Posts by hau

black 1---thank you for the invitation Very nice and appreciated
However I don't have the money to contribute to a fair share of the boat expenses AND most days I can only spear from 830 till 12 or 1pm. I try to sleep 3-4 hours a day before my night shift at 6pm. Those are the major reasons I spear alone.
I am anxious to see all your posts about the new boat you are getting and your adventures
Again thank you for the invitation

LunkerBuster---you never been married

LunkerBuster--
1. I "think it will work" if the picture quality is good enough to override the negatives.:)
2. The internal volume is definantly a big negative:(

Since I do mostly shallow dives the picture quality should be ok without strobes
I had an old Nikonos back in the 80s. That one took 2-3 people to get a quality picture. 1 for the camera and 1 or 2 other divers to work the lights and strobes. It even came with its own pelican suitcase:@
We also used 8 and 16mm gun cameras bolted onto our skydiving helmets "back in the day". we are lucky no one died from a neck injury as heavy as those cameras were:@

av001---NICE

Thats a good lookin rifle in the front seat with a muzzle brake and high dollar scope.
I grew up hunting and have many fond memories while afield with bow, traps, rifle, pistol and shotguns from Florida to Timmons Ontario.
Have fun an be safe

(just wait till Aaron sees this thread)

1.The mask part sucks cause the skirt is not black and lots of light comes in from behind the lenses.:(
2. both lenses have a big + mark that is supposed to be for aiming the cam.
3. The mask cam is very heavy.:(
4. The mask cam is like tunnel vision compared to my Technisub:(
5. Internal volume is HUGE compared to my Technisub:(
6. It is almost impossible to see the red and blue indicator lites unless you shade the top of the mask with your hand:(
7. The on/off lever and the mode lever is on the right side of the mask so you have to move the gun to your left hand to work the camera levers:(
8. Like most brand new masks the mask cam fogged for 1/2 the day till I had rubbed it enough with denture toothpaste:(
I'm sure there will be more negatives about mask/cam later

1. The mask/cam made it the whole day without flooding:)
2. Whenever I wanted to take a picture all I had to do was look at my target, reach up and click the lever:)
3. The auto off is great. Take a picture or stop a video and 2minutes later the camera turns itself off with a nice little beep
4. The camera was never in the way or effected using my gun like a gun mounted camera could:)
5. I don't have to unload the gun to take a picture of someone:)
6. Just hoping that the picture quality ends up in this catagory instead of the negative catagory

I'll add more after I spend more time with the mask cam

At Meade St. solo today
begin at 9am-----------------------end at 530pm
wind from E at 10mph------------from E at 15mph
water temp 79F
current from N at 1/2mph--------from S at 1/2mph
viz 20f in 35fsw-------------------18f in 18fsw
seas 2-3f---------------------------2f or less
air temp 86F 25%clouds---------83F 50% clouds

went out to 2nd reef and the viz sucked but I stayed all day an got 2hogs, 2 macks, 2 schoolmasters and 2 black margates. Nothing big.
Since the weather has been bad we haven't been spearin since 10-17 so just getting in the water with my gun was good.
I changed lots of gear while the weather was bad so today was kind of a check out day to make sure all the new gear was good.
This was the first spearin day since I cut my RA130 CF down to a 120. I also bought a new shaft for the 120 size and this new shaft has notches not pins. I like the notches much better. I also "modified" my Tin Man 2 hole muzzle/spike with some files. I like the gun LOTS better now
I also wore the Liquid Image HD320 mask cam for the first time and a different snorkel. Result is the snorkel was junk so I switched back to the Omer Zoom clear I been using for years. It took me all day to get used to the mask cam.
I wore my new Ice Blades for the second time today and they are sic, sic. I love em for the way I spear
Today was also the first day with 1mm fin socks and Home Depot ($8.) gloves. Both worked great
Wore a new Mako 1pc 1.5mm blue camo for the first time today an it seems ok for what I'll be using it for
Now all I have to do is figure out how to do the mask cam / computer thing an get some pictures posted
Sorry this got so long winded

scott--"pick me, pick me"
c u tomorrow:)

sdeisen88---congratulations on doing so good today with the crap viz.
Yes the water is colder. I had 79F today:(
Good thing u got a brand new wetsuit

black1---that is a beautiful collection.
The way you got it set up looks like a shrine
Congratulations on the nice guns

Boat wise I would suggest Scupper Pro Classic. Is easy and cheap to maintain. Easy transport. No trailer or boat tag. No insurance. No hourly engine maintaince. Launch almost anywhere. Is "green". Eco friendly. Powered by 2 armstrongs. Etc, etc

PM
Dan---I love how you are changing this forum. I typed the above and clicked homepage and saw the new homepage. IS GREAT. Thank you

Some interesting facts about cobia in Florida is:
1. They grow at 13lbs a year
2. live 10 to 15 years
3. Migrate up to 15miles per day
4. Florida state record is 103lbs 12oz

Anyone know how to attract them or find them off Ft. Lauderdale /Miami?

I hate bad/ poor endings.
Bad endings ruins the whole show for me

Holy shit:@
those are the most beautiful guns I've ever seen
Congratulations griswold and thanks for sharin

Dan---wow, again thanks for doing a search and posting of pictures
The "mask" part is OK, it fits my face OK. The internal volume is more than my Technisub and the mask/cam is heavy but it seems like a good idea and I like some of the fetures like
1. The camera is ALWAYS inplace and ready to use. Just reach up and push the ON lever.
2. What you see is what you get, in other words, what you are looking at is what is in the picture as opposed to a gun mounted cam.
3. There is a little internal red or blue light that blinks or steady when the cam is recording or the still pix is ready.
4. For me with my older vision, seeing the screen of my UW cam while diving was very, very hard.

www.liquidimageCo.com

Again, thanks Dan and thanks for offering the computer help. You know I'll need it

Dan---perfect
Thanks for doing the search and posting
So why not have a stock on our guns?
What is everyones opinions?

I bought the "Scuba Series" Underwater Digital Camera Mask HD today from my LDS.
I already own a really nice UW camera/housing but I found that I never used it cause photography seemed to interfer with my UW hunting.
Hopefully this mask cam will do a good job and I'll start getting some spearin pix to share.
Later I'll write a report on this mask cam.
Thanks
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I bought the "Scuba Series" Underwater Digital Camera Mask HD today from my LDS.
I already own a really nice UW camera/housing but I found that I never used it cause photography seemed to interfer with my UW hunting.
Hopefully this mask cam will do a good job and I'll start getting some spearin pix to share.
Later I'll write a report on this mask cam.
Thanks

So if swinging a 4-6f long pistol underwater [rear or midhandle grip speargun] is the issue about tracking, why do we not have a stock on our spearguns like a rifle or shootgun has?
Seems to me that a rifle or shootgun style stock would enable a spearo to much better control the speargun AND swing the speargun much much faster AND transfer the gun recoil to the spearos shoulder, not the wrist.
I remember seeing some old, old spearos guns WITH a rifle style stock.

tinu---beautiful vid. Great job
That is some nice fish too
I'm envious

What is it you wear on your belt?
Thanks for sharing

mca00176---you ain't missin anything.
No one has really been in the water since 10-17 because of the high wind and high seas
My peeps in the Keys just said to was pouring down rain there
I just got in from a therapy swim off my beach with m/f/s and the viz is like 10f, maybe
Anyway, if you do good enough in school there will be many days for you to spear in the future:)

Marco--That was great <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">

Since I'm "an older white haired man" and now single, I'm gonna try it on the first beautiful woman that will talk to me.
If I'm successful I'll "tell you about my weekend"
Thanks Marco

Dosen't look good from here.
Is green water as far out as I can see.
Still 2 foot waves coming onto the beach right now 11-23 at1145am
Today is the best day since 10-18 though, so maybe tomorrow will be better than today
If I get a chance later today I may just take mask /fins /snorkel and check out the beach viz here at the house