Broward Beach Conditions

went out yesterday from Meade st hahahaha...should have stayed in bed

I went to my buddy Jordan's house to load up the yaks at around 8. we were planning to take the tandem and a single to bring out my buddy Rob on his first dive..rob is a big boy(295lbs) and a total newb to diving but has been fishing since he could walk and loves the ocean, so we figured it would be a good way for Jordan and I to take it slow since we hadn't dove in like 5 wks.

to skip the stupid derails, we made it to meade at around 12 !!!! and were greeted with a stiff southerly wind and 1-2 ft...seemed do-able, so we geared up...Rob and I in the tanden and Jordan solo...I clip everything to the yak and launch...rob reaches out to splash some water on his face...flip
we right the yak, get hiim in, I get in...gear all still here..paddle on...we get over the first reef and jordan jumps in to check the viz..pea soup..he estimates 8 ft. while we are discussing if we should go out further or just try to explore here, rob tries t oturn around and get to his water...flip. this time the righting goes a little slower but we finally do get it up and one of the gear bags is missing....the clip is there, but the bag is gone.

I quickly realize that we are drifting fast and don't want to lose any more gear so I grab a mask and dive to find the gear bag minus a few small items that had slipped out of the hole in the side (the clip had torn out the bag's anchor strap and thus the bag was not attached to the yak).
we finally made it back to the the beach about 1/2 mile south of meade (did i mention the current and wind) and dragged the yaks what felt like 100 miles to the car...all I lost was an anchor, a bag of replacement wishbones (just old shooting line, so no biggie) and two cheapo spear tips for Jordan's gun..not too bad but.... I should have stayed in bed

good to get wet though...

oh, funny story too. While I was trying to find the gear bag that fell, I thought we were still over the first reef, but we had drifted over some sand...I dove looking in all directions for the red bag and expected to see the bottom once i got close...slam.... head first into the sand never saw it at all. ..looked just like the water .....once i righted myself i did see the bag and made it to it on the same breath..prolly would have had no chance if not

good luck weekday spearos

Thanks for the report Judah.

damm i miss fishing

meade 830-1200
scott and i went out to middle grounds and worked way back into first
viz was idk prbably 20-25 in 30deep. overcast and choppy but patches of sun here and there. nice day ocean was lively lots of reef fish out and about, i saw a very very nice spani mack and got two hogs, scott shot a nicer hog but it got off, i saw him creep up on it and was good shot but somehow it worked loose. anyway nice day conditions pretty good coonsidereing what a shit storm yesterday was.
no hau today he must of had a rough shift last night.
-untiil next time-

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meade 830-1200
scott and i went out to middle grounds and worked way back into first
viz was idk prbably 20-25 in 30deep. overcast and choppy but patches of sun here and there. nice day ocean was lively lots of reef fish out and about, i saw a very very nice spani mack and got two hogs, scott shot a nicer hog but it got off, i saw him creep up on it and was good shot but somehow it worked loose. anyway nice day conditions pretty good coonsidereing what a shit storm yesterday was.
no hau today he must of had a rough shift last night.
-untiil next time-

does middle ground = second reef?

I thought for a second you guys were superheros yakking out the THE middle grounds in the gulf :crazy:

sounds like a nice day..glad the viz was opening up a bit

ha, no ive always heard middle grounds as the gulf also but im referiing to the space between the first and second reef. maybe from now on ill just call it the "big long nothing", but hey its where fish are a lot of times.didnt see any of your stuff on the bottom but did see a perfect imprint of your face in the sand

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I remember reading Tom Brown's The Tracker. He described how tracks are evident on land for years after they were made. Doesn't work the same way in the sea but if it did.. that would be something.

hahahahahaha..nice.

it was hilarious, even I could see that then.

good call about the fish hanging out in that area too, definately had lots of luck there

2-04-10

hella choppy day, felt llike a rollercoaster getting out past the first,
scott hau and i at meade working from 2nd reef area back into ledge
viz was pretty good further east but got worse and worse as we swam in.
pretty fun day very little current other than the sway brought on with the waves. saw many 12-14 inch hogs, then came across this guy. pretty enjoyable day for a little 3 hour trip , but time for escuela.

p.s the "great white" from stewart didnt make an appearence, maybe next time

good looking hog Steve..beautiful colors.

thanks for the report, glad the viz was diveable

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LOTS of Man-O-Wars in the water and on the beach

Boy do i really hate those guerreros portugueses. (Man O War) Really nasty buggers. I hd a one on one encounter with them. Got saved by the hoodon my wetsuit. One reason more why having a hoodie is very important. Other than the sun.

I really wanna go tomorrow, but i'm seeing predictions of 27mph winds at 12pm, and 30mph winds after, which kinda scares me. Plus I don't know if the viz is any good...
What do you guys think

I also want to go out tomorrow, seems is not going to be to bad in the morning.

just make sure a lifeguard sees you..with those winds it would be very hard to get into shore if trouble kicks up...be careful Jamie

scott hau and i this morning 830
seas pretty flat minus some shore pound and a few sets. (very surfable)
went out good ways past the first but not quite to the second. scott got a nice male hog around 20"
we started out in 38' water and worked shallower to about 25'. i saw the biggest queen trigger of my life. very pretty green and yellow.. also came across some cool little half caves and trenches that ran deep and big enough to fit into,, most of them were holding big margates but i didnt want to shatter dans record. haus still out there, good viz i bet hes doing well im sure he'll post up later.. im at school so gotta go