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Couple of tips as I have been too busy to add one a day the last week...

If your going diving.. let your family know a estimated return time and where your going (and remind them an hour late isn't anormal! lol) Good safety measure should anything go wrong. Plus stops you being in the dog house like me when you return many many hours late!

Keep your spears/tips sharp. Replace or sharpen blunted tips (if sharpening them keep the point central) A blunt or bent tip will affect accuracy as well as penetration etc.

Remember equipment failures are not the end of the world, and many can be overcome. My line catch/release gave up yesterday while diving (after the first shot) carried on a marathon dive without using it (had line loose) just had to be extra careful of the loose line in the water, managed another 4 fish though. My stringer gave up too somehow got tangled in my weight belt reducing its length, couldnt figure it out in the water so just strung it in front of me instead of behind, worked a treat. You can enjoy a dive just as much with no gun, but you will still be annoyed when a massice bass comes to laugh at you!