As most of you, I am very busy at this time of year, especially with all the painting and getting ready to list the house so I am digging out an old diving story. I can not rememeber if I posted this lately or not but I don't think so.
This was from the same trip that I made where I dove the Empire Mica off Panama City Florida.
We had driven down non-stop from Michigan, backed the boat in the water and headed out. We made the dive where we almost lost the dang boat and then this is when we came in after that adventure. I was one pooped feller. I hope those of you that have not read it enjoy it! I sure did
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Diving The Templete, Panama City Florida
I am not sure what time we arrived back at the launch but it was near dark. Now you gotta believe that this old Michigan boy was tired. We had driven, almost non-stop from Michigan, stopped to dump our gear at the double wide, went to the launch and went diving. We made the dive I just described and arrived at the dock around dark. We were all spent. We had not even eaten since breakfast!
We loaded the boat on the trailer and headed for what was going to be home for a couple days. We first had to stop at the dive shop to fill our tanks for the coming days diving. I sure the heck had nothing on my mind but food and rest but we had to get this done.
As we were waiting for the tanks to fill I noticed Arnie looking over the spear-guns. There are pretty expensive and I knew the kid had barely enough money for food. His mother had given him enough money for food, I guess but nothing extra.
Right next to the spear-guns were a selection of bang-sticks. These are used for serious fish getting. They are a pole with a rubber sling on the hand end. It is like a Hawaiian sling. Then other end is fitted with a head that takes a pistol shell or even a shotgun shell. This is set off when the end of the stick is rammed against the fish. It then sets off the shell and blows a hole in said fish. They are pretty darned effective too, as we were to see the next day. I think the thing was 120 bucks or so.
Arnie decided he just had to have one. He selected one that used a .45 cal shell. I am pretty sure that is what it was as it was quite a while ago. It was a big one anyway. We all told him he was nuts to be blowing his food money on a dang bang-stick that he could not even use in Michigan! He was not hearing any of that though. He just had to have the biggest and badest, it seemed. I preferred eating myself. Well he would not listen and bought it, with some help from Dave, I think.
Dave
This was from the same trip that I made where I dove the Empire Mica off Panama City Florida.
We had driven down non-stop from Michigan, backed the boat in the water and headed out. We made the dive where we almost lost the dang boat and then this is when we came in after that adventure. I was one pooped feller. I hope those of you that have not read it enjoy it! I sure did
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Diving The Templete, Panama City Florida
I am not sure what time we arrived back at the launch but it was near dark. Now you gotta believe that this old Michigan boy was tired. We had driven, almost non-stop from Michigan, stopped to dump our gear at the double wide, went to the launch and went diving. We made the dive I just described and arrived at the dock around dark. We were all spent. We had not even eaten since breakfast!
We loaded the boat on the trailer and headed for what was going to be home for a couple days. We first had to stop at the dive shop to fill our tanks for the coming days diving. I sure the heck had nothing on my mind but food and rest but we had to get this done.
As we were waiting for the tanks to fill I noticed Arnie looking over the spear-guns. There are pretty expensive and I knew the kid had barely enough money for food. His mother had given him enough money for food, I guess but nothing extra.
Right next to the spear-guns were a selection of bang-sticks. These are used for serious fish getting. They are a pole with a rubber sling on the hand end. It is like a Hawaiian sling. Then other end is fitted with a head that takes a pistol shell or even a shotgun shell. This is set off when the end of the stick is rammed against the fish. It then sets off the shell and blows a hole in said fish. They are pretty darned effective too, as we were to see the next day. I think the thing was 120 bucks or so.
Arnie decided he just had to have one. He selected one that used a .45 cal shell. I am pretty sure that is what it was as it was quite a while ago. It was a big one anyway. We all told him he was nuts to be blowing his food money on a dang bang-stick that he could not even use in Michigan! He was not hearing any of that though. He just had to have the biggest and badest, it seemed. I preferred eating myself. Well he would not listen and bought it, with some help from Dave, I think.
Dave
