Cheers for the help
Submitted by Nath86 on Sat, 2012-12-01 15:13
Just a quick cheers for the help and info on spearfishing.
Braved the wind out of Dampier today and got my first bluebone at 50cm. I slid in, loaded, took a breath, dove down and spotted and got him straight away. Pretty stoked for the first breath of a dive.
Into the esky he went and back in the drink I went. I couldn't belive it when I had another 2 of similar size swimming around me but with the new rubber I put on it I couldn't load the bast**d. I had to jump back in the boat and put a towel across my stomache to load the gun, I will definately need to work on the technique. Jumped back in and they were gone. Not to worry, it will just keep me wanting to come back.
Cheers Nath
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leviathan91
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Date Joined: 10/10/10
HAHA
what size gun have you got?
get yourself a rashie with a loading pad on it if your not after the full wetsuit.
Nath86
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Date Joined: 27/06/10
I'm ashamed to say I was in a
I'm ashamed to say I was in a wetsuit. It's only a 95 but I've gone thicker and shorter rubbers. I've cut out a small section of foam matting that I can tuck into my weight belt which should help I think. I'm not a massive fan of the gun though. It shoots fine but the butt is not flat but rather pointed and it bloody hurts. Yes I know I'm being a bit week haha.
It's not about the fish, it's about fishing.
ca11um
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Good to hear mate!! grab a
Good to hear mate!! grab a photo next time mate ;)
till
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Try a thong down the front of
Try a thong down the front of the suit!
Sounds like you have it working, in any case!
leviathan91
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Date Joined: 10/10/10
just my opinion
but you want to make it enjoyable and hving to get in the boat everytime you load the gun just isnt- if you have the rubber and are able to make your own. make a couple up a little longer and as you get the technique down on loading it you can always cut them down a bit and make them smaller.
i would be pretty shitty having to swim all the way back to the boat after missing a fish - what have you gone with? 18mm or 20mm
in saying that i have a tuna and a cranx by rob allen and i love the single 20mm over the tuna 2x16mm its a bit harder too load but its one rubber that definetly does the job.