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  • Yellowfin Tuna caught in Cast Net inside Cleawater Bay

    Just got off the phone with two of my buddies from back home. They both know the guy who claimed to catch it and said that hes a commercial baitfisherman. He provides all the pinfish for the bait shops in the area. Said he was a real good guy and really had no reason to lie about it.


    The way that the water temperature is up there, the water has gotten so cold so fast in these last couple of weeks, that it is possible that this tuna just followed the mullet in from their offshore spawn.


    the only two things that dictate fish movement are: water temp and bait. If the water temp is right and the bait is there, that means that the fish will be there. Now with all the displacement of habitat from the oil spill in the Norther Gulf, where these YF usually are, it is possible that this fish was just following the bait while trying to stay warm.

  • Looters Pirates of XXI century

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    ...was this in domestic or interenational waters?


    I don't think it matters. If I remember, Spain's claim was that the vessel was on a military mission, and that it never gives up claim to a military vessel. We do the same. Try to recover the ship's bell from a sunken U.S. Navy warship, no matter where or how old, and see if they don't come calling.


    I think it's the "military vessel" part that the court is to decide. If I understand correctly, this wasn't a commissioned Spanish Navy ship. It was a commercial vessel. Spain's case is that if the commercial vessel is being used for a State purpose, then it should be treated the same as a Navy vessel.

  • Yellowfin Tuna caught in Cast Net inside Cleawater Bay

    Quote from red tide

    I call BS on this story. Nobody has ever seen, caught or speared a yellowfin with in 150 miles of Clearwater Bay. This is just some clown cast netter with a fishhouse tuna.


    Well thats not totally true. There have been YF caught in the Loop on a regular basis. Now I have caught a sailfish in 30ft on the Indian Shores Reef and have heard of sailfish on the flats in the Bahamas. Why not a lost YF tuna?

  • Yellowfin Tuna caught in Cast Net inside Cleawater Bay

    Idk if you guys have heard about this yet, but a buddy of mine back home in Clearwater, FL showed it to me. It's quite recent.


    Apparently these mullet netters who were throwing on schools of mullet near the Bellaire boat ramp, which is about 2 miles inshore of the closest pass caught this 70lb Yellowfin Tuna in their Cast nets after seeing it bust up schools of mullet that they were trying to catch.


    idk, believe it if you want.. thought you guys might find it interesting.


    http://captdanny.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5005340

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    Today Lunkerbuster and I went out to my big hog winter spot "north" of Port Everglades. The seas were calm and viz was 50ft. Viz shut down progressively throughout the day. Judah and I worked our way down the second reef with me drifting a little ahead of him. I saw a nice hog dash into a big coral head and yelled for Judah to come over. He yelled back that he was busy with a big hog of his own. I dropped on the coral head, I could only see the tail of the hog, but took a shot at what I thought would hold. Turns out, I shot him mid body, I wrestled him out of the coral head with him scraping himself up pretty badly, brained him and popped my head up to look for Judah. He was already on his way over.


    I'll let him tell his story, but his hog was HUGE! It was his personal best hogfish and a damn nice one at that! A perfect example of a shallow water winter hog!


    Here are the pics.

  • Playing in the pool -or- some lessons to learn from target shooting

    judah, let me know next time you guys do this. me and shallowrunner live a minute from each other so we can always hitch a ride. I'm not sure about Shallow Runner's pool, but there is no way that its gonna happen in my complex pool lol. wayyy to many annoying kids.


    I'd be really interested in testing out my gun in these precise controlled conditions.

  • Playing in the pool -or- some lessons to learn from target shooting

    I don't know, that does seem like it might tangle.


    Ours was attached to the PVC pipe at the top. but nothing on the bottom. We did not cut small squares from the belting. Instead, we let a long strip hang down from the PVC float, to the bottom, and then along the bottom for a foot or two. Then just set some weights on the portion of the belt that lies on the bottom to keep it from moving around.


    To keep from blasting a bunch of holes in the same place, Chad came up with the idea of just sticking a white thumbtack in the belt for a bull's eye. We perodially moved the thumbtack.


    When done, you just roll the whole thing up around the PVC pipe.

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    sounds like a great day.. you guys wanna dive this weekend or friday?


    I'm down Judah. I may have located a few inshore bugs that I wanna check out either sat or friday... I'll be done with final exams then and am ready to spear for the rest of winter break!! lol


    I really havn't got out much and i know i've been a ghost lately. Just super busy with school, life, etc. :nono:

  • Which shaft?

    Quote from phil herranen

    . . . when it comes to this part of the build think ak47 not m16 . . .l


    That's what I meant. You just said it better. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Which shaft?

    Getting a shaft to fit properly in the track is one of the most aggravating parts of building a gun for me. Not because it is hard, but because I always want it to be "just right". The problem, of course, is that "just right" only applies under one specific combination of circumstances. Throw in a smaller shaft, or some sand, or another coat of epoxy, or an imperfect shaft, or whatever, and the fit changes. I guess what I have learned is that this is one of those places where a speargun builder has to set aside any precision tendencies and be OK with a little slop. So far as I can tell, shooting my 9/32" shaft works fine in my 5/16" gun. Sure, it rattles around uncomfortably when it is unloaded and sitting on the bench. But load a band or two and it's fine.


    So if it's me, I would cut the track for a 5/16" shaft, and feel perfectly comfortable shooting a 9/32" or anything in between. Just be sure not to cut it too deep, so that the shark tabs (or pins, or whatever) stick up high enough.


    An for what it's worth, Bob White at SFS Carbide can modify my cutter drawings to make you any size you want, if you have something specific in mind.