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Dorset Spearing 2008

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Well done gents for getting wet last night, shame about the weather today.
Hopefuly the weather will clear for next weekend.

Well done mishnish for the lobby.
 
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Dave, I do shoot flaties, but always let the gun go and slip my hand under the fish never just pulling the spear up. I make sure the barb is open and then push the fish back onto the barb pinning it there, seems to work. I just don't like dealing with fish with a loaded gun. I guess it's a similar way to yours. I lost some good flatties just pulling the spear out of them, notably 2 in a comp at Sandy Bay a few years ago.
 
Was a fun night dive on saturday, even if I shivered for its entirety! Saw the usual suspects along with 3 squid about 15" long that danced in and out of the torch beam - very cool! Shot two of the flounder in less than 2 foot of water just as i was about to get out! Shot the first and left it on the spear as i was about to get out, swum in a couple of meters and came across the other and stabbed it with the spear. Once again some big prawns about and plenty of velvet swimmers - one of which showed off his swimming skills leaping off the sea bed and propelling itself midwater for a few yards. Good Dive and nice to end it with a hot drink - nice one Bryn!
 
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Cheers gents. The viz was pretty good @3-4m and the only limiting factor for me was the burn time of my torch. Great boot, good gloves and a few lights to use as head markers.

Make sure you know where your swimming back to gents as what you marked as your exit point lowers on the horizon and with the tide setting you wherever it all gets a bit interesting.. I flooded my GPS so its all done on a little suunto compass clipped onto my D4.

Oh yeah.. And there is really nothing, nasty, out in the dark that is not there in the day... But if you do see a great wake of bio luminescence powering its way towards you just remember you lost 2 million years of evolution the moment you jumped in the water and are now firmly at the bottom of the food chain. Enjoy the stars and wait for the thump.. :t
 
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Get post Bryn, this is why I enjoy diving with you it’s the old “what’s the worst that could happen” thing.:crutch:martial

“Nothing nasty out in the dark”:naughty
Want about the boggy man and then there’s you cruising around in the dark with a bloody great speargun.rofl
 
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Get post Bryn, this is why I enjoy diving with you it’s the old “what’s the worst that could happen” thing.:crutch:martial
Yeah it's Bryn's Monty Python-esque: "It's perfectly safe...apart from the risk of shallow water blackout, getting tangled in monofilament, boat strike, getting caught in a race, shark attack..."
 
Ah now I’m sucking on the right tit-

So what else floats?
Thick gravy, small stones, etc