Sweeping in the water at the Beach

[onadraw]

Talk to me about hunting in the water. I tried a bit today knee to thigh deep and of course, you can't really "Swing" the coil like when you are not in the water. With the waves breaking around me, it was less than smooth sweeps of the coil.

Will some of you more experienced water hunters tell me about your technique.

Thanks

 

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[OBN]

All excellent advice from everyone. Only things I can ad is I use a 8 inch coil in the ruff surf because Pinpointing and swinging is much easier. If I have the 10 inch I do a figure 8 with the coil and go with the flow of the waves/current. And on my Sterns 4000 Pfd, I have it inflated all ready. Good Luck ...joe

 

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[grumpyolman]

Re: Sweeping in the water at the Beach & PFDs

I did a little more research on the inflatable PFDs. Found they cost from $150-$350. The Mustang brand is used by the military and PD water units. I bought the Stearns.
Saw some videos on You Tube about the inflatables. You have to pretty much be in the water to have one autoinflate. There were shots of somebody being dowsed with a hose for a long time and no inflation. Then they threw the PFD into the water and it did not inflate. Then the guy put it on and jumped in and about 2 seconds the thing inflated.

I got the manual inflatable. It has a CO2 cartridge and when you yank the cord it punches a hole in the cartridge and the CO2 goes into the vest. You probably should practice putting your hand on the cord every now and then and build some muscle memory so you can do it fast when you really need it.

If you are doing saltwater, when you get home unscrew the CO2 cartridge and let things dry. Then spray a little silicone on the inside of the cartridge holder and on the threaded part of the cartridge. I dove with one that had a CO2 back up and nobody told me about that. After about 6 months use the cartridge could not be unscrewed as the dissimilar metals in the salt water did a welding dance. jim