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Mar-04-2009, 10:45 PM
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#1 | | Registered User
Name: Jeffrey Tedmori Age: 16 Vessel: Long Range Location: Orange County Job:Fishing
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Hey wanted to look into spearfishing. Any tips on wear to start... good guns to learn with? easiest spots to start out at
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Mar-05-2009, 03:03 PM
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#2 | | catch,filet,release
Name: kyle Age: 42 Vessel: 17ft,western,One more Cast Location: Riverside Job:landscaper,owner Bio: got sharks on the brain
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hay there Kyle here just wanted to say i got my first gun and cant wait to go spearfishing,my luck not to good line fishing so this will be a change for me,i wont come home empty handed,lol,good luck
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Mar-05-2009, 07:01 PM
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#3 | | Registered User
Name: robert Vessel: 12 foot dinghy Location: seal beach Job:pinhead
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i started spearfishing next year its soooo fun. i would get a jbl one or two band. and goo to fishermans cove in laguna.pm me if you want someone to tag along were the same age and live pretty close together. im always looking for a new fishing buddy
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Mar-05-2009, 09:01 PM
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#4 | | Captain
Name: Paul Romanowski Age: 39 Vessel: 21'seaswirl cc, Kiniption. Location: Huntington Bch. Job:construction
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Get on www.Spearboard.com and go to the Ca section. You can find some other locals to dive with. Also, in the classifieds there, you can find many spearguns for a decent price. To start, get a 90cm gun. That is the equivalent of a 48" shaft, about right for all your local diving.
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Mar-05-2009, 10:55 PM
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#5 | | Registered User
Name: keith Vessel: bleh,bleh,bleh Location: huntington beach Job:bum
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Originally Posted by rojodiablo  Get on www.Spearboard.com and go to the Ca section. You can find some other locals to dive with. Also, in the classifieds there, you can find many spearguns for a decent price. To start, get a 90cm gun. That is the equivalent of a 48" shaft, about right for all your local diving. |
Werd, listen to Rojo, he knows his stuff.
JBLs are cheap but you get what you pay for. My friend shoots a JBL and swore by it until I let him borrow a 90cm Rabitech, now he refuses to go back because it was so much more accurate and powerful. You can pick up some decently priced 90cm euro style guns from spearboard members from time to time.
Robbob I'd be careful about recommending Fisherman's cove. Not sure about what the boundary is now but when I first started diving 10 years ago, the middle boiler rock was the boundary to a marine preserve so you could really only hunt half that cove legally.
Check out this site for some local dive spots in Laguna. I started diving at Shaw's and Crescent. They're easy beginner spots. Beaches in Laguna Beach California | |
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Mar-05-2009, 11:47 PM
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#6 | | Registered User
Name: Jeffrey Tedmori Age: 16 Vessel: Long Range Location: Orange County Job:Fishing
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Originally Posted by rojodiablo Get on www.Spearboard.com and go to the Ca section. You can find some other locals to dive with. Also, in the classifieds there, you can find many spearguns for a decent price. To start, get a 90cm gun. That is the equivalent of a 48" shaft, about right for all your local diving. | im a little dude... does the size of the gun have to match the size of the person or does it not matter...
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Mar-06-2009, 12:48 PM
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#7 | | Registered User
Name: keith Vessel: bleh,bleh,bleh Location: huntington beach Job:bum
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Originally Posted by riceman1011 im a little dude... does the size of the gun have to match the size of the person or does it not matter... | Doesn't matter. Size of the gun is more for the fish that you're targeting. A 90cm gun is perfect for shorediving and targeting most reef fish that you'll see in So Cal. Bass, sheephead, halibut etc.
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Mar-06-2009, 03:03 PM
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#8 | | Registered User
Name: Jeffrey Tedmori Age: 16 Vessel: Long Range Location: Orange County Job:Fishing
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alright what bout like yellows or dodos... cuz i was thinking like how the summer water get warmer and the paddy can hold some yellows and dodos... ould it hold for those?
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Mar-06-2009, 04:04 PM
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#9 | | Registered User
Name: keith Vessel: bleh,bleh,bleh Location: huntington beach Job:bum
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Originally Posted by riceman1011 alright what bout like yellows or dodos... cuz i was thinking like how the summer water get warmer and the paddy can hold some yellows and dodos... ould it hold for those? | Nah, you should probably get at least a 120cm with a slip tip for paddy hopping. Most guys use the bigger wood guns around the 55" length for paddy hopping. Wongs, SeaSniper, Alexander, Riffe, etc. I'm going on a yellowtail trip to mexico next week and I'm only taking my 120cm Rabitech with a sliptip and 100ft float line.
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Mar-08-2009, 04:21 AM
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#10 | | Registered User
Name: Jeffrey Tedmori Age: 16 Vessel: Long Range Location: Orange County Job:Fishing
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the whole paddy hopping is just something i hope to get to... i still need to learn how it work and what not haha.
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