Posts by greekdiver

Quote from seaweed

Harry uses 1.6mm 250lb mono with 7.5mm shaft.

I think 1 wrap is best for fish you want to stop from getting in stuff. I hate shooting a grouper up close and seeing most of the line floating near the gun rapidly peeling away deep into structure. I find myself switching between 1 and 2 wraps about twice a year. I get tired of having too long a line then get tired of having too short a line. I'll try 1.5 wraps on my next dive.

By the way you can load 2 wraps in the same amount of time it takes 1 wrap. Much faster if you have a closed muzzle.

After wrapping the the line over the spear as you come down grab the line from the bungie. Now you have 2 lines in your hand. Wrap it around the line release and as you come up to the anchor put your thumb in the loop formed and the bungie will stretch allowing you to go over the anchor.

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Davie

I use 1.4mm 200lb mono with 7.5mm shaft.

Those huge muttons are easy to hit even at 5-6m. Now if the fish is small, you don't even bother shooting that far.

This fish was 5m away. I didn't mean to hit him in the head. I was aiming behind the gill plate. He turned right before i shot. I shot him when i was swimming horizontal on the bottom at 85ft. The shot was far but the fish sideways.

This fish was also 5m away but i was coming down at him at an angle. He was swimming away from me at an angle. Its hard to penetrate fish far away when they are swimming away from you. So i aimed mid body and hoped not to hit bone.

Imo, when the fish is swimming away from you far away and you are level with the fish, its the hardest shot to penetrate the fish properly. Thats where line thickness, sharpness of spear, tricut spear, weight of shaft, placement of shot, ect...ect come into play.

So i do think 2 wraps are necessary unless you use a 130cm gun. I think its 18ft shot with a single wrap with a 130cm? Anyone know?

Quote from Dan

Which gun were you using Harry?

110cm abellan. I guess if you are using a 130, you only need one wrap. But sometimes i shoot 5m from tip of gun at big snappers that dont want to come close.

I would be super pissed if a 20lb mutton came within 5-6m of me and my line fell short.

I usually wait till Muttons get as close as possible then fire but sometimes you never know and id like to have that option.

I have shot fish so many times past 1 wrap. It's just too short when you have those big muttons not coming in close.

Quote from Dan

Interesting Harry. What are the reasons you don't recommend level 3?

The stuff you learn is more for deep freediving down a rope. They show you how to pack and how to start your dive while breathing on your back. You know stuff we never do when we spearfish.

I recommend the level 2 classes but not level 3 for spearfishing.

Kirk knows what he is talking about. And he is a very good speaker!

Relaxing your jaw muscles will definitely help add a few seconds on your dive.

Quote from Dan

That Cressi snorkel has 4 round protrusions that are supposed to make it stay behind your teeth instead of a molded bite bar. It works but is not comfortable.

It's super comfortable for me, and sometimes I dive from 8am to 5pm.

Do people bite down on the snorkel?

I use the Cressi-Sub America. It has a soft mouthpiece and does its job.

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Hey Don,

Congrats on your new gun. I'm sure that gun will have more than enough power to take down a WSB. I stopped using long pneumatics because my shafts kept bending. I went through a bunch one year shooting AJs, Grouper, cobia, ect...

Full time driver and 2 divers!

Quote from Kyle c

Are you referring to a Mares Sten or some other brand gun and also do you think some sort of dry barrel kit will be needed for this gun and if so which one do you think will be best?

Just the mares sten. It fires 8mm shaft. A dry barrel is not necessary because you will be firing close. A dry barrel is good for long guns or a gun that you want to shoot far. I use my Mares sten pneumatic for close range. I could make it shoot farther by adding a kit to it and use mono for shooting line, but i love the way i have it.

If Davie or I shoot a Cobia, Cubera or a big AJ, i prefer to grab that gun from the boat and put a second shot into the fish. I also use that gun when a fish holes up.

If Davie reads this, i'm sure he can comment and compare the power of the 100cm Sten.

Quote from hatterasfreedvr

Thanks guys. I've got a 90cm Freedivers SA railgun rigged with a 3/4 band (bad ass gun by the way) that is my go to gun for the inshore stuff, but it's freekin cumbersome when you crawl inside my favorite wreck. I've also tried a 75cm Sporasub band gun that I would use if a RA shaft would fit in the mech. The shafts it shoots are small and bend super easy plus I've had shots bounce right off of fish's heads with it.

Greekdiver thanks for the advice. Def gonna check the Sten out.

Oh yeah... Just how loud is a pneumatic when fired?:bouncinboobs:

Its louder than a bandgun but that wont affect how many fish you will kill. Remember a 100cm pneumatic is a much smaller gun than a 100cm bandgun.

I will post a picture of my sten when i get a chance.

Quote from Don Paul

Hi Harry, I have a 110 Airbalete on the way for15'vis, couldn't turn down the price.;)
Any of your friends shoot one?
Cheers, Don

I'm sure it shoots good. I haven't looked at the spear it has though. Can you use any spear you want or easy to modify? I'm sure the OMER one will cost a lot of money.

Buy a sten that shoots a 8mm shaft. I use 100cm sten for my hole gun and my secondary gun because the holes we shoot in aren't that tight. You will only need one spring stainless steel shaft for the life of the gun especially if you trim down the shaft. I prefer to shoot pneumatics when the shaft barely comes out of muzzle far enough where the flopper will open. This makes the gun better balanced. This gun could easily take down a cobia or AJ if they swam by you while you were looking in holes. You can also grab the shaft while the fish is thrashing and the spear will still be straight. A 100cm pneumatic with a very short shaft is not a long gun but packs a ton of power. Ive shot through the head of a 44 lb cubera, 40lb amberjack, and 60lb cobia with that gun.

Quote from LunkerBuster

back to grunting....
...for those of you who do it...do you use air? does it cost you significant bottom time?

You dont lose any air doing it. You could say that a grunt could cost you a tiny bit of energy, but i think its too small to notice.

Quote from sdeisen

did you replace the stock mako shaft? if so did you think it was crap?

Mako shaft is Rob Allen with pins. It's a very good shaft.

I was referring to the shafts i replaced with the pneumatic. Ray Odor butter shafts.

115cm seac with tovarich kit is probably one of the most powerful guns i have shot. The speed of the shaft is insane!

Easily more powerful than any 120cm railgun. I have a mako 120cm to compare it too. When i fire that gun with 16mm short bands, the shaft is so slow when comparing especially when it reaches to 18ft.

I like my Denton because i don't have to replace any more shafts! The 7.5mm Rob Allen shafts are tough as hell. I am still using the same spear for a year and i have shot Cobia, Cubera,Kings, AJ and Grouper. Shaft is perfectly straight.

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110cm Denton!

I kill almost everything with that short gun and far too!