Anyone got any pointers for using a hawaiian sling? Am looking at getting a Seahorse or Kawabunga but don't have much of an idea of how to drive one. Tips so far;1)Fire from slightly behind the fish so the prongs can enter between the scales so as to facilitate easier penatration 2)??????? 3)????????4)????????

Should be good fun though tackling a big boary at depth could be interesting (no float line remember).I think I'll give the Kingis a miss for the time being.

Cheers,

No way man, I'm quite serious. The whole idea being that it would IMPROVE my accuracy issues. Besides , I can't think of any fish that would be difficult to land with a sling except kingies and big barry just proved me wrong it seems.

In some respects, a spear guns a bit of overkill ie Turkeys, johnnies,pinkies blues, goldies.....need I continue?

Jesus Russo,

Just re-read your reply. Goldies ON SCUBA!!!!!. Very sporting of you. A touch of cyanide fishing anyone?

Perhaps a spot of whale harpooning while we're at it.

A Turkey is a Tarakihi and yes John is dreaming if he thinks he is going to get close enough "all the time" to spear them with a Hawaiian Sling. Maybe the first one would wear it but the rest tend to hang off.

Johnnies , maomao and butters are about it for H.s. Kingies are a no go purely because all you are doing with an H.s is maiming them and that is not what the sport is about. Look at John, he does not maim any fish because he misses them most of the time - that IS sporting isn't it.

In summary , good for beginners , but limited in its operation. (H.S that is not John but you have got to wonder.

Russ

p.s I do not spear on tank - do not infact own tanks.

Sounds like you ladies are having a great time on this forum. Thought it was about time to jump in and cast some aspersions around myself...

Ah, Long John, (or should I say 'Grasshopper') ... the hand spear is the weapon of the ancient Jedi Masters.  Only once you have learned to clear your mind can you control your weapon (that's what Debs said about Russ anyway).  It is with a handspear that all the past masters began.

In days of old, the art of handspearing was handed down from generation to generation, in my case beginning with the odd Black Angelfish, and leading to mass genocide against Red Mokis and eventually a few unlucky butterfish.  Yes, hand spears have been used by our past fathers to land kingfish of 15 kg and more in competitions even.  It is still in our bloodlines.  Old Ron can tell you about spearing the odd large snapper back in the pre-history days, Trevor Bodger wearing a shorty wetsuit in mid-winter, and  dive clubs selling Bugs and Kings to restaurants pay for their first boats (oops! Wouldn't cast aspersions so far as the old Reefcombers, that would be truly unprofessional and may get us all sued!). Other past masters such as Barney Rubble, Mark Blackie, and Jim the Jaw could no doubt tell you a thing or two about the art of handspearing, of handling one's own spear, or just stretching rubber around shafts, or maybe just stretching shafts...

Had you been schooled from a young age by someone in this, the true art of death dispensing, you would have known from an early age how to land the elusive turkey, but alas you were influenced by the easy path of  Russ's line fishing tendency and ways (and perhaps Russ's rear-ended desires?) and never went through a formative hand-spearing of Red Moki stage that is so necessary to developing a dislike for mass slaughter.  Russ's revelation as to goldfishing on scuba is an abomination against the good side, and only confirms our suspicions that he is lacking commitment to the cause.  We suspect he will revert to his true form in later life, spearing goldies blowing bubbles, raiding craypots for his bugs, line fishing for his limit of 26.9cm snappers every time he goes out, it's all such a 'crying shame'...

The one YOU now serve was of course trained in the old ways and the force is strong in him.  He is in fact, a master of the art of hand spearing himself.  You must however complete your training with the light side so you have the strength to fight the dark side when you need it most, the future of the galaxy depends on it...

Imagine if you will a competition only with handspears between the dark side and the Bluetits for the trophy which we by now hold by default?   Imagine the money to be made by selling Pic-ass handspears with Riffe drop-off heads, new 20mm rubbers at $100 each... oops, steady on...

But it would solve the excess fish problem at Nationals (although the Bluetitis didn't seem to have much of an excess problem somehow last year).. food for thought, Grasshopper, food for thought... what models do you stock?

Check out:

http://www.freediver.net/freedivelist/faqstuff/faq_polespears.html

http://www.geocities.com/freedivespearo/

I told you that the force was strong with this one, Russ...

Reidfish ,

Just checked out those links. Wicked!!!!!

Kawabunga dude!!!

Hey  Reidfish,

Im a first timer in this group,

maybe you can shed some light on where all the the oldies have gone,

like Jim Thornbury, Dave Sheilds, Dave Maran, Lintin Diggal, Trevor Bodger, Dave Casling, Ron Eves, Mary & Dick Meads, John Anderson, Kevin Thompson, Peter Feilds, Murry Brighouse, John Derling, just to name a few i remember, i lost track of them for so long,

i remember the Reef Combers guys selling up house and moving off down to Stewart Island,      plus the adventures on the float plane to Never Fail Rock,

I was there at the start of the Blue Fin Spearfishing Club, when we use to train in the Swimarama Pool and then some South Africa guy joined the club and said you ever played underwater hockey so we challenged a few other clubs  but 3 or 4 years latter i got married and just driffed away you know life go's around, 

Cheers Lethal