Mangroves should be thick up this way this month and next. Mangroves up here get up to 12 pounds or so. Got room for two divers. Depths 40-70'. No promises on viz, but I'm hopefull at least for it to be shootable.
Got room for two divers...Ft. Pierce
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Sounds fun Rolo, I am leaving for a trip to Costa Rica and maybe when I return we can dive one day, nice of you to invite people.
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Sounds fun Rolo, I am leaving for a trip to Costa Rica and maybe when I return we can dive one day, nice of you to invite people.
Pura Vida...you got it!
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Hey Rolo,
Would reallly enjoy diving (and learning) from you.
Any weekend (except this one) you need another diver let me know. I'll even try to bring my own gear!
Jason
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Hey Rolo,
Would reallly enjoy diving (and learning) from you.
Any weekend (except this one) you need another diver let me know. I'll even try to bring my own gear!
Jason
:laughing3:Sounds good Jason, I'll definetely give you a call next time we set something up. We are usually looking for 1-2 guys to fill the boat. Good time of year to dive up here although a bit unpredictable. But if you get it good it can be off the chain.
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I'm in.
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Got a full boat. We're a go!
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lease post a report with pics.
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yeah!!!..pics please
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Yes and numbers/coordinates please...lol...just kidding.
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looking forward to this report if I wasnt sick as a dog I would be all over that invite
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This Saturday Pantoja and me joined Rolo on his boat, and headed out of Ft. Pierce. It's always an adventure for me diving with Rolo up there because the diving is so different to what I'm used in Miami and Broward.
Conditions were great on top. There was mixed visibility with about 40ft of clear water and further down an impenetrable muck layer and a vicious thermocline, with no more than 5ft of vis on the bottom. This made diving to the bottom impossible as the combination of psychological and physical factors was overwhelming. Add to that having to swim through and almost touch dozens of huge jewfish none of which were less than 200lb, so %90 of the day I spent hunting from the surface.
Fortunately the fish didn't seem to like the cold either and stayed mid water, the predators which we were after taking turns at the balls of bait fish. Even the mangroves would come up and only go down and disappear into the muck when we'd try to stalk them. There was all kinds of amazing fish movement you'll rarely see in Miami; different sharks, Bonito, kingfish, cobia, rainbow runner, and I even saw a school of sail fish.
Pantoja was using the new pneumatic. I was using the new Pursuit speargun and found it to be very accurate, powerful and quiet. We took all kinds of fish and ran out of cooler space. Here's a vid of Pantoja shooting a cuda, and some pics of the catch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZHzAc8HGo
Rolo with a nice Kingfish.
Pantoja with a mangrove. The mangroves were skittish but he got a few of them, one of which was a good size.
AJ
AJ and bonito.
It was a long day and when by the time we got home the 18lb cobia felt heavier to hold up.
Rainbow runner, my new favorite.
Thanks for everything Rolo, you were a great host.
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i got to say that it was an awsome day . i had a blast. it's was all i needed to leave worries behind. what I liked the most was dans new speedo
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Don't be waiting for a pic..
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Dan do you like the taste of the Rainbow Runner?
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Only had one so far and it was very good eats.
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Don't hurt yourself flexing that arm on tha cobia pic....:D:D
Reminds me of somebody....
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It was pumped from carrying the cooler moments before
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awesome report..looks like you guys are eating good tonight...good father's day feast:)
in the video, the pneumo seemed quite quiet, is that just the video or is it not as loud as other pneumos
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not to loud.
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