Posts by sdeisen

p.s heres a working link
http://reefrescue.wordpress.com/

I did an in depth paper on this. Its totally aesthetic and doesn't work regardless. Glad they stopped i wonder if it will affect viz here in Boca. Not that this wind has allowed for toooo much viz lately anyway

sick dude, they look like a fun fish to hunt. did WSB just open up or something?

nice hoggopotomus
scott's a great guy to dive with

regional management is done to some extent (gulf regulations differ for certain species from east coast regs.)

Quote from cmfish

Here's the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com…23-1739.2010.01613.x/full

After reading it, seems to me like they just tested the fish's response to seeing scuba divers.Their surveys were conducted with a scuba diver without a speargun in an area where spearfishing is done while freediving.

SR: Were those hogfish numbers based off Ault's studies?

Thanks for finding the original article, I thiink you're correct, which makes the study less relevant to us

The bottom line is there is just too many people IMO.. a borderline 12" hog should be left to grow. Its a double edged sword also because if there were bigger hogs around you wouldn't feel the need to shoot +! and +2" legals. But there isnt and therefore the youngins do get shot up and doesnt leave many to grow.

we need more sharks to scare people off the reef

But yeah the whole rotating the allowed hunting grounds seems like a great idea, and im sure it has great results in small island and coastal communitites, in the U.S it seems people are having a hard enough time just staying up wiith the regs, let alone following shifting zones.

http://www.coralmagazine-us.co…scine-learning-documented

if it is people with "lionfish honey holes" will just dominate it. On the average you dont see THAT many here.

I wouldn't mind getting a team together,, if only hau would get into a boat

If you've already got the biller, dont beat yourself up, at least its a decent size. But i've had biller and it really is not ideal. as dan said. a scuba gun

ur prob right judah, but im sure while ur swimming to little strips of legal area there will be FWC makin waves. I dont think id want to dive the IWC anyway. I may be missing something though

From Myfwc.com

Spearfishing of marine and freshwater species in freshwater is prohibited.

Possession of a spear gun in or on freshwater is also prohibited.

Within 100 yards of a public swimming beach, any commercial or public fishing pier, or any part of a bridge from which public fishing is allowed.

Within 100 feet of any part of a jetty that is above the surface of the sea except for the last 500 yards of a jetty that extends more than 1,500 yards from the shoreline.

the wind started raging pretty early, it prob shut out

:welcome2:

omer makes an open heel foot pocket for freediving fins, finding it may be a mission though.
Speardiver blades are amazing.

UUGHHH STOP JUDAH STOP, ive never felt so inadequate haha.

got out in boca today with 10 foot viz in 65 feet water and 15 foot viz in 30 feet of water.
very very milky. damn hows hau doing it

saw and shot the only legal yellowtail snapper ive seen while spearin

p.s thanks mike

bad news on the viz.
does anyone know when grouper opens up? will it be april 1st and will there be new regs on species?

Awesome dude, i bet that jack would make a really cool, defined print.

thanks donnel