Posts by hau

I finally got the time to install my new Tin Man muzzle and to put it into action yesterday [9-20].
I just got to pull the trigger 3 times as my time and target [fish]availibity was very limited.
I hit a nice 18in hog 12in in front of my gun, a smallish yellow jack speeding by, and a 1 gallon ice tea jug of sand:)
The muzzle required some "adjusting" to get the muzzle to fit inside my RA CF barrel as I had to file down the muzzle shaft to get it inside the CF barrel. Maybe the CF barrel ID is less than the alum barrel, but it didn't take long and with lube I was able to get the new muzzle in place with perfect barrel/muzzle aleignment
I went to West Marine and got a small [#4] SS pan head screw and the mounting was done. Took a few minutes to tie a band through the muzzle in the most forward hole and I was ready to kill something.
In the water the first thing I noticed was that the shaft fell off the rail. The SS line wrap pin on the muzzle needs to be changed for my application [using a reel instead of a line bungy]. Maybe the line pin needs to be longer or better yet have the angle changed to better retain the shaft line. The shaft stayed on the track better once the band was cocked.
Now I'm in the water with the band cocked and eventually see the hog try to sneak out from under the ledge. I let him relax out in the sand for 5 min or so and then dropped on him till the end of the spear was 12in from his head and he went straight to hog heaven
Next the yellow jack came down the reef at a good clip. I was able to swing and fire and he took shaft down to the sand before he too was in possesion. I was starting to run out of time so I slipped on my old .357 PPD onto the spike [shaft out of the gun], dropped the jug down onto the sand at 30f. I breathed up, dropped down till I was flat in the sand and poked my PPD target. The .357 detonated on contact with the jug and left me in a cloud of sand The recoil from the .357 / muzzle / RA 130 with reel was less than a .357 out of a medium frame revolver
In short, the new Tin Man muzzle / spike is perfect for me once I get the line retaining pin bent down more
Thank you Tin Man for another great product

Meade St 9-19-9 #123
Getting rougher
Seas 2f
Viz 30+
Wind now 15 from SE
Current S to N at 3mph

LunkerBuster---good luck and thank you for your efforts
[I changed my sig]

LunkerBuster---"might not be sufficient"=illegal to spear in Biscayne Bay :0

SPEARFISHING MEN AND WOMEN NEED THE NRA

FISHERMEN NEED THE NRA

Spearos have NEVER won in the past using the above techniques
Why continue to use methods that have FAILED in the past?
Just search the threads to verify this truth.

Dont get me wrong, I will write letters, go to meetings (and get told to please sit down), and contribute money but these methods have FAILED in the past.
Are YOU willing to risk using the SAME methods here?

We are sportsmen and women just like other hunters. WE NEED THE NRA

9-18.
Meade St
Had to abort todays spearin
Woodshooter got roller several times trying to get through the surf and he lost some gear
I came back in to help look for his gear and got in ok but later while we were walkin the surf looking for his gear I got knocked down by the surf and lost my glasses
Glad I didn't lose my iPhone

Stay tuned Adrian. I'll let you know very soon how my RA CF Tin Man bang stick works <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Thanks Tin Man :clap2:

This is very sad news for spearos:(

greekdiver---that is a beautiful gun and some beautiful fish. Congratulations

I also shoot as short a shaft as possible. Your spear shaft looks perfect to me

92feet, amazing:notworthy1:

Tin Man---this barrel is what I've been waiting for for years

I want a 120cm barrel as soon as they are available please

What handle have you planed to use?

The Tin Man muzzle / kill spike goes in the water today at 8am and I will report the results later today. Thanks Tin Man

9-17. Meade #122
Seas less than 2
Current S to n at 1mph
Viz 30+
Wind NE at 7

Meade atstt
Street
Current 2mph north to south
Viz 20f
Seas flat

Of course proper marine etiquette is to hail a vessel by calling the vessel name 3 times.
My favorite vessel name is;
Fug Off, Fugg Off, Fug Off

[That one got me into trouble with the FCC] <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Well today is my lucky day. On the odd chance that my new TinMan muzzles would be in the mail box I opened the mail box and there they were, 1 black and 1 white
The new muzzles are beautiful. Thank you Tin Man:clap2:
I'm gonna try to get the new muzzle mounted up sometime this week and try it out.
I'll report here as soon as possible.
Again thank you Tin Man for another beautiful product

Luv2fDive---Over the years Ive heard and seen cig from many different fish.
As Pargo has said there are Cig test kits, but to the best of my Knowledge none are FDA approved OR 100% accurate. There are many old folklore "cig test" methods, but none that I would trust with my health.
What I do is the MIL cig test. Which is to cook up one cuda steak your favorite way and take it over to your Mother In Law [MIL]. If she doesn't get sick eating the steak then the rest of the cuda is probably cig free and safe to eat <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

DamageINC.---Sorry for the late reply.
Yes #2 is still for sale at that price.

9-14. Meade
Wind from NW at 10mph
Current 0
Viz 30f +
Seas choppy

at Meade St for 1/2 day today
begin at 815am-----------------end at 130pm
wind from SW at 5mph---------from SW at 10mph
water temp 88F
current 0------------------------from S to N at 1mph
viz 30f+-------------------------20f in 23fsw
seas almost flat----------------less than 2fr
air temp 85F Clear------------94F PC

me and scott at Meade St for 1/2 a day at scotts rock
I got 1 hog an hour for the first 2 hours then got REAL busy shooting fish for the next 3 hours. I looked up the reef and scott was busy shooting lots of fish 200yds away
I shot so many jacks and macs that I broke my stringer AND my cooler
My chest is hurting from loading my RA so many times
viz shut down at noon again

9-13. Meade St
Seas less than 2
ViZ 30f+
Current almost 0
Wind w to e

at Meade St 1/2 day
begin at 830am-------------------------end at 1pm
wind from SW a 5mph-----------------from SW at 8mph
water temp. 88F
current from S at 1mph---------------from S at 1/2mph
viz 40f+ in 30fsw----------------------25f in 25fsw
seas flat--------------------------------less than 2f
air temp 85F PC-----------------------90F storm coming

today me and fish2400 went to Meade St for 1/2 a day.
we hardly saw any shootable fish, but fish2400 managed to get several nice fish
I lucked out and found the mutton habitat and got 3 nice muttons before we had to go to shore
again the viz shut down around noon just as the afternoon storms started forming
Today was a beautiful yak freedivespearfishing day