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Old 05-01-2014, 10:14 AM   #31
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PS - does anyone know if the golf ball method actually kills the lionfish, or if it only stuns them?
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Old 05-01-2014, 10:21 AM   #32
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I do know that carrying a golf ball with the intent of putting it on the end a spear will get your ass in hot water down here, pretty sure that goes for anywhere else too...thats how people take snook and other fish without putting a spear hole in them...or at least thats what i heard.
I doubt that you "know" that...while you may suspect that, unless you are using it in an illegal manner, you cannot be cited for it. It's hard to pop you for poaching snook if you have no snook aboard...now if you are line fishing for snook on your way in, yeah I'd leave the golf ball at home.

Most Wildlife officers would be happy to hear that you are doing something about the lionfish.
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Old 05-01-2014, 07:27 PM   #33
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Re: Lionfish , Shoot and release...

I may have it - a combination on some of the ideas in this thread. The measurements are just for illustration .
A lot of us use pieces of bands as tip protectors. Take a 4 in piece of a 5/8 o.d. band and put 2 in of it into a 3 in i.d. aluminum tube, making the fit tight with aqua seal ,krazy glue e.g.. The other end is open and 1 in deep. Fill that with something hard that will stay in that end of the tube permanently - JB Weld comes to mind. When you see a lionfish, slip this over your tip, power down and stone the sucker. When his broken body is lying on the bottom, slip the gadget off your tip, power up and keep hunting.
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Old 05-01-2014, 11:47 PM   #34
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Re: Lionfish , Shoot and release...

OK, here is what I'm making for a test part.

Blunt Force Trama Cap can snap over the end. Have to add a side hole for a holding clip so one doesn't lose it.

Have to see if the C-clip should go in Cap or on tip. I sketched both.

Anyway good enough for concept to throw out there. Not a hard part to make which is what I like. Looks like a 40 - 50 sec part minus one 2nd operation hand load for the Kid.

Let me know if I fell off the deep end with this.... lol

This has to be one of the wildest tips I have considered making.





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Old 05-01-2014, 11:50 PM   #35
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.....Take a 4 in piece of a 5/8 o.d. band and put 2 in of it into a 3 in i.d. aluminum tube, making the fit tight with aqua seal ,krazy glue e.g.. The other end is open and 1 in deep. ........
I guess you mean a 3" long, 11/16"-ish inside diameter aluminum tube.

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-------------------|alum.
|*hard** ------------------|band
|*stuff* <======================================shaft
|*here** ------------------|tubing
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Old 05-01-2014, 11:53 PM   #36
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OK, here is what I'm making for a test part.

Blunt Force Trama Cap can snap over the end. ......
Looks pretty good. Not sure about the clip. I like the previous idea of making it threaded for screw-on attachment to standard powerhead threads (even though I already ground mine off all my shafts for better penetration...)
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Old 05-02-2014, 12:10 AM   #37
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Looks pretty good. Not sure about the clip. I like the previous idea of making it threaded for screw-on attachment to standard powerhead threads (even though I already ground mine off all my shafts for better penetration...)
Clip will work good, It's not sized at all I just did fast draw.

A C-clip in two square grooves is how the swivels work that you use. You just radius one side and you can get it apart. I would like it father down the shaft, but Wing is to close to the end.
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Old 05-03-2014, 10:15 AM   #38
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I guess you mean a 3" long, 11/16"-ish inside diameter aluminum tube.

I like this idea! Accolades awarded.

-------------------|alum.
|*hard** ------------------|band
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|*here** ------------------|tubing
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Oops ! My brain goes faster than my fingers.. I'm going to get a 5/8 id tube, grind a little rubber off the band pieces, put on some 5200 and and stuff it in the tube. I could round off the JB Weld plug to increase the psi at impact but I'm thinking that blunt force would be better so I'll just stuff that in also.
I'm thinking that I could make a dozen of these in half an hour and use them as tip protectors also.
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I'm thinking that I could make a dozen of these in half an hour and use them as tip protectors also.
Did you ever get those made? Much faster method that what I was thinking, I like making SS chips thou.

I got distracted with other tasks. I going to try one for a typical flopper tip tomorrow. I found a SS spring today in junk that I can cut up for c-clips.
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Old 05-19-2014, 06:04 AM   #40
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Re: Lionfish , Shoot and release...

I got a few pieces of band kicking around the house, boat, truck ... So that part is easy. I cut a 1 1/2 inch piece off a Delrin rod that I had. I keep forgetting to get an 11/16 drill bit when I go to the hdw store.
This will remind me to do it. With the way the wind has been blowing, I need a fun thing to do.
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Here is my Lionfish bonker model 1.1. My original idea, model 1.0 turned out to be a short bobble head on the end of a spear shaft. I corrected it by making it longer - about 3 in, short enough to be above the flopper - and drilling a 5/16 hole that fits over the shaft.
I cut a 3 in piece off of some 1 in nylon round bar stock that I had and drilled a 5/8 hole in the top half and a 5/16 hole in the bottom half. I used those because I already had that size bits. I cut a piece of an old 5/8 band 1/4 in shorter than the top hole and stuffed it in . Next, I filled the rest of the top with MarineTex, rounded it off , and ran it down the side to get more contact area between the nylon and the epoxy, not to mention a more penis-like look.
I haven't figured out how to carry it around yet so I'm going to put lanyard on it for now and see how it all works out. I'll try it out asap.
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Re: Lionfish , Shoot and release...

Gillotine, That looks pretty good. We need a clever name for your tip that is PC.

The Bobbitt tip comes to mind. I looked up the name for spelling, that was 20 years ago. Some young bucks might not know what that means.

I still need to get mine done. Been spending too much time on my 40 foot in water speed test tank.
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Old 05-29-2014, 09:13 AM   #44
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I forgot to mention that off duty it serves as a tip protector. Maybe you could use that idea to help with finding a name.
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Re: Lionfish , Shoot and release...

For Name I like SmokinJoe better. Good knockout punch.

It was a little hard to get off the c-clip retainer. I added 6 grooves for grip and works great with a touch of grip.

I also went for a hollow point look. not worried about drag and will reduce contact area some.

I think I will add a side hole then it can be clipped on something when not in use. It does make a nice cover if anything. Weights in at 1 oz.





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