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Always want to try it out. I used to riding to La Jolla for saving parking time but never did after move back to LA

Any rider who is also spearfishing too?

Went for a shore dive last weekend

I thought I saw 50 yellowtail schooling.

After checked the video, I think there were wayyy more than 50

How many you think this is???

Just a fun change. I found a lot of 3D print pencil caps cute designs, thinking about changing it to a safety cap for my speargun.

Here is what I did

Heat up my shaft tip, push the cute cap down, and I’m done

Makerworld all free download 🍬🍬🍬

Got a Riffe Raider 61 for tuna last year. Never take it into water, have worked on build the muscle 💪🏼 to load it. No problem to load it at home but I could not load it under water!

Last weekend Was looking for yellow tail. My buddy got one even before I hit in the water 😭

Then I throw, throw, throw the flasher.

Friends ask me why i didn’t shoot the white fish?

I was… I had my 61 raider but I could not load the gun. Once I pull the trigger, I have to swim to my buddy and ask help to reload

The gun is heavy and not showing neutral bowling sea underwater. It sinks so fast. I didn’t know it was a problem until I saw my buddy’s teak gun floating with the shaft on.

All my other buddy can handle the grip by single hand. I have to hold the gun like a holding a giant snake. 🐍

Fun part on the side of this dive.

When I saw Moore in the Moore fish coming to the flasher, I was kept looking for a yellow tail, but this giant Seabass straight came to my face. I never been so close to the giant Seabass.

I don’t know what he gonna do.

He’s cute, maybe delicious

But he’s not what I’m looking for 😂😂😂 I need a big yellow!!!!

After this location, I want to switch back to my 110 but buddy says I need something big for a bigger yellow. He is too confident on my skills🤣🤣 but bro I want to say I didn’t see any tail of yellow today🥹can I just switch a smaller gun for the white fish? He really wants me get some big 🐟

Maybe a roller gun is better for me?

If you are a female diver. If you ever landed a tuna or a white seabass.

What type of gun you are using? Need some good suggestions!

After dive in SoCal one and a half year, especially after I shot to yellowtails in two days, I feel I am a good diver and I’m good at spearfishing. People who dives in SoCal will fully understand. We have not a very good visibility water, the best today probably 25 foot and that’s our best day. I almost never come back with empty hand.

But in Hawaii diving different islands and a different side of the island is totally different story

I first hit a Kona, the visibility is above 60ft. As a so-called diver, I’m a very straightforward through the regulation and I only allow myself to shoot the fish I know. First day I got two fish from south west side of Kona. It was not that hard, but the depth really scares me. I used to live in 25 to 35 feet in the California Forest. The deepest I went with about 55. My personal best online practice was 80. But we don’t have current. As strong as tropical drifting quick Cliff dropping current.

So the next couple days, a local friend showed me how Hilo is. Water was a little bit colder. The color, a little bit darker. And the fish were way smarter. The way how I do in SoCal does not work at all. Every single dive I scare fish off. I try to chase fish, no they take off in zero points three second.

I got a zero fish the first day I dove at Hilo. And I feel a rife euro does nothing in Hawaii water

Then the second time the same local diver took me to another site. Rough waves. Big swell and the darker water. We are from 45 feet then 60, then 70.

I did 5 shot. I swear to God, every single shot was pointing at the head, but 0 fish. I start to feel embarrassing. Then I ask my body can we switch gun just for one time? He passed me, the carbon fiber, single roller 110, I dove down, I did a one single shot, and I landed a fish. A big table bass

Conclusion? The ocean is complicated. Thought we’re good enough and aware full of confidence to getting the water but the ocean always react in different way. Even though it was the same island different site it shows different condition and fish reacting a different way from different side.

What I learn? Every time I arrive in a new place, I bring my whole self with me:

humble, open, and patient enough to listen to the local divers’ advice. And somehow, my performance always ends up surprising me.

In Hawaii water, Slow is the only way to win. We move like a fish, watching like a fish, acting like a fish.

Big Thanks to my local dive buddies, Zaine and Jake. I got my 88ft, my PB in Hawaii Trip. And I’m here to give my full respects to Hawaii Spearos!!!! You guys are freighters, my hero!

Last trip before I headed in FL, I taped my fins bottoms in reflected stickers but left the front clean

I wanted to cover the logo for a long time with “Land Sucks”

So I did five minutes ago. For HAWAII trip tomorrow.

But I don’t want to repeat the both sides

Where should I put on another side?

I want something showing the vibes about my passion of loving the ocean and being salty all the time

Maybe ❤️salty buxxt? Or what else?

What’s the most common throw flasher size you think is?

Trying to make a universal flasher holder but only my designs include over 5 different sizes.

For those of you who regularly use throw flashers:

-What size do you use most?

-Do you carry one size or multiple?

-where you keep your flasher?

-Would you rather have a holder that’s adjustable, or one that’s designed around a “standard” size?

Trying to figure out whether a true one-size-fits-all solution is realistic or if that’s just wishful thinking.

Hey guys. How to do this 1typ what is two different level layer?

Hey, I’m new for fishing just one for my first fishing trip with my friend and we made a lot of DIY lower from the spearfishing flashers I made and everybody got so excited I got a fish with the lure.

Now I want to build my knowledge from all of you guys who have a lot of experience on fishing

Question:

What is the most famous color or popular color for big fish like tuna yellowtail in California. Lure size? Weight?

Do you think the lure has beings inside to make a noise can attract fish easier? With fish they attract? And does it better to stay on surface in the middle column or a deeper water? For what I understanding is about surface and mid column because bigger fish always travel on the surface in the looking for bait.

What about tropical? I saw a lot of lures in super bright weird and natural color. Does it really works?

I’m trying to build the idea about which direction I can go to so I can make some lower myself and I think it’s super cool to brain storms with the community

Give give me ideas.

Big thanks

A friend in Hawaii shows me his flasher system made of very complicate parts and he complain about. It took so much time to set and organize.

So I put those ideas together and make it into a school project with my classmates

Picture 123 67 shows the items

Picture for was my problem and I tried to ask for help from a professor and he doesn’t even know how to use this all I work and he is teaching all the class🫩

Picture five shows how we communicate in the classroom and ideas how we make it happen

The whole idea is combine street parts in one set and the throwing water finish setting in one minute

Whete I am currently very low visibility in South California water

I’m asking 2-3 active divers who are interested to take this floating, disco flasher system run a test in tropical water and the landing fish was a high-quality videos back to our class project video for the presentation 😀

Please leave a comment or DM me at aquajoylab

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 and I will keep my mind opening, I will take any suggestion and come out with more fun designs

Do you remember the question I asked before?

To be honest, I am so appreciated about everyone’s answer, I try to ask a professor who teach solid work and he doesn’t even know how to work on it. He asked me to download a finish file from Internet.

🫩

I am surprised how he got his job

Anyway, the last picture shows my final finish product

It is a spearfishing disco flasher, which can spinning underwater, wind, wave, moving up and down from the float connect to the flasher. There is another part I didn’t post was supposed to be finished by my classmate and it’s by. He never sent me the file so I have it to work on rebuild whole part.

That’s the picture shows we put our idea and how we fixed the idea on the board in the classroom

It was a fun project, and we had a little problem for communication and that’s the worst part

Anyway, big thanks for two of you guys show me step-by-step how to build the disco ball.

Hopefully, I can pass the test in water

I come from California. I try to make the fish ID with size, limit number and picture in a google doc and share to friends

Went to DMV In Florida and I saw this magazine with most popular regulation, I was OMG this is so nice

Does your state or county has something like this?

I wish California release color picture in free pdf every year too. Our fishing game only has document but no color pictures at all!🫩

For this flasher, the original speed I designed was 0.28ft/s

I have been told it is “too slow” for most pro divers.

But it has the most special features, the wobble and twisting descent action.

But, when I create a bigger version, it is sooooo easy to break in the middle.

So I update the design, and add more weight

Good and bad feedback. Since it’s getting heavier, it sinks faster. For Florida reef drifting, showing 0.45ft/s. But it loose the wobble, acting as same as the V4, V5 🥹

Which speed you prefer? Slower or faster?

And could you let me know if you are comfortable the way I described the speed? (I’m stem major and I found people don’t really read the speed or don’t count the speed I write in descriptions 🙈, but only complain it’s too slow. I want to know why)

1.5yr spearfishing, from Sargo, to calico, to sheephead, to… all the reef fish.

Finally, I got my yellowtail! Got my first one on a Sunday in Mar, and the second day I got my second one!

What’s next?

WSB! WSB! WSB!

Thanks for all of my buddies. The knowledge you guys taught me, the skills you guys shared to me, the vibes you guys influenced me

Btw, anyone can tell what’s the flavor difference from yellowtail in SoCal and amberjack in FL? I found they are the same looking fish!

1.5yr spearfishing, from Sargo, to calico, to sheephead, to… all the reef fish.

Finally, I got my yellowtail! Got my first one on a Sunday in Mar, and the second day I got my second one!

What’s next?

WSB! WSB! WSB!

Thanks for all of my buddies. The knowledge you guys taught me, the skills you guys shared to me, the vibes you guys influenced me

Btw, anyone can tell what’s the flavor difference from yellowtail in SoCal and amberjack in FL? I found they are the same looking fish!

1.5yr spearfishing, from Sargo, to calico, to sheephead, to… all the reef fish.

Finally, I got my yellowtail! Got my first one on a Sunday in Mar, and the second day I got my second one!

What’s next?

WSB! WSB! WSB!

Thanks for all of my buddies. The knowledge you guys taught me, the skills you guys shared to me, the vibes you guys influenced me

Btw, anyone can tell what’s the flavor difference from yellowtail in SoCal and amberjack in FL? I found they are the same looking fish!

Got the idea from someone in the community.

A turtle sticker on the fin

Saw other girls just for cool looking, but it really helpful to track my buddy in low viz SoCal water

So I was thinking, what if I tape my fins and dive in tropical?

Just a curious, it will attract more fish, or sharks?

I retake solidwork class, and want to design a spearfishing flasher in deep water, in a disco ball shape outside and spinning fin inner side. I ask the professor. He has no idea and let me download online 💔

When I start, I only know how to build the cut shape vertical 360 but don’t know how to do it with the other side. My limited words. Here is what I’m trying to build.

I found someone has the 3D print in Maker-world, it’s what I’m looking for outside but not inside. So I have to build myself

Anyone can guide me to there?🙏🏼