So.... after participating in this post one might think that I would go and check the floppers on my gun right? Well I didnt. It just kinda slipped my mind, or maybe I thought I was imune to the "bad flopper." Turns out im not!
Went diving yesterday in some of the most spectacular grounds I have seen here on maui. Swam out about a quarter of a mile, and we stumbled upon these huge underwater pinnicles. There was about 8 of them, all in the area of about 2 american football fields. These pinnacles rose from the bottom (between 70 and 80ft) to around 6-10ft from the surface. There were bait fish everywere. The diving was a little slow but exciting enough. Towards the end of the dive I found a school of Bigeye Emperor snapper (one of the hardest fish to get close to in Hawaii). Took a drop, and to my astonishment they came right in. Lined up a shot on what would be my biggest to date (10-12lbs) and click. Perfect shot right through the gill plate. As I began to swim towards him he "woke up" and started fighting, he swam right off the end of my spear.... my flopper never oppened!
Upon closer inspection of my flopper back at the truck I noticed that it was getting stuck in the closed position. Come to find out my dive partner had noticed it earlier and neglected to tell me
Moral of the story? CHECK YOUR FLOPPERS! and adjust accordingly.
