There's a good chance it wouldn't have killed you if it hit you. I wonder if it would've knocked you out. I hope not. But in that case your buddy has a chance to save you. Noting you can do about sailboats, they're silent. But Steven is in tune with the marine environment, you must've felt something right?
Yup, just felt something close to me, way to windy to hear anything.
Saw a gag with a fresh spear hole in it but I think it was a bit small
water was pretty clear, way too windy though
No, I brought my Nate doll effigy,, it is you
Wow, sounds like the most PITA yet thorough way to do it. Is that the long, kinda strange lookin boat that most of ur pics are on?
way to go REDCHIEF! that groupers a real doozy for a shoredive
Awesome Hardline!, I agree macks are one cool looking fish
Display MoreJust finished watching Fish To The Bone. I liked it. It's focused around one diver, Brod Whitaker, spearfishing the South African east coast. The pace is just right. It has a good mix of shooting and non-shooting footage, as well as some interviews and local scenery. One of the nice things about it is that it's %60 beach diving and the inshore waters are surprisingly rich with very interesting fish species. It made me remember I should be taking advantage of our waters more often.
The video is available from FreediveStore.com
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I liked this as well
Pretty cool, i like the grouper at the end.
Im probably overestimating a bit underwater. But he was def the biggest I've seen. I already had all the other fish by that point though.
He was much darker (and actually hanging with 2 other 12-13 inchers) then the smaller ones ive seen which thew me a bit. But still looked very much like a strawberry. Unless there are other small-dotted red grouper species?
there are a few diff species of small spotted groupers, and i cant find the chart
Great hog indeed, I too am a fan of an obsessive amount of lemon, Also I really doubt you saw any of the strawberry groupers over 13",, its the ocean and optimism tricking you. BUT if you did then man you might have passed up a forum record.
nice, hogs that size taste sweet. The strawberries are super good. They yield well for their size too,,. I always pass in hopes of seeing a bigger one and end the day without any..
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Interesting. I've speared quite a few large ones in Boca that were VERY skittish and also some in Vero Beach that were far more docile... thats the first ft. lauderdale one I've heard of. Have you seen them here before?
Wow guys, that's a nice sheepshead for this area..
holy cow, awesome!
haha I had a shot of a buddy puking through his snorkle, but Idk what happened to it. Had another guy puke through a regulator. Dont do that, it tends to mess it up lol. Nice report man. Why'd you switch to 1 band in the first place if you dont mind me asking?
I always had 2 like everyone else then I broke one and had a lot of success using just one, the band was new and short though the one i'm using now is long and sort of worn out,,,
Out with Nate this morning, 930-330 very fair seas and decent viz
We paddled straight out to the 3rd reef ledge and dropped right in on fish. Nate shot a nice mangrove right off the bat,, hopefully he can tell us what size.. it was a nice stretch of ledge and there was a lot of life. I had a nice mangrove tear off (and would have 2 nicer ones tear off today) I came across a section of ledge at about 65ft holding three legal + blacks but they were just a little too cautious
we moved around some, i shot a mutton, nate shot some more nice mangroves and a nice schoolmaster
we came to a spot where i had a gag and big mangrove tear off and hole up and these two nurses were really on top of it, but in the end they showed us where the fish were
this one was really digging
and we shot a bunch more mangroves,, 
some of the mangroves were really nice, I had two tear off that wwould of been the best of the day by far and I never retrieved them, I think I'm going back to two bands.
Also Nate puked 55 ft below. Camera missed it.
If you take anything from today's story its that we saw a lot of mangroves
Awesome Hank!
Yup, they could probably use some rules of engagement that allow more comfortable use of force,,
