.
Contrary to what a lot of people believe I think seabass are curious like other fish, but more sensitive sometimes. I don't know how much it will matter since I move so slow in the kelp, but I doubt it will hurt. It's just like my BRIGHT green JBL suit opposed to a plain black suit. It really doesn't matter if you ask me. For yellowtail I could see them coming to check it out with it's shiny finish in the sunlight.
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Congratz on the new gun. For some reason "killer bee" comes to mind. I find the last pic confusing. It looks like there's no mech in the trigger pocket and the ends of the pocket are rounded, so as to accept the Tuna mech. But in the pic above it the mech housing looks square.
Haha, you're right about the killer bee look in the photos. If you see the gun in the sunlight it looks way more vibrant and it doesn't quite have the same colors. They almost seem like they are on fire!!! Truely amazed with this gun and the way it is made. I hope and am sure it will shoot just as well as I think it will.
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The woods look like padauk and yellow heart to me .. Am I wrong?
You're right one man. Good call
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Beauty! What's the shaft, band setup? I am torn between 3 9/16 bands and 4 right now for my new gun, but think 3 is really enough too.
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Phil just swung by a bit ago on his way to the J&J show and dropped off my new Cbass slayer. What a beauty!
57inch
Band elevators
Open Track
5/16 shaft and Mori Slip Tip
Threaded inserts for a RA reel, but am gonna try the ole floatline again and see if I can tolerate it.
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I was out hunting today and laying at the bottom in 30ft. It reminded me of last year when I dropped down to 20 or 30 ft and found a sleeping 35lb cbass right on the bottom. I took it easily from above. I would imagine a shark or big sea lion could have done the same to your fish. I've seen sea lions with small WSB lots of times. I even saw a BIG knot head throwing a 4 foot shark of some sort around this last week. We thought it had a larger model cbass and followed it around for a while til we saw it was a shark. Never know I guess.
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Well done man! Those are some gnarly wounds for sure.
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When I click on it my account on youtube comes up??
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Great post Chris! I felt like I was there and should've been! I know how you feel. I finally found time for a shore dive Thursday in the morning for 2 and 1/2 hours and then back at it again for another 4 hours later from the boat for bugs. I felt sore and achey all Friday and most of today, but rejuvinated at the same time! Good thing I picked that light of from you because I forgot my big one and used the small one all night long. Worked like a charm and got my PB lobster by far!
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Nice writeup dude! Thanks and I'm glad you finally got into some bugs! I know the feeling of being skunked this year a lot too. I finally caught 5 the other night and felt like it might as well be a limit I was so happy.
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I believe movie maker has an option under "effects" menu to "slow" or Speed up" video. Its not very sophisticated but might help.
I'll have to check it out. Thanks Mike.
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Very nice video!!
Dude, the thought of shooting one of those peacock bass is too much! I've wanted to rod and reel them since I was a kid and now that I spearfish that seems rad!
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The second gen flips don't have built in stabilization, it takes practice or a really solid gun mount to avoid it. For some of my videos I've used iMovie's stability feature to improve it somewhat.
I wanted a Mac, but went with a PC since it was half the cost, but some day maybe. Thanks!
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Very cool man. I especially liked the music that went with that massive carp vid.
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Some digital stabilization can be done with post-processing. You're using a Flip right?
Correct
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Sometimes slowing down the video when editing makes the shaking less evident.
I'm not sure if that is possible with Windows Movie Maker, but I think I an due for a new program anyways. When I use Windows Movie Maker it always seems to screw up the timing of the sound and video.
