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Just found out about dark house spearing. What do i need to know?


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The heads are made from 1/4 inch mild steel and I can't remember what the thinnest point of them is and I think it could be a little thicker but we will see how they work. I am considering hardening the tips and powder coating the spears. My next creation will be an ice chisel from a grader blade and after that I may try making an ice saw. When you have access to a water jet and full fab shop my only limitations are my skills.

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Thats awesome, I wish I had a shop to play around in!! I think you would be wise to harden the head of the spears, I speared a 41.5" that did a number on a homemade spear that was mild steel. The tines bent back fine, over time they would be weakened. They look good though! good luck

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Well I've almost got every thing collected still need to source some tongs but I've got a few leads on those there was supposed to be a set with the saw I got but oh well. I made the chisel from an old grader blade seems to work pretty good on the driveway.

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Not shown is my new fatfish 949 that I just ordered

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Well I've almost got every thing collected still need to source some tongs but I've got a few leads on those there was supposed to be a set with the saw I got but oh well. I made the chisel from an old grader blade seems to work pretty good on the driveway.

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Not shown is my new fatfish 949 that I just ordered

I bought a saw similar to that at an antique shop this summer and use it as wall art in my family room. I'm going to bring it to the lake one of these days and give it a try. Maybe we should try it out at the late season gtg.

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Well guys I've got the saw all sharpened up and ready to go , the spears are both now sharpened one of them has been hardened and tempered the other was left raw, the fatfish 949 came in and is huge in comparison , and I've cut some carpet to line the floor with and everything is ready to go I'm booking a hotel room for Friday and Saturday and will be set up on the Nelson resevoir.

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Wish me luck.

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Well I just got back and I can officially say I am a spear fisherman. The fishing was almost non existent but we did see a few pike I even threw at a small one and missed but I did spear a fish. About 3 feet past our hole on the second day was a small fish i decided that it would be good to have around to bring in the pike but if we didn't see anything by the end of the day I would try and get it anyways. Well we didn't see anything so I went for it. It was about a 16 foot crouched angled shot on a small fish and I hit it bam! It wasn't until I pulled it up that we seen it was a lost decoy sucker or even abandoned. It had a small treble hook in the side of it and a 3 foot line with a large weight attached to it, is this a common decoy method I think that having these laying around would not be good for any pike that happen to eat them.

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Most likely a quick strike rig type of set up that was lost buy a fisherman , it could have happened many different ways from weak line to it getting burnt off buy the heater. Who knows for sure but its a good thing you got it off the bottom and at least you know your aim is on. grin

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The saw worked quite well it's just really heavey to heave up and down the more angle the easier it was to cut. The toughest part was getting the 18" thick block out of the ice we used a auger hole in the block with a 2x4 and rope tied to it to help get it out. We found that thrice bound up lots and we had to drill a few more holes just to get some movement. On a side not my ice chisel worked awesome.

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Cutting the block

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Posing with the block I'm the one with the red shooting glasses I also noticed I had 2 pairs of glasses on.

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The block

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View down the hole

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And finally a pick of the tiny sucker on my spear which I understand is against the rules so I have included a link to abide by the rules and I know your itching to see it.

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