went out of marathon with a few buddies for some diving, dove from noon to about 4:30, started around the 7 mile bridge and quickly caught some bugs and a lion fish (they were everywhere), moved out to rock/sand channels in 35-40ft and shot a few hogs while dodging the jellies, moved out to a wreck in the 120' range viz was horrible current ripping, 2 guys on the bottom managed 2 nice permits, a jack and small snapper after losing a monster yellow jack to the resident jewfish, Great day to be in the water shooting fish in paradise 
Posts by japsw
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persistent uses red bands on there guns, try contacting them.
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I can see selling a lion fish ceviche for good money and you dont need much. Market it in trendy up scale places along the beach and it will be profitable for everybody including the reefs
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automotive base/clear or a single stage automotive paint, either or would have to be professionally sprayed. stay away from the cans that they sell at marinas, they are junk
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goes to show the crap they put on the news :nono:
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lots of jellies in miami :angry5:
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looks fake to me..
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finally joining the yak mafia <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> my new old scupper
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Beautiful fish!
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anyone spot any scuppers? ive been looking but cant find anything local
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11lb red grouper
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How about virgilis 1000+lb blue fin, and no red grouper title? One in my avatar went 11lbs, it's a start.
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Capacity is 7 persons, have to check weight
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price drop, 3600 and taking offers
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That wasn't my question. I wanted to know what small things you think I'll need to be able to fix. I'm getting new Hypalon tubes for the boat.
small patch work, rub rails coming apart (make sure you get low profile rub rails) seams eventually fail. if you get new tubes you should have a couple of years of warranty, usually 5 years. just keep it out of the sun, the sun dries up the hypalon and neoprene lining and always keep the tubes with sufficient pressure
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Thanks. Can you be more specific about this?I understand there's always the possibility of a puncture, and I'm comfortable fixing something like that. Did you have something else in mind?
as far as selling mine? nothing now maybe will jump on a big CC next year. shopping for a yak now to atleast be able to do some diving. -
Dan, I have worked on several RIBs and can tell you the difference between hypalon and PVC is huge, even with hypalon tubes you need to be able to fix small things unless you plan on spending a fortune. I dotn know if you have been quoted for a retube but plan on spending around 4k in hypalon. If you need any help LMK ill be glad to give you a hand and know a few shops around town. On a plus side, Ive owned and dove plenty of boats from triple outboard avanti's to small bay boats and the RIB is by far my favorite dive platform aside from big cats for blue water
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It's all in the prep, in your case best bet would be to Sand blast it then paint it with galvanized paint, POR 15 is the best but $$$$
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Would you say the max capacity is three or four ?
I usually fish 3 with full blue water/reef gear, I have had 6 people on board to go to the sand bar. You can fish 4 but it might be a little cramped with gear
