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07-28-2010, 12:06 AM | #1 |
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AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
Today I was spearfishing in SoCal and came across a halibut. Of course I could only see its face. It look like about a 15 incher, way to short to keep. I then took my speargun (with the safety on) and poked it to watch it swim off. As it shook the sand off of itself I realized that it was actually wayyyy legal. I tried to get the safety off as fast as possible but it was gone. I will you you one day you dirty bastard!!!
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07-28-2010, 12:15 AM | #2 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
PM Michael ('o Cino). He has techniques for solid estimates on buried hali size.
EDIT: Not to mention an endless supply of other invaluable pieces of spearing knowledge, you should ask him what his favorite brew is, how he likes his lawn maintained and boat cleaned while you're at it... You never know what you may learn!
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07-28-2010, 12:26 AM | #3 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
First step is take your safety off so that way you never have to rely on something that can fail
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07-28-2010, 12:32 AM | #4 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
everdai: who should I pm?
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07-28-2010, 12:34 AM | #5 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
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07-28-2010, 01:05 AM | #6 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
The more you see them, the more you will be able to gauge size by the jawline, space between the eye's, tail size etc. I like to look at the tail if I can see it.
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07-28-2010, 01:06 AM | #7 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
Sorry,
I have to disagree on the safety, If your safety isn't working then your gun is not operational, I'm not big on safeties on weapons (as today we are safety maniacs in everything in society), but pertaining to spearguns with other people in the water, all the multitasking, and the environment (water, lack of control/orientation at times, snagged in lines, and the exponential danger of an injury while in the water) the only reason a safety should be off is when you are ready to shoot or in imminent danger |
07-28-2010, 01:08 AM | #8 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
everdai can you send me a link to his page or something, I can't find him. thanks
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07-28-2010, 01:30 AM | #9 | |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
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yeah i never use safeties ever since i had a fire arm where when you turned the safety off the firearm would discharge the only safety you can trust is your trigger finger just keep that finger off the trigger outside the trigger guard unless you intend to kill whatever the gun is pointing at.. rough conditions are no excuse to get sloppy with how one handles their weapon if somone cant control their firearm they have no business being in the water while the conditions are too rough for them to be in control. im not trying to be a douche just relaying my experiences
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07-28-2010, 01:34 AM | #10 |
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07-28-2010, 01:41 AM | #11 | |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
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07-28-2010, 01:44 AM | #12 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
I NEVER have an operational safety on any of my guns - my first task with a new gun is to disable or remove the safety. The only safe speargun is an unloaded one. There is nothing worse than shooting undersized fish, but even experienced divers do it from time to time.
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07-28-2010, 01:46 AM | #13 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
yeah i hate mine because its so loud and cumbersome to disengauge its one of the riffe ones where its a pin you have to shove between the push rod and the actual mechanism . i lost several fish untill i figured out to just leave it alone. heh
atleast if you bag an undersize one you have just been given the chance to feed the lobsters.
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07-28-2010, 01:59 AM | #14 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
OOOOOPs, sorry I forgot. If you are a hunter that don't know your weapons yet, and how to control and operate them, then keep your safeties on at all time.
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07-28-2010, 02:27 AM | #15 |
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Re: AHH!! How do I know how big a Halibut is when it's burried!!!!!
thats pretty much what I was thinking, i've had probably three guns with safeties none of which have EVER been used.
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