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Cornwall 2007!

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Ahh yeah i know what you mean... i doubt anyone would find a pot in my locations, as there arn't many other spearos or divers around really. I have thought of putting a pot down, but haven't yet... i guess that will be for next season now :(

At the moment i am just scouting around looking for them in holes, just seem to find urchins, starfish and wrasse really. I would have thought i would have found at least one, or perhaps a conger, but nope... nothing. Did find an edible crab during the season, but i fumbled the first snatch and then he wouldnt budge!


Huw.
 
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hey huw i thought that you would of found lots down in cornwall.
more rock and things for them to hide.
i have put a pot down, but it sort of got washed away:head, need to check them more regularly, i would personlly say that you stand more of a chance just trying to scout them out from under rocks and in holes.
mind you the john dory makes up for it all i would say, would love to get one of those.:)
 
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I don't find the need for pots. Just check under ledges + holes. Get in real close. Its not just the holes at the base of the rocks you are looking at.

I find it very difficult to concentrate on lobster and fish at the same time. You need to focus on the Bass OR the Shell fish. For this reason I tend to save the lobster hunting for poor viz days.

You will find them at lowtide in water less than 1m deep! A lot of locals collect above the lowtide mark (you can see them on the spring tides with their hooks).

Hope that helps.
 
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cheers mate, i'll definatley give it a go. Anyone know what lobbies do in the winter?? Nothing at all? Come in shallower? Go deeper?

Huw.
 
Guys are still collecting them above the lowtide mark in December around here. They do stick to the bigger tides mind.
 
...i have put a pot down, but it sort of got washed away:head, need to check them more regularly...
Saw a lobster trap floating about a foot or two above the sea bed in Dorset recently :D. You need to allow enough float line to take account of the rising tide. I also stick rocks inside to hold it down. I also try to look for a hole or "gorge" in the rock/weed that'll give it some shelter & stop it moving about too much...or maybe anchor it somehow Still haven't caught anything worthwhile in it -- I suspect it needs to be left overnight and I haven't had the opportunity to that yet. [Great tips Pav - will give them a try ;)]
 
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You will find them at lowtide in water less than 1m deep! A lot of locals collect above the lowtide mark (you can see them on the spring tides with their hooks).

Hope that helps.

In west cornwall I think this is known as "chinking"........... Allegedly.
 
It was a toss up beteween a surf and a spear last night but i thought it had been far too long since i'd been for a dive so off i went.Headed down St Ives way to the only place i thought would be calm and with vaguely good vis.I was right on both counts but i'd left it way too late as it was already getting dark by the time i got in the water.Had a couple of dives and soon drew in a school of fairly good sized bass but i was still tethered to my bouy and i'm sure the line spooked them.I tethered it off and tried in vain to get them back in before it got totally dark.I headed in reall shallow after that to be able to see and wedged myself in the boulders just off the shoreline,second dive saw a nice 2-3lb bass come in and hover long enough for a successful shot.Swam back in the dark cursing myself for not investing in a torch this year.
 
Hi Badlander I bought a cheap unerwater torch from lidls for £6 odd that I keep strapped on my buoy. handy bit of kit for when you lose track of time and its had a damn good beating on the rocks and still works
 
Good day
Excuse me for interrupting the thread.
Can I please ask you to visit the BSA forum , British Spearfishing Association :: Index , and have your say on some potential proposals on size limits , number restrictions etc that may or may go through to the BSA AGM.
Some of you may not be BSA members or competitors but, like it or not, what happens within the BSA will have an affect on UK spearos.
Have your say !
Regards Paul
 
Lost Fish :head

Not acceptable I know but I need advice to prevent this again.

Lost in my opinion due to being a long shot where only the spear head and flopper had passed through the flesh. Then on retrive the flopper has sat flat against the spear shaft and the fish had slipped of past the flopper.

I had swam to the fish to try and avoid any tension on the line to the spear. , but it shaked off.
 
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2 possible solutions;
1/ use a twin barb spear, one of the barbs will always be open
2/ tune the barb on your spear to lock open. This is easier to demonstrate than explain, but basically squeeze the "opposite" side of the flopper with pliers, near the pin hole, so that once it has opened it stays open due to friction against the shaft.you have to be careful not to squeeze too much and stop the barb opening. It should open to about 30degrees before locking. Rob Allen and other South African spears come like this. The only problem is that if the barb is on the top of the spear it will tend to lock open whilst you are swimming around, not a problem in itself as the movement of the spear will snap it shut when you fire, but some people find it distracting. This is one of the reasons SA spears normally have the barb on the bottom. you can also solve this by having a small o ring on the shaft to hold the barb closed

cheers
dave
Spearguns by Spearo uk ltd finest supplier of speargun, monofins, speargun and freediving equipment
 
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It looks like its shaping up for some good diving over the weekend, went out on my boat today diving the coast between Looe and Fowey, could see the bottom from the surface at 8 meters, in some spots I reckon it was 10 meters viz easily.

Came away empty handed and a bit chilly, spent half the time with a gun and the other half trying a new (to me) video camera and housing which reminded me how much work I have to do on both my hunting and filming! Still it was fun. There is still a couple of dives left in this year if the weather holds.

Oh and one question, my gun rubbers have started to feel sticky :confused:, New this season - could it be the water getting colder - 14 degrees in today.
Maybe it always happens and I've just not noticed it.

Lew
 
WOW I had written off the water since the rough seas that we seem to have had, but i am dying to get back in!! I'll probably be in on sunday then if the weather and vis holds! Need to re-string my gun though as the mono came away from the crimp and so i used my 75cm last time and missed out on a shot at a nice bass as a result. Also wouldnt mind scouting for some flatties.

I dont suppose you saw what the vis was like in the harbour mouth did you?? Did you see any thing worth shooting during your time in the water??

Cheers,
Huw.
 
Sticky rubbers.

Its only a general observation re. rubbers. If you put a mixed lot of rubber fishing lures in a box they can effect each other and can become sticky as you describe.

Only mention it incase you have 2 guns stored side by side and the ruibbers are touching each other and causing a similar reaction. Not sure why this is.
 
Huw - I didn't fish the harbour mouth, but judging by the rest of the coast it should be ok for a dive, I will most likely be out tomorrow so i'll try to remember to post the conditions. If I forget give me a nudge! Didn't see anything worth catching last time out but was spending more time trying to dive with a large video housing than with a gun!

Pav - The rubbers havn't stuck together, just feel sticky. Just feels strange. Noticed it as I was washing the gun down.

Lewis
 
Hi pav and dave,
i had the same problem with my gun when i was out diving a few weeks ago although it was only 1 fish it was not a nice thought of it still swimming around with a flesh wound, so i modded the barb on the spear head by bending the tip of it up and alittle lower down to smooth it off, here's a pick for you pav and dave, only manged to try it on 1 fish so far but if it fails i will pm you, i should be out tomorrow so i'lled fill you in more.
'o dave my dad ordered some bits from you on my birthday in october, was a book and a bouy have you sent them yet?? thanks Ben
 

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well it worked a treat never lost a fish today, but. on belly shoots the spear is easy to retract but head shot require more pressure to remove it.
 
If anyone is heading out from Fowey in the morning then i'll be in the harbour mouth so look out for a red seatec bouy. Shaping up to be a remaining hopeful session!

Huw.
 
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