Broward Beach Conditions

TurboRon---it already has 5f or so of nasty chain on it if you wanted to clean it up or not.:)
I have 100f of new rope I am not going to use if you want it.
I never had to get into and out of a sit in before as my Hobie is a sit on.
Looking foward to you and Pargo going out off the beach.
Thank you

spearos--I'm going to try to meet you at Vista at 0845 also, but its OK I'm going further out on my yak. See you there.

0715 update--cam shows flat seas, 4mph wind, 74deg==see you there at 0845!!!
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seaweed---great, thanks for posting, it was a beautiful day. Glad you got a bug. How big was it please?

We didn't get into the water till aprox. 0930 and the conditions were about the same for us at Vista Park.
I stayed till 430. The viz increased to aprox 45f in 30fsw and the seas got up to about 1.5f.

Other spearos got some fish. I got a 16, 18, and 19in hogs and a 14in trigger. I shot the trigger off my new chum bag I rigged up on my anchor line= works great:)

Hope the other spearos will come on and post their stories.
I'm going to try to post a couple pic of todays fish.

Some are freedivin/spearin tomorrow
I will try to be at Dania pier at 0900 also.
Happiness is putting on a wetsuit still wet from the last time you went diving [yesterday]:thumbsup2:
Any and all spearos are welcome to join us. Bring your float, boogy board or yak. We do not discriminate.:D
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on Dania pier beach at 10am
begin-------------------------------------end at 1pm
wind from S at 6mph-------------------from S at 16mph
water temp. 71deg in 40fsw
current from S at 1.5mph------------same
viz 45f in 40fsw------------------------same
seas 1.5f in 40fsw---------------------3f and building:(
air 68deg PC----------------------------76deg cloudy

waited on the beach 1 hour for the other spearos. South wind and South current meant for some fast drift diving and slow getting back into the wind. Lots of fish on the reef, saw 4-5 jellies, seas were building fast=not an easy day yak/freedivin. Got 1 14in trigger and had a 21in hog make his last mistake by turning sideways to look at me:D=1 trigger and 1 hog today.

TurboRon--no worries, whenever you are ready just let me know.

Don't tell anyone, but man am I glad this weather turned to crap. My gear needs fixin, I am sore from divin almost every day, my freezer is so full of fish I cannot make ice, my laundry needs done and my room is a mess:D
Yesterday I went out to Dania and got one of the nicest hogs I've gotten up here. He went 21in and was a beautiful color-at least until he made his last mistake in life by turning sideways to look at me. 60in of 7.5mm RA spring steel changed his color quick. I resurfaced from 40fsw and pulled him up quick enough to explode his bladder and to keep a nurse shark from getting him. No worries of him tearing off with my RA slip tube deployed through him. What a nice reasurring feeling knowing all my fish cannot tear off again. I will never go back to using a flopper shaft:)
Got my ass kicked in the rough seas and high wind and had to yak back to the beach straight into the wind. Saw a yak and dive flag on the first reef by the pier and went over to see. It was flamencoguru with his camera man. The camera man was on scuba and was exhausted in the water fighting the seas and current with all that scuba gear and camera gear:0 I escorted them back to the beach and we talked yak/spearin till we got our gear/yaks loaded up to leave. Flamencoguru uses a RA 100 with no reel. The viz was great.

pargo--thank you- I love spearin and just being in the water. Every dive is a good dive for me, even if I get no fish. Just being out there recharges my spirit. I couldn't feel the same if I had to buy boat gas, tags, boat gear, etc. for 1 hour in the water like yesterday for 2 fish.

yes, the camera would be nice. I use my iphone now to take pic but of course the iphone as a camera is very limited and I have to take it out of its drypk:nono: to take a picture. Does your camera with housing float? The reason I ask is that I want more floatation on my RA130. I want to start carrying a spare shaft on the gun. The last several dives I could have gotten many more shots but I was busy taking fish off my shaft, rewrapping line, etc. Of course a spare shaft will make my gun sink [not good freediving] and I do not want to use a float line and I was hoping that the camera/housing would add enough to float the gun with a spare shaft. What do you think?

pargo--thank you for the compliments. Yes I agree that the cmaera on the gun will be a hassle but I was hoping that the added floatation to the gun could be justified to enable me to carry another shaft on the gun. Thank you for your help.

TurboRon--I'm not good with this computer thing but I will try to post a picture of the RA slip tube.

http://www.roballen.co.za/imag…ssories/pic-slip-tube.jpg

TurboRon--cannot figure it out, this is the best I can do so far--sorry

pargo---thank you!!!!:)

Some fish pictures from this week or so.

This is from 11-8-8--the dog was longer than my yak is wide!!