Posts by seaweed

It's a rainbow runner,a pelagic, meat looks like dolphin and a spearo at the ramp said it tastes like dolphin. I haven't ate it yet.

We headed to the south and since current was ripping we did what we usually do and drifted the 3rd reef. Vis was green/brown and you could just tell where the ledge and sand met at 60' if you had the sun to your back.

We landed some muttons as well from the sand, most were borderline but Kris shot a nice 3-4 lber.

Also there was a dive where on my descent a tarpon crossed under me, he was at about 45' and about 4-5ft long. He had a small mack hanging with him, as I pass beside him on my way down I notice there was something funny about him. I level off and look at its head and realized it was a HUGE King, after overcoming my awe I act. I only had a 7mm shaft with one 3/4 rubber and a single wrap. Since he was curious I haul ass towards him and give chase until I close the gap at the end of my comfort zone border and fire, he was too far.

Drifted the second reef for some miniseason recon but didnt see any lobster.

Headed out of Ft. Lauderdale on saturday and Misael landed this nice Mango swimming amongst a school of 100 30-50 lb snooks. I'm guessing it went about 7-8 lbs.

Also we landed 2 of these salchichons. They pulled pretty hard for their size and went crazy when shot them, mines tangled my fin, at the clip, and my Misaels almost ran straight into me.

My metaltech 3 was really accurate and had a 5/16 double flopper shaft with 2 5/8 rubbers. I would shoot fish so far away you could hear the shaft ripping through the flesh after you shot. It had front wings on it in order to float which made it even more accurate but hard to handle. The weight of it also reduced recoil.

The front plastic foam wings make metaltech #3 an up float. #2 needs full length wings to float.

I've heard cownose has really bad meat.

Another thing is the ray can be dewinged/cut into smaller pieces on the boat or in the water so you dont have to keep the whole thing, same with barracuda, jacks or any fish not listed on the recreational list, so it fits better in the cooler. Also separate the wings by putting them into a bag, the blood will spoil any fish it touches.

Awesome story, I did that aswell in Key Largo except the cobia was under the ray and exposed on the upstroke. I timed it very well since it was under a spotted eagle ray.

Should have kept the ray, I read they taste like fried shrimp.

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Tarpon and permit hanging out.. Who knew!?

One thing that struck me is that green/red (depending on depth) hair band in the far left and 1/4 of the way down.

Awesome pictures Gerald. Couldn't resist setting one as my new wallpaper.

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I've been witness to one such accidental discharge. Hector's Rob Allen went off on it's own and the shaft shot into the reef. I remember hearing it go off and thinking someone just shot at a fish. I looked behind me and saw the shaft stuck in the bottom 15ft away.

Me aswell, we were all scrounging the small reef for bugs. We were marking bug holes by shooting the shaft into sand next to the hole since the vis was bad. I heard the gun go off and there it was not more than 5ft away from me a shaft in soild rock. Vis was bad and I figured Hector really wanted to mark the spot because he saw a lobster. When I heard it misfired I was freaked out.

OMER Ice fins?

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What I have a problem with as far as weight calibration is the difference in buoyancy between when i'm holding air (inhale) and empty (exhale). Davie, on the surface when you exhale are you still floating?

There definately is a sinking point. Everyone sinks when they exhale at some point even if they have no weight on. The thing is how dominant/balanced it is over your breathing cycle. If it is too dominant then you are constantly finning to stay horizontal or increasing your flow rate when your lung volume is lower to stay afloat.

Recently I have been trying little weight. I use 2.5lbs with no suit and 6.25lb with a 3mm. I am diving deeper, longer, and more comfortably than I ever have before. 99% of my dives I have no urge to breathe on the way up so I know I could stay even longer if need be. I use to weigh my self neutral at 15-25ft but now I'm neutral at much deeper ?30-45ft?. I kick all the way down usually, unless I want to slow glide down, and to come up I kick 0-5 times depending how deep I am. I glide up without kicking the last 20ish ft.

I believe it has to do with taking advantage of your finning technique. When you are overweighted you could care less how effectively you kick to get to depth so on the way up it is just as uneffective. SOmething which can hurt you in an emergency. When weighted lightly you learn to take advantage of the finning to help you and there is not much difference in resistance or speed to get you down. Also, knowing you can stop kicking on the way up from as deep as 30 ft really helps you relax and concentrate when you most need it.

Awesome fish, can't wait to read your story.

Can you let me know if the meat has a lemony aftertaste to it?

Fish numbers are lacking, wonder if it is overfishing or related to environment.

Had a friend lose a omer shaft to a jewfish on a wreck directly east of the second reef. Did it have a cheater tab?

Drift on the ledge on the third reef, you can also try about 50 ft inside for the blacks and snapper. Sand is about 50-60 ft and reef can come up to 40ft.

We drift until we come upon a fishy area with lots of grunts on it. If there is no current dive the area. If there is current get back in and drift it again. Give it a couple passes and move on if nothing good shows up.

Jaws +1

I wanted to dive but my plans were shot down. Looks good tommorow, have fun.

Sounds good guys. 9am to 7pm? that's some hardcore spearing. You heading out tommorow?

Nice catch. Muttons are my favorite. The big pregnant ones are certainly are appearing in numbers.