Sergio, it is legal. I emailed fwc that question last year. I'll post there reply when I can.
As long as it's not a spotted Ray or manta you can shoot them.
How big do they have to be to be able to get a good sized of usable meat? From my understanding only the wings can be ate?
Good fishing. Good to see you back in the water.
I'll post a picture of just the foot pocket when I get home.
did someone need a name for a spearfishing gear company?
DANS
or
Dan's
i think it is perfect
LOL I didn't relize I wrote "the dan".
So today was the longest I swam with the DiveR's. They killed my legs! I don't understand what it is. When you first put them on you feel great powerfull everything is nice. But then your legs start feeling the pain. My legs rarely give up on me and I like fins that make you feel like you're moving alot of water but damn I have never been this tired from a shore dive.
Moving on to trying the carbon fins. I tested the DiveR back to back with the carbons. As I said the DiveR feel great for short pool test and powerfull. The carbons are perfect! Only thing I thought was that they where underpowered but that's just cuz they are so easy to swim with there very lite. Also I used the carbons with the dans footpockets witch worked very well for me. As I have writin before finding footpockets for myself is very difficult with my thin feet and these worked very nice with my riffe socks.
(I'll post more details about the carbon fins tomorrow morn)
Lastly. Put it this way, the moment I got out of the water I told dan put me down for a set of carbons.
-Larry O M. . .
Display MoreWhat is it about the C4 footpockets that only allows C4 blades to fit? If I understood you correctly.
I don't see Spetton footpockets in the pic. Did you just mention that as a BTW? Which blades did you try the Spetton footpockets with?
When I see you I'd like for you to try the carbon blades and then switch back to the DiveR. For that we need an extra pair of footpockets in your size. I was looking at your pic to see which pockets you could bring. You have there what looks like Picasso footpockets. If you like separate them from the blades and bring them. If you're foot size 42-44 then I have extra footpockets here. Also if those are Picasso black team fins I'd like to know your impressions of them. We have here an identical plastic blade that we were thinking of selling as an economy fin.
I apologize if I didn’t make that clear, I meant the actual proprietary C4 pocket pictured below. They work very well for us with thin feet but the price and being stuck using their blades forever is the drawback.
-the spetton foot pocket is pictured with the C4 falcon blade in MY picture next to the diveR.
I’ll take them all. I really want to try out new carbons, as soon as this rain decides to stop.
Disclaimer: I am nowhere as analytical in my evaluations as is Dan, and I did not use a control such as a pool and stop watch in my evaluation.
Fins pictured.
CRESSI GARA 3OOO
Picasso Black Team in Picasso foot pocket
C4 FALCON “30 stiffness” in SPETTON foot pocket
DiveR white ruff finish “medium stiffness” in new mares “Razor” foot pockets
FOOT POCKETS…
I have been using the CRESSI GARA 3OOO’s for five years and in the past 1-1/2 have been trying out the different fins showed.
I pictured all four fins to talk a little about their foot pockets. To address something which I haven’t seen come up very often or at all. For those with thin feet that have trouble finding fins that fit properly; you can relate.
Cressi’s are a perfect fit for me because of their thin foot pocket the only other foot pocket I have found that fits my foot properly are the mares and [C4 pockets(minus there stupid price tag and limit to only being able to use their blades)]. The mares foot pocket is made of a very soft rubber around the foot then seems to get stiffer ware the blades contacts the pocket. The SPETTON foot pockets always leaves a big red sore spot on the top of my foot and the rubber is very stiff.
The mares foot pocket is a perfect match for the DiveR blade as I see it. The foot pocket is molded in a very steep angle much like the blade and the flaps that hold on to the blade are more robust(something I like, seems like there less likely to break).
BLADES…
-The C4 FALCON in 30 stiffness is a very soft blade. Yes it’s very easy on the legs but getting anywhere in them is impossible I take it the 40’s are much better. Example: in a 1.5knot current it took everything I had to make it back to the boat, whereas my friend with a stiffer Mat-Mas blade was doing circles around me. Needless to say surface swimming is horrible. The carbon seems very brittle, try this: bind the blade as if you were swimming and you can hear a cracking/crunching sound (this can’t be good). Also the blades are glued and screwed in fyi. Which I think screwing in fins is a horrible idea all the carbon fins that I have seen break always break on the line where the screws are such as Dan’s pictures.
-The DiveR in medium stiffness is by far the best fin I have tried out. Surface swimming is the first thing that hits you, its effortless and forward movement is surprisingly fast. Reaching depth and lateral movement is very easy and fast. As Dan explained before the fins do feel heavy and ascending does seem a bit difficult. I will look more into this. The fin’s are just set in the pocket and clipped in.
Time logged with the DiveR’s is 3 beach dives no spearing all for around 2hrs taking pictures with friends and such in max 25’ depth, and one trip out on the jetski to spearfish in max 40’ depth.
I may be forgetting things, if there’s any other pictures needed please advise. (I apologize for the pictures I’m not very good with close up photography)
Dan, I am free the next 2weeks if you want to test out any of these set-ups. Just let me know a few days ahead of time. I look forward to trying out the new carbon blades.
-Larry O M. . .
Dan as always thank you for your intuitive study on these combinations of blades and foot pockets very interesting read.
I just picked up a pair of DiveR medium blades which I will be installing into the new Mares (razor) foot pocket(s).
-I’ll post my results here after evaluation, or start a new thread if that would be more helpful???
Larry O M. . .
Whoa that's awesome. Nice fish.
Nice fish.
When do you stop creating new boards¿ the green seemed like a great setup. (endless quest for perfection) good thing.
When beach diving with dan, you are always bringing home fish.
Larry O M. . .
Hello all,
Glad to see everyone still getting out there and doing well.
Life was kicking my ass the past few months, but I seem to have the upper hand now and looking forward to hitting the water and hanging out again. . .
_Larry O M. . .
Went out again 12/31/08
With my friend Alex, water was much the same it did feel a little colder.
Nothing crazy this time.
5hogs 2 nice ones. And 1 mackerel.
Lots of close calls with d*mbass boaters. ..
LOMartin,
WOW, sounds like I go to the wrong places. Congratulations on the nice fish and bugs. Nice story:)
How deep where you guys please?
The deepest couldn't have been more then 30' on the 3 reef.. .
i'm waiting to see if i get the pics sent to me.
First reef the viz was very bad 10’-15’ but cloudy. Then swam out to the drop off. seguyette find the honey hole of lobster, small group of ledges not more then a few feet apart loaded. He goes to work 10 lobsters in the bag. As he was on them I was scanning the area, got 2 yellow jacks, 2 mackerels, 1 black margate.
At this time we decide to start heading back around 12am (meter time running low) seguyette pulls infront of me as I chase this very nice hog (he got away before I could get a shot). As I was chaseing this hog seguyette got one of his own.
Now we are on the first reef almost going to hit the sand to the shore and I get to seguyette and theres cobia trashing around on the end of his spear. (he said it was just laying between two rocks then when he neared it started swimming and he shot. I pass him my gun to place another shot perfect on the head blood everywhere and it’s still alive. Next knife to the head and still alive.
As he is stringing the cobia a mutton swims and lights off for him I stone the fish. (I had to say that cause I rarely if ever stone fish)
Bag:
10 lobster
1 cobia
1 nice size hog
1 black margate
1 mutton
2 yellow jacks
2 mackerels
Seas 2’-0 very calm
And a bit cold not that bad only felt it when not swimming for awhile.
dan time to beach dive again. . .
Sorry no camera!
Hit the beach with seguyette at 9am.
LOL "squirrel Launcher!!!" you have to be an ass to do that to a little squirrel. . .
It’s a lot more fun to shoot one and make dinner. . .
22lr+can= dinner and neighbors never finding out about it. . .
Dan, I have a sheath that may work for that knife maybe after a little heating and forming. . .I'll dorp it off next shore dive.
friend sent me this. I looked at it closely doesn't seem to be photoshop. looks real. . .
" ... no sir officer, we've only been fishing...
2,000 HP Outboard Inflatable ....
Here's the latest drug runner toy from Europe ...
This thing belts across the English channel 3 times
per week and was just a blur on the radar of the
British Coast Guard.
They were so astonished by the speed of the
unknown craft, they brought in a special high
speed helicopter to chase it. Drugs were found
on board. Of course, you'd have to be on
drugs to put the throttle down on this rig!"
No.
I researched charters, dive reports, video, and H&L friends. When I first learned of the MG and how great the fishing is over there. . .
let me whens the next beach dive. . .
90'-140' from what i have seen. . .
