Freediving the Bahamas - MAKO Carbon Fiber Pole Spears, July 2021
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Some clips from a 3-day trip. We had quite a few sharks on some spots, but didn't get good video of them. Video shows a good bit of teamwork, which makes things easier for everyone and reduces the problems with sharks.
We are using MAKO Carbon fiber pole spears with Innerloc SP-3 Slip tips, some of us have the roller butt upgrade on the spears. They have held up very well.
Those mahi camo fins though!
Good dive
thanks!
How'd the Mako roller do? Seems like it's just a cheaper version of the Headhunter Roller. I'm interested in getting one but there isn't much out there on them
I have been testing them for MAKO for a few years. I LOVE the Roller pole spear, especially when you add the loading hook etc. MAKO only sells direct to consumer, so there are zero dive shops or retail stores displaying them or pushing their products. So no wonder you don't hear that much about them. I have abused the heck out of the carbon fiber spear and have never damaged the pole spear. Bent a few terminal injector rods, of course, but those are consumable and cheap and easy to replace - like a shaft on a spear gun. check out this video from a while ago with the basic CF p[ole spear shooting large amberjack with a paralyzer tip th-cam.com/video/QNt0T_zfbKM/w-d-xo.html
@@Speedospearo Shooting an amberjack with a paralzyer tip seems sketchy! Surprised that 2nd one didn't take off on you. Thanks for letting me know about their durability, speed, and ability. Always want to support good craftsmanship and an honest price but its hard to know what's what and I like good testimonials
@@bretfolger631 sure, I normally would NOT use that tip on a large fish, but that was a commercial spearfishing trip and I use the pole spear primarily for lionfish, which were a considerable bycatch to what we shot with the guns. The trhree prong is versatile and I use it for other smaller fish as well.
@@Speedospearo makes sense - well thanks for letting me know. I'll likely be looking into one of those with a slip tip!
@@bretfolger631 If you are hunting with a pole spear and targeting decent fish, I highly recommend the Sp-3 slip tip. It works great. This bahamas video shows us using the mako spears and the (non-mako) slip tip... made by innerloc is the name I think th-cam.com/video/EdTFcjXgio0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for sharing my friend. Does Mako make the "roller" accessory for their pole spears or is that from a third party?
Yes they do Thanks fior the comment. This is the conversion kit makospearguns.com/roller-butt-conversion-kit/
Great video, thank you for sharing. I am a Mako friend
Shouldn’t waters like these be full of big fish? It’s very sad to see how few fish we have left in the Caribbean :(
Well the smaller ones are good to eat as well.
Ummmmm Why isnt my name in the beginning of the video... I am kind of the inspiration here.... I take offense to this! I am calling my state rep and going to have to deplatformed for wrong think.
video looking crisp though! nice
one of these days we will dive again..