Posts by hau

Alan--If you want, PM or post me your phone number an I can text/call u faster with the conditions

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at 1pm
wind from West at 6mph----from NW at 3mph
current from N at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 30f in 18fsw on top of 1st reef----same on top of the first reef
seas 2f----------------------FLAT
water temp 71F
air temp. 47F cloudless----70F an high scattered clouds

Today is a perfect yak freedivingspearfishing day.
Me an Jbrewer went out for 1/2 a day.
Jbrewer had dental problems an I snapped an ICE BLADE while swimming on the surface
We still managed 1 hog an 4 dogs
Todays conditions are PERFECT to yak to the 3rd reef except for our problems an work tonight.
NOAA missed todays forecast by 100% :@

Forget the forecast, NOAA missed it by 100% today . <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
the Sea is FLAT <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
wind is 2mph
viz is 30f in 18fsw

attan---RA Vecta Tuna 1200 (120cm)
sdeisen has a Mako now but is gonna buy RA next
Marco shoots RA
fishingdude just bought RA
LunkerBuster shoots RA 120
scott shots RA110
Dino shoots RA 110
the list goes on and on <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

attan--back to your question;
IMO, the RA Vecta Tuna 1200 (120cm) is one of the very best choices of gun for the money for your area.
The RA 120 can be set up many different ways to suit your personal preferences. (open/closed muzzle, custom muzzles, change barrel lengths, 1 or 2 bands, carbon fiber/alum/even enclosed track barrels), on and on.
I have speared in coastal waters for 35 years and the RA is my choice (I have 4 right now)
Hope this helps

Quote from Dan

G.R. your red gun is a pleasure to look at. It reminds me of the excitement and expectation that must have accompanied building it, at a time when such innovation meant a lot more than it does today with all the choices available to us.

Dan---I agree 100%
spearos---But NONE of today choices offer a shoulder stock like we had back in the day like GRs Redgun
I used a JBL Magnum 450 XHD with a DIY telescoping SS shoulder stock back then and LOVED it

Quote from Tin Man

Maybe we better make sure that the ETPGB that you have now doesn't fall apart after a little while in saltwater. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I need for you to mak a personal sacrifice, and dive as often as you can. For testing purposes . . .

This is an evaluation update of my Tin Man / Hau Enclosed Track Pipe Gun (ETPG)
As Tin Man has posted above, I have been making "personal sacrifice" dives "make sure that the ETPG dosen't fall apart after a little while in the saltwater" <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
To date, 2-24-10:
1. I have been IN THE WATER for 107 hours with my ETPG.
2. Shot 34 hogs, 8 dog snappers, 10 progey, 7 schoolmasters, 11 muttons and bags of reef fish
3. Poked several sharks and eels with the spear in the gun
4. Poked several sharks and eels with the kill spike.
5. Shot fish so far away that I was in total amazement that I hit the fish:@
6. Shot fish back in holes where half of the spear was still in the track. :@

This is the best speargun I have ever owned in 35 yrs of spearing.
:hail1: Thank you Tin Man :hail1:
Thank you to all the other spearos here that contributed to this project

I will continue making personal sacrificial dives to continue field testing my ETPG

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at 1pm
wind from SE at 5mph----from SE at 12mph
current from S at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 10f in 30fsw on the surface, viz 10f on top of the first reef
seas 3-4f----------------------same
water temp 71F
air temp. 72F 90% clouds----750F an overcast

Today was doable EXCEPT for the crap viz, like Alan said.
I would breath up, drop til I could see the bottom an scan for fish til I had to surface:(
I got 1 16in hog an 1 small mutton that way:)

Meade St today
begin at 9am-----------------end at noon
wind from SW at 5mph----from W at 12mph
current from S at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 10f in 30fsw on the surface, viz 20f on top of the reef
seas less2f----------------------same
water temp 71F
air temp. 68F 50% clouds-----80F an 70% clouds

Scott,, sdeisen an me today.
Viz was exactly like I thought it would be after all that wind the last day or so.
The closer we got to land the worse the viz got.
Scott got a nice mutton and sdeisen got a nice hog.
I truned and ran for the 2nd reef and lucked out and could see the top of the second reef and got 1 hog, 1 dog, 1 trigger. 1 black margate and 2 smallish jacks.
Hopefully scott and sdeisen will post up also

Marco----I buy Walmart brand, not Luddens or Halls.

LunkerBuster---I was refering to freezer bags. You know, like ziplock sandwitch bags only in 2 gallon size to put fish into to put in the new freezer I just bought.

Marco---I buy my cough drops at Walmart. The Walmart brand is not as strong as the Halls brand. Cherry is my favorite flavor and they are just slightly negative bouyant so if you blow the cough drop out through your snorkle just look around and you'll find it gently sinking near you and easy to grab <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

Spearos---while we are on the subject of buying spearing support stuff, today I found 2 gallon plastic ziplock bags at Publix. Until today I have had to cut fish into pieces to fit inside 1 gallon ziplock bags.

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from SWest at 5mph----from E at 15mph
current from N at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 50f in 35fsw-----------------40f in 35fsw
seas less2f-----------------------3ff
water temp 71F
air temp. 60F 50% clouds-----75F an 65% clouds

Scott,, sdeisen an me today.
Between the 3 of us spearos we only got 2 muttons

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from SWest at 4mph----from NWN at 4mph
current from N at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 60f in 40fsw-----------------55f in 40fsw
seas less2f---------------------------less than 2f
water temp 71F
air temp. 58F 75% clouds-----75F 10% clouds

Todays weather was EPIC
I almost called in sick today. the weather is so perfect:nono:
It was VERY hard to climb back onto the yak an come in
I got 4 hogs and 3 porgys. I saw a school of 25-30 2f dogs swim past me 40f below. I was so surprised to see so many big fish that all I did was watch as they all passed below me:@
I would have missed MY OWN WEDDING to spear today <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
For me Spring is here. The water is STARTING to warm up, the weather is breaking and the days are getting longer.
Did I say that I love my Freedivingspearfishing wetsuit and my Tin Man RAET gun? Thank you Dan and Tin Man
The viz is up., beach bun siteings are up so I'll try to put the gun cam in the water soon

seaweed---thank you sir.

Marco---thank you sir. Is that an UW camera she is using? Maybe I can get HER to take the pictures of use spearing? <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

Lunkerbuster---you are right about the time in the water. Starting 2-16 I have been IN THE WATER 26hours
Today I will get 3 hours sleep between spearin and working 12hours a night

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from West at 4mph----from North at 6mph
current from N at 1 mph-------same
viz 55f in 25fsw-----------------45f in 25fsw
seas less2f---------------------------less than 2f
water temp 71F
air temp. 50F overcast-----64F overcast

Scott, fishingdude and me at Meade St first reef ledge today
We saw almost no fish today
Scott saw a very nice cuda.
Fishingdude got his PB bug and a hog or two
I got 2 porgeys and 1 15in hog
Ben and I double teamed a smart hog and after a 20min battle we put him in the yak
Todays conditions were VERY good. Flat seas, no current, good viz and we didnt even have to worry about getting sun burnt with the overcast skies <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Sorry about the pictures, I don't have the time. Fishingdude had me take a picture of his bug, maybe he will post those pictures after his classes today
Did I already say that I LOVE my 3mm freedivingspearfishing wetsuit? Thank you Dan :hail1:
( I'M the only one out there that is NOT COLD )

At Meade St today
begin at 9am-----------------end at 5pm
wind from West at 12mph----from North at 5mph
current from N at 1 mph-------same
viz 55f in 25fsw-----------------30f in 25fsw
seas 2f---------------------------less than 2f
water temp 71F
air temp. 50F, 10% clouds-----62F 15% clouds

Scott, sdeisen and me at Meade St today :attack3: :fish:
Scott and sdeisen both got a nice hog each before they had to go in at noon
I got 5 hogs, 2 muttons, 2 dogs, porgeys an 2 schoolmasters
So I dropped on this nice porgey and was about to pull the trigger when I caught movement out my left eye (thank you Technisub mask). This 18in hog was just cruisen next to me, so I turned the gun slow and just as I shot he jumped and the spear hit him high and he tore off. I kept my eye on him as I reloaded (thank you ET gun), and watched as the hit hog slipped under a 6f X 4f piece of coral. The hog would poke his head out just enough to see me above an then he would slide back under real slow. Next he would peek out from under another side an slide back under:) The way the coral was, he was not gonna get away without me seeing him. This went on for like 10min until a nurse shark showed up and got busy trying to get the hog under the coral. The shark started under one side an the hog started sneeking out the other side real slow, keeping an eye on me and an eye on the shark. I let the hog get about 4ft away from the rock an I dropped on him. This time the spear hit him through the gill plate, I let go of my gun an sprinted for the hog. I got there before the shark and hugged my hog in tight as I surfaced.
Today was another great yak freedivingspearfishing day with good friends

You are right about the pictures Marco.
Our viz has been so bad that I quit carrying the camera, but I will start throwing the camera in my dry bag starting today.
Sdeisen took some pictures of the last 2 days speared fish but it was with his phone so not sure he can post them here.

WOW John, is that your place? Very nice living out in the country like that.
Nice truck too
Sorry it is cold an you're not spearin

At Meade St today
begin at 930am-----------------end at 5pm
wind from North at 10mph----from West at 15mph
current from N at 1 mph-------same
viz 55f in 25fsw-----------------30f in 25fsw
seas 2-3f-------------------------same
water temp 70F
air temp. 45F, 10% clouds-----64F 10% clouds

Me and jbrewer at Meade St. today.
jbrewer did great for his first day back in the water and he has a BRAND NEW YAK
I was swimmin around, looked down and saw a spear layin on the bottom. I grabbed it and it looked brand new.
First thing I did was check to see if it was long enough for my gun but it was not. I looked around an jbrewer seemed to be staying in the same spot so i just held the found spear in my left hand and started working my way back to the yak to stow the spear. Next thing I heard jbrewer yell, I looked up and jbrewer said "great, you found my spear". <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
I got 5 hogs, 2 mutton and half a fish bag of reef fish. One hog is like 22-23in, I haven't measured him yet. I hit a NICE mac but underestimated his size and forgot to let some brake off my reel and he almost tore my ET gun out of my hand before he tore off:(
Today was another great yak freedivingspearfishing day with friends. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
I gotta log off an go buy a freezer to put fish in

At Meade St today
begin at 930am-----------------end at 430pm
wind from North at 10mph----from West at 8mph
current from N at 1 mph-------same
viz 55f in 25fsw-----------------30f in 25fsw
seas 2-3f-------------------------seas less than 2f
water temp 70F
air temp. 50F, 10% clouds-----64F 10% clouds

Scott and I at Meade st today
Scott got a nice hog or two before he had to quit and go in to shore at noon.
I got to stay in the water 4 1/2 hours longer and limited out on hogs and other reef fish
2 of the hogs were very big (for me).
Saw NO macs and no turtles the whole day
Today was a beautiful yak freedivingspearfishing day

jbrewer---hope you have a full and speedy recovery bro