Rod fishing & Spearfishing

Just interested in the % of members who do both spearfish and rod fish on a regular bases?


wicksey's picture

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oh god here we go. i do

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:21

oh god here we go.

i do both, only rockhop with the gun however.

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Often

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:23

At the moment I'll usually have a fish then a snorkel/spear on the same day. Depending on how the latter goes, I might fish again in the arvo.

John

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50/50

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:33

Yep, match my spearfishing with the same amount of rod action.  Almost need to break it up into North compared to South thou!

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yeah 50/50 again in the

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:35

yeah 50/50 again in the winter anyway. Probably not as much spearing in the summer time mainly due to those addictive barra

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both

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:37

both for me too just up graded to a rabitec carbon cant wait for the summer weather either ,it still quite cold!

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north v south

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:37

north water temp.nice and warm. south water temp .bloody cold. however looking at trying it out during summer .only boat fishing at the moment

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yep I am about the same as

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:39

yep I am about the same as you Adam 50/50... I think if I lived up north I may tend to spearfish a bit more then rod fish.

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Date Joined: 11/07/08

just got myself a rob allen

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:55

just got myself a rob allen 110  and looking forward to trying it out.

little scared of sharks so could be interesting?

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Gun

Wed, 2008-09-17 20:58

Nice gun Teddy. Did you get the double rubbered tuna?

John

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Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind,
.......

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gun

Wed, 2008-09-17 21:43

double rubber snipper.

 

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rubber

Wed, 2008-09-17 21:05

You using 16's, 18's or 20's BJ?

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16's

Wed, 2008-09-17 21:19

16's Adam on a 1000 Tuna. Plenty of oomph, even when just using one rubber in tight country.

Surprised how quickly one of the original rubbers perished though, didn't get that many shots out of it. Replaced it with some Latex USA rubber which is going well.

The other original rubber though is fine.

John

I head a little FURTHER NORTH each year,
Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind,
.......

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Jigs available online in my web store!

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Never spearfished, might

Wed, 2008-09-17 21:45

Never spearfished, might give it a spin sometime.

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Really interested in getting

Thu, 2008-09-18 00:10

Really interested in getting into spearfishing more. Never done it south of Exmouth though.

Might get a day in with Mr. Fishwrecked? Spewin cray season won't be open for a while still...

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rod fish most of the time

Thu, 2008-09-18 00:24

rod fish most of the time .have jumped in a few times ,but am yet to feel comfortable about it .no gun just a giddgie set up riding shot gun for somonme on a cray mission .its a diferent world when you don a set of goggles though .an amazing place under the water
always in it just the depth that varies

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50/50 for us, we are mainly

Thu, 2008-09-18 04:35

50/50 for us, we are mainly spearing crays though.

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WHAT

Thu, 2008-09-18 19:14

 

Thats outrageous

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Pays to check

Mon, 2008-10-20 13:29

user profile for location of user !!!

 

 

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I did when I was younger,

Thu, 2008-09-18 07:05

I did when I was younger, but haven't for a while now.  Thinking of getting back into diving, have all the gear but the tanks will have to be stamped again.  Suspect all the seals in the reg would be stiff too!

 

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Spearing Crays?

Thu, 2008-09-18 18:56

Andy,

I hope your post was a typing error...

"50/50 for us, we are mainly spearing crays though."

Don't think cray spearing is legal here!

Yep Alfred,

Get your tanks tested and get a kit put through the regs and you'll be right to go. let us know if you need a dive buddy always dreamed about having a dive off a Boston Whaler or a Mako Centre consoleCool

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Qld

Thu, 2008-09-18 19:15

Andy is based in Qld. Perfectly legal over there.

John

I head a little FURTHER NORTH each year,
Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind,
.......

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Jigs available online in my web store!

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I hate bottom bouncing and

Mon, 2008-10-20 19:34

I hate bottom bouncing and trolling with a passion so for me spearfishing offers an exciting, challeging and interesting way to catch a feed.

On the line though, just love my sportfishing (GT popping, jigging etc..)