Posts by Rolo

Don't feel left out with the Mahoganies, they discriminate with all divers the same. Ajax reef usually always has good viz. I know one particular spot out on Ajax that has all the mahagonies, I wonder if it is the same spot you dove on. You got to really work for your fish in that area.

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Indeed I forgot the French, good point. I was wondering why I forgot and realized I didn't think of the French as noteworthy seamen. I'm probably completely wrong about this.

Yeah, that was my point, nothing more. LaSalle was likely a very worthy seaman (not to be confused with semen). He sailed from the Great Lakes of Canada all the way down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the territory for France and their King Louis. Hence, Louisana. They left a fur trading outpost on the delta called New Orleans.

Sorry for the degression, but I'm also a history buff.

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From the little bit of history I know the English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch were the main competitors for this continent.

Je me souviens?

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and especially squeezing out their crap...

"Proudly to be pinch'd. To squeeze, to release:"

:grogan1:

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It is with a heavy heart that I report that our beloved dog Lenny has succumb to his illness. In the eight days since my post he had two major bleeds which left him both anemic and lethargic. Mandy and I knew without really saying much to each other that it was now up to us to help him die with some dignity and to help end his suffering. Our emotion overcame us at several points but we came through it by recalling the moments of joy he brought us during his life. Thanks again to all those who offered their advise and support.

You guys gave him a good life. I see my dogs and I dread the day I'll have to say goodbye. Best.

The World Championships were held this weekend in Venezuela. Below are the results. I think this is the highest individual finish by a USA Team member, Harolf Dean, who placed 10th. The Spaniards, as ususal, won the event. I have been told that this was Pedro Carbonnel's final world event. The winner is from the Basque country of Northern Spain.

1 17 Joseba Kerejeta Espana 100,000 81,705 181,705
2 32 Loannis Sideris Grecia 73,592 93,075 166,667
3 18 Pedro Carbonell Espana 85,055 69,674 154,729
4 36 Maurizio Ramaccttio Italia 65,462 74,721 140,183
5 13 Daniel Gospić Croacia 60,263 74,090 134,353
6 45 Andre Domingues Portugal 10,013 100,000 110,013
7 63 Alex Ortega Venezuela 56,581 48,636 105,217
8 16 Juan Fuentes Espana 97,401 0,000 97,401
9 34 Bruno de Silvestri Italia 24,725 63,146 87,871
10 21 Harol Dean Estados Unidos 54,065 31,426 85,491
11 15 Antonio Buratović Croacia 62,779 18,354 81,133
12 61 Jhony Reyes Venezuela 53,682 19,469 73,151
13 28 Kevin Daly Gran Bretana 10,996 58,700 69,696
14 50 Jaco Blignaut Sudafrica 0,000 69,557 69,557
15 52 Zephirin Tarahu Tahiti 44,802 22,755 67,557
16 35 Stefano Bellani Italia 30,157 37,309 67,466
17 26 Benoist David Francia 58,147 8,803 66,950
18 7 Miguel Soto Chile 36,654 24,780 61,434
19 43 Jody Lot Portugal 38,104 20,188 58,292
20 5 Paulo Longo Brasil 33,939 19,880 53,819
21 44 Antonio Silva Portugal 19,743 27,964 47,707
22 14 Dario Marinov Croacia 31,856 14,847 46,703
23 9 Franco Bosquez Chile 32,239 11,414 43,653
24 58 Roman Fedash Ucrania 17,944 19,249 37,193
25 42 Carlos Fung Peru 7,398 28,638 36,036
26 39 Kieran Andrews Nueva Zelanda 0,000 32,277 32,277
27 2 Drew Fenney Australia -11,080 43,104 32,024
28 62 Jhony Ortega Venezuela 0,000 26,951 26,951
29 25 Lossy Loic Francia 6,781 19,263 26,044
30 46 Kuznestsov Mikhail Rusia 0,000 24,795 24,795
31 1 Paul Roso Australia 23,409 0,000 23,409
32 53 Tsiou Fouc Franck Tahiti 21,276 0,734 22,010
33 60 Andrii Lagutin Ucrania 14,812 6,661 21,473
34 4 Fernando Thoni Brasil 11,080 9,844 20,924
35 20 Mike Hickey Estados Unidos 20,560 0,000 20,560
36 8 Jorge Rodriguez Chile 23,292 -5,854 17,438
37 41 Daniel Márquez Peru 0,000 16,021 16,021
38 49 Gyula Plagany Sudafrica 10,213 0,000 10,213
39 3 Paul Christie Australia 10,080 0,000 10,080
40 37 Peter Herbert Nueva Zelanda 0,000 9,478 9,478
41 51 Alan Fraser Sudafrica 0,000 7,350 7,350
42 11 Nicolás Milanes Colombia 6,898 0,000 6,898
43 30 Keith Eayrs Gran Bretana 10,663 -3,903 6,760
44 33 Emmanouil Peristeris Grecia 0,000 6,485 6,485
45 67 Julian Lockett Peru 0,000 6,162 6,162
46 31 Nikolaos Kambanis Grecia 0,000 6,059 6,059
47 64 Teva Montagnon Tahiti 0,000 5,986 5,986
48 57 Volkan Demircioğlu Turquia -4,432 6,426 1,994
49 6 Georges Martens Brasil 0,000 0,000 0,000
50 10 Jorge Pareja Colombia 0,000 0,000 0,000
51 12 Hebert Delgado Colombia 0,000 0,000 0,000
52 23 Rapo Jukka Tom Finlandia 0,000 0,000 0,000
53 24 Levonen Jukka Tapio Finlandia 0,000 0,000 0,000
54 29 David Pearce Gran Bretana 0,000 0,000 0,000
55 38 Shane Fitzmaurice Nueva Zelanda 0,000 0,000 0,000
56 40 Mario Espinoza Peru 0,000 0,000 0,000
57 47 Alexander Kochetrov Rusia 0,000 0,000 0,000
58 48 Olga Surgakora Rusia 0,000 0,000 0,000
59 54 Steve Tetuani Tahiti 0,000 0,000 0,000
60 56 Selim Konya Turquia 0,000 0,000 0,000
61 59 Sergii Kozlenko Ucrania 0,000 0,000 0,000
62 65 Salakari Marko Finlandia 0,000 0,000 0,000
63 66 Mille Christian Francia 0,000 0,000 0,000
64 68 Anthony Heugh Australia 0,000 0,000 0,000
65 19 Miguel Guinovart Estados Unidos -4,432 0,000 -4,432
66 22 Laakso Pertti Rudolf Finlandia -4,432 0,000 -4,432
67 27 Bonci David Francia -8,864 0,000 -8,864
68 55 Hakan Gencer Turquia 0,000 -11,708 -11,708

CLASIFICACIÓN DEFINITIVA POR PAÍSES / TEAM RESULTS

POS PAÍS / COUNTRY 1er. Día 2do. Día TOTAL

1 Espana 282,456 151,379 433,84
2 Italia 120,344 175,176 295,52
3 Croacia 154,898 107,291 262,19
4 Portugal 67,860 148,152 216,01
5 Venezuela 110,263 95,056 205,32
6 Grecia 73,592 105,619 179,21
7 Chile 92,185 30,340 122,53
8 Estados Unidos 70,193 31,426 101,62
9 Tahiti 66,078 29,475 95,55
10 Sudafrica 10,213 76,907 87,12
11 Francia 56,064 28,066 84,13
12 Gran Bretana 21,659 54,797 76,46
13 Brasil 45,019 29,724 74,74
14 Australia 22,409 43,104 65,51
15 Ucrania 32,756 25,910 58,67
16 Peru 7,398 50,821 58,22
17 Nueva Zelanda 0,000 41,755 41,76
18 Rusia 0,000 24,795 24,80
19 Colombia 6,898 0,000 6,90
20 Finlandia -4,432 0,000 -4,43
21 Turquia -4,432 -5,282 -9,71
22 0,000 0,000 0,00
23 0,000 0,000 0,00
24 0,000 0,000 0,00
25 0,000 0,000 0,00

Link with pictures: http://mundialpescasub2008cmas.fvas.com.ve/

For good cuts of meat, salt is usually all you need. I have some Nicaraguan friends to rub mustard over the entire piece of steak.

For fish, I usually just use Adobo or Sazon completa. Or as above, sal.

Wow. Those are mighty snappers and a great batch. Looks like you all had a great day. Congrats!

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There's nothing wrong with that approach in theory. But how long would you be able to stay focused drifting and making blind drops on the reefs we did on Sat never being able to come back to the same spot twice?

We dove multiple spots being able to descend on the same spot despite the poor viz on Saturday. The first spot that was in 55' was a rock in a middle of sand. Every drop I made, I descended within 10 feet of the rock or on top of it for the most part. Again, we were able to do this because the current was next to nothing. Later in the day, Davie and I were diving an area with some broke up wreck mixed in among ledges and we basically had a very good idea on what we would drop on in respect to structure for every dive. Poor viz is underrated at times. Some of the best groupers I've shot in the Keys was without top to bottom visibility. That being said, it is so much more relaxing to just drift an area and work it with top to bottom viz. It is more enjoyable for me.

The diving up here is almost impossible without marker buoys. Even without current. Ledges here do not run continually and wrecks and barges are sitting on sand. There are only 1-2 artificials that we have had top to bottom viz. I have had more shark encounters here in 1.5 years than I did during my entire time diving out of Miami. And all have been Bulls or Large Lemons.

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Emil, I'd like to see a picture of the dog just to know him.

He has a good looking dog. Very nice dark coat and a sweetheart. I have always enjoyed seeing him gingerly walking up to greet Emil after a day's diving. Emil and his wife have loved that dog and have cherished his companionship.

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I agree, I found the fish to be spookier yesterday, but that was on shallow reef maybe 30'. Maybe it gets more pressure. Generally though people say that in bad vis you get more fish, but I don't have enough personal experience to agree or disagree. Rolo dives in Port st. lucie and vis is often bad there so maybe he can say. Do you get more fish than us Rolo? I think hunting in really bad vis is more difficult. You have so little time to react when you finally see a fish. It has an element of fun in it but I always prefer good vis.

I'm not sure what your question is, but it is all relative. If I were to shoot a big grouper and a nice snapper up here, I'd likely would not be compelled to shoot alot more fish, unless a trophy like fish comes along like the occasional Kings or Permits we can get up here. I hate the thought of having to filet alot of fish at the end of the day, particularly when I take my boat out. On Saturday, I shot 9 fish, which is likely to be a good amount anywhere. Up here, the chances are greater that one would shot a fish over 10 pounds. In the winter, we can likely shoot as many sheepshead as we like, I don't particularly care to filet too many of them, so I may shoot 3-4 on a slow day.

The conditions on Saturday were bad for the area. That being said, we would have loved that day up here particularly off Ft. Pierce. A 20' visibility with next to nothing current bodes well in our waters. The other element we have off here is large and aggresive Bull sharks. Diving 60'-70" in poor viz with sharks in the immediate area wrecks (no pun intended) havoc on the psyche and relaxation.

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Rolo showed us all how it's supposed to be dung.

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That sequence is classic. It looks like it even captured Davie giving us the finger just as he sidestepped the turd. Classic for sure.

My post above is in reference to Dan who treated us to his Hamlet impression on the boat. It was quite impressive as he remembered the entire "soliloquy" or was he responding to his inner voices? Who knows? Dan made a mention to his favorite meal; Mexican ribs from a nearby Mexican restaurant. Tums was referenced too.

It was a fun time even though a pounding headache inhibited most of my diving in the afternoon. We still got great fish despite poor viz. Usually I make the drive down in hopes of getting improved visibility to my home waters--it was not to be. Davie is a riot, funny as shit. I can't believe that when I first met him I thought he was shy a bit too reserved. Jim is a fantastic individual. Great diving with you all again. Thanks Sergio and Dan.

Guillermo Batidovarilla - To turd, or not to turd (from Scamlet)

To turd, or not to turd: Is it out of the question?
Whether 'tis painful in the bowels to suffer
The aches and pains of mexican ribs;)
Or to take Tums against my peristalsis troubles,
And by defecating end them? To shart: to bloat;
Once more; and by a sphincter squeeze we end
The colon-ache and the thousand putrid farts
The brown flesh is heir, 'tis not constipation
Proudly to be pinch'd. To squeeze, to release:
To squeeze: in open ocean: oh, there's the turd;
For in pressing of ass what turds may come.

:@

Nice spread. Arroz con gandules? I guess it pays to be far removed from Miramar;).

I like the ones that look like Yellowtails. Good to see you diving again!

Great Snapper Julio! Congrats, let us know how you cooked it up for El Viejo...

Surface Entry. Pretty much the general term used for what you are referring to.

Wow, that is a great batch. Much more so for a shore dive. Real nice picture with your daughter and the fish. Good job.

This is a direct quote from Pellizarri's Manual of Freediving (Page 23, 6th paragraph):

"Apnea does not lend itself well to competitiveness--it is better to talk in terms of improving physical and psychological potential rather than contending with oneself or others."

My favorite boat ramps in Miami are the ones on weekdays. The majority of the ramps on weekends are murderous. I detested Black Point and would just drive south to Homestead. I used to love Crandon, but in the summer it is just crazy with all the jet skiers. Before I moved north, I used Matheson Hammock quite a bit. MH was likely my favorite as I liked the rinsing and filet station and appreciated that it was not too far from where I lived. Best ramp in the Keys for me was Harry Harris State Park. Exactly 3.7 miles to my nearest point and free on weekdays. Most of the ramps in Broward have been good too. The one off 15st near Davie Blvd is great for weekday getaways. I love the ramps up my way, they are all Free.