yellow door 1 1,786 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 First make a piece of junk out of a metal mop handle to see the limitations of such a beast. Then beef everything up - drill holes into heavy curtain rod - cut steel rod in half and hammer into pole - add hose clamps - sharpen the tips - and you're ready to put holes into some flounder A flounder guru set me straight and said you need a heavy pole and long tines. The heavy pole makes penetration a breeze especially on boney headed flathead - and no barbs makes getting them off the spear too easy bjorn2fish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted October 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 ahh and you'll need a pvc pipe sheath for the points, so you only stab things that you intend to stab Squid Inc. and bjorn2fish 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Underpants 1,543 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Might just get in the poo when the missus/mum/gf discovers you've nicked the handle to the mop ! I like the improvised grinder too yellow door 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted October 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 Most of my materials come from curb side rubbish collection piles - so there is no shortage of old mops to choose from. And yeah - improvised tool use is one of my specialties - Just yesterday I was faced with getting some huge sturdy card boxes into the bin - the stanley knife was breaking my balls - Cordless Jigsaw made short work of it Hunter69 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anchovy 150 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 What length is the curtain rod and galv rods? Also what is a good location to start spearing flounders? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 my rod is 1250mm long and the metal rods stick out 450mm - so thats a total length of 1700mm - the solid wood curtain rod diameter is 33mm. The steel rods are 6mm diametre and come in 1m lengths from bunnings - so I hacksawed that in half to make the 2 spear points that are 500mm long. I'm from Victoria so I cant help with local spots - but beaches I spear are inside port phillip bay - flat bottomed, calm, very gradually sloping beaches that receive no swell apart from wind driven swell. Heres the regs for SA - its worth checking it out because there are laws in VIC like a spear with a rubber attached is illegal but the same spear with out a rubber is legal http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/fishing/fishing_gear/permitted_devices Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Heres a thread about flounder in SA https://www.strikehook.com/index.php?/forums/topic/19978-flounders/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Last tip is - while you will find plenty of flounder on a clear still night with a head torch - you will find more with a submersible light. The angle of the light hitting the fishes back is important. When the light comes from directly on top, its doesnt cast a shadow - but if you have a submersible light shining across their back it casts a shadow and makes them much easier to spot. I bought one of those battery operated units as I already had alot of rechargeable aa batteries. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Prawning-Flounder-Fishing-Light-CREE-LED-Prawn-Spotlight-Battery-Bright-LT240/111692272654?epid=1690156227&hash=item1a0160d40e:g:jikAAOSwKrhVeOb8:rk:19:pf:0 Heres some footage of them in action - its dipping for gars but you'll get the idea - p.s. theres usually plenty of gars in the spots I fish for flounder - and stingrays - so tread carefully Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anchovy 150 Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 thanks for that. keen to give it a crack soon. I think there are some flounder grounds up north near me where you are allowed to spear fish. Gars would be a bonus! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yellow door 1 1,786 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 No worries - good luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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