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  • Leaderfins

    I got the fiberglass waves camo. I think that they're great fins and kinda "ghetto" mounted them. I def see Dan's point and the response in his fiberglass fins was definitely noticeably more than the response of mine.


    For my use and need, they're perfect for me. I'm a college student who's trying to keep up with all this dive gear on a budget lol. I do appreciate Dan's help in showing me all these things however because I definitely like to know what thought goes into good gear.


    Also, thanks to Dan for spending an hour and a half yesterday showing me how to install a new flopper and the proper way to tune it!

  • Polespear grip helper

    Quote from Dan

    Nice invention Jeff. Is it still a smooth release? Reminds me of the mechanical bow string release.


    It takes a little tinkering to get it to release smoothly, but properly tweaked it seems to work pretty well. I'm not sure if you would actually use it to fire the polespear. Another option would be to use the "Gripstick" to hold the separ cocked during the dive. When you get ready to fire, just tighten your hand on the polespear, release the Gripstick, and fire the spear normally. I'm not in a position to test it other than shooting at cans in the grass, so you guys will have to let me know what works best.


    The main thing that I learned while tinkering is that the stiff end of the release has to be smooth enough so as not to catch on the loop that goes to the front of the spear. At first I tried a small piece of stainless tubing, and the forward loop would get hung up on the end of the tubing. Stiffening the cord with epoxy, and then running the heat shrink about an inch beyond the epoxied section, allows the forward loop to rest on the heat shrink, but not on the stiffened part. That allows it to slide easily off. And the stiff piece need not be very long. The shorter the better, for a smooth release.


    I'm sure you guys will improve it, so I can't wait to see what you come up with. Would this be legal in places where spearguns are not allowed? In my mind, it's not really a "trigger" since it cannot hold the spear cocked by itself, but I'm totally ignorant of the rules.

  • Polespear grip helper

    From time to time, I have read of people who loved to polespear, but just couldn't anymore. Due to age, or arthritis, or injury, or whatever, they just couldn't grip the spear well enough to hunt effectively. This idea of a simple release came to me the other day, so I thought I would toss it out for anyone to play with, or improve upon, or poke holes in.


    It's not really a trigger, exactly, because it won't restrain the spear on it's own. It requires only the tiniest finger pressure to hold, though.


    The rigid end was formed by just soaking the last couple inches of the cord with epoxy, and wrapping with shrink wrap tube.


  • A difference?

    I have been diving Pensacola Bay for about 15 years, and there are a few observations that I can make with confidence, and others that I am less sure about. Keep in mind that our bottom here is probably very different from what many of you dive. The bay has no natural structure. It is open sand or mud bottom (grass in the shallows), punctuated only by artificial (junk) reefs dropped over the years.


    On thing that I absolutely have noticed over the last few years is an increased number of Red Grouper, small scamp, and even the occasional Nassau Grouper. Previously, I never saw anything but Gag Grouper.


    I am also quite sure that I see more of the larger red snapper than I used to. The Bay has always had plenty of small red snapper, but lately I see fish of 15+ pounds almost every trip.


    I am tempted to say that I see more grouper and MANY more red snapper than I used to. But over the years, I have found more, and better spots to dive in the Bay. My experience has taught me that certain kinds of structure reliably hold fish, and some just don't. So I do wonder if there really are more fish, or if I have gradually gotten better at finding them, or at least not wasting my time in places where I know they won't be.

  • Speardiver stainless steel euro shafts

    Quote from Dan

    I'm not familiar with the term hollow ground. To me the tip is a long taper tri cut.The flopper is on the bottom of course.


    The first picture below shows hollow grinding as it would be applied to something like a knife blade, but you get the idea. The tips for broadhead hunting arrows (second pic) are often hollow ground.


    I love using replaceable fishing arrow tips on my shafts because they are very sharp, very hard, inexpensive (about $2) and easy to replace even on the boat. The only problem is that hunting arrows are typically a size #12-28 thread (about 9/32" tip OD), and fishing arrows are a 1/4"-28 thread (5/16" tip OD), neither of which matches standard shaft threads.

  • Where to get a Spear tip locally?

    Quote from Dan

    I know this doesn't answer you question, but you should consider getting a single flopper shaft, it is the better choice. See if there are some available for your JBL.


    I shot JBL's with 3/8" shafts and the gargantuan double flopper slip tips for a long time before I started building my own guns. I don't change easily, but I have to agree with Dan. For a long time, I seemed to lose more fish when I used a single flopper vs. the slip tip, and I thought it was due to less holding power of the flopper. But now, I think it had more to do with the extra mass of the 3/8" shaft being thrown around as the fish flailed. I've been shooting a 5/16" shaft with a single flopper more, and life is better.


    Deeper penetration (my old JBL tip was damn near 1/2" in diameter at the floppers)
    More accurate
    No lost fish if the tip doesn't deploy


    And one other thing that is important to me around structure. If that slip tip got buried in a tire or penetrated the side of the wreck, it was a bugger to get out, and I sometimes had to just cut the cable / spectra. Flopper shafts are much easier to work around to enlarge the hole and remove.


    If I'm not mistaken, JBL now offers 5/16" shafts.

  • Lion Fish in Florida

    Very cool pics!


    What are everyone's thoughts on killing lionfish, regardless of size, simply because they are an invasive species and to minimize their impact on native species? I understand that the bigger ones are good table fare, and normally we take only what we intend to eat, but does that hold here as well? I could also see the arguement that the long term health of the reef system is best preserved by eliminating non-native species to the extent possible.

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    Gotcha yea I kinda remember seeing a camo john boat. Glad to know more people on the water! If you see that contender or a Yellow 32 Century with Double B on the side those are the two main boats I go out on. Feel free to stop by and say hi!

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    Went out again. South of Port Everglades. Just got in. Water is FLAT with great viz and a WICKED current. Glad I got 2 hours of nice spearing in before the current cranked up.


    Tally is 5 lobster and 1 hog, which was pretty good considering it was an easy day and we went trolling after... but MAN was that current strong!

  • 'but report

    I've been catching and shooting flounder on the Gulf coast since I was a kid. They look just like your halibut, but usually top out around 5 or 6 lbs. Every time you guys post up a halibut pic, it makes me think what a heart attack I would have the first time I saw one in the water. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    Beautiful fish!

  • Salvimar Delta-one foot pockets review

    I would guess that the idea is to limit stretch in order to direct power to the blades. I can tell that they wouldn't work well for me since my feet are about as tall as they are long and wide, but I can see how it could be a good thing for those someone who they fit well.


    Looks like Fuzz and I were typing at the same time.

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from sdeisen

    yes it was shit on the first and second,, and i think it was runoff from the port being brought on by the strong north to south current,, soo maybe north oof the port was nice everywhere,, but only at the third and deeper did it clear up where i was


    shitty...