Posts by shallow runner

Quote from Reefchief

Sounds good, do you have a kayak yourself? I am saving up for a kaya but I currently only have a boogie board float rig. Its got a good flag on it but weekend boaters are a scary bunch which is why I currently try to sneak out to the more active spots on nice weekday mornings. Where do you usually dive? I find myself at the commercial buoys alot, but have been recently looking for new/other spots and planning to try visiting the aerojacks .75mi off of 17th soon. Although current, tide, boats and brown water is a factor.

Yea, I have a yak as well as a boogie board and lifeguard float rig so with one of the three I can do whatever kind of diving. I can always bring the yak (bright yellow) as a marker/mothership. The boaters are a bunch of idiots for sure. I have never hit the commercial buoys; I typically go around Sunrise and A1A .

Welcome to the board man. I am in Ft Lauderdale off of Sunrise near the beach. I am down to dive most weekends. Shoot me a message if ya want to head out. Yak or beach; either way works.

Sounds good. Get give me a call/text and we can set it up. I've been out of the water a while too so I need to get back into diving shape as well.

Anyone want to head out this weekend? Going out around sunrise and A1A or a bit north.

I am still definitely interested in doing this. Just need to find the time and that elusive money.

Which begs the question when are we heading out again there LB? I feel this spear BBQ thing needs to happen soon.

A question from a friend I didn't know how to answer. He wants to switch to Dyneema (sp) wishbones but has a JBL Woodie witch uses a notched shaft; can these types of wishbones be used with notched shafts w/o worry of it cutting through the WB due to the edges on the notch? Could possibly filing down the edge help? Thanks.

A car accident scrapped my plans, buddies boat is on a flatbed back to ft Lauderdale. Anyone know a decent charter in Marathon? I was looking at sea dog. Stuck with the room and trying to salvage the weekend. Any and all info appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks man; hopefully the conditions are nice. Report will be posted.

Heading to Marathon this weekend to spear/fish/drink. Around C. Patch, T-bolt, Hawk's area. Any reports for vis/fish? Cheers

Greetings and welcome! Man GBR is on my bucket list of spots to dive. Looking forward to the pics. Cheers.

Lots of maps with public numbers on them that are decent. If your not familiar with the area be careful and mindful of where you are as there are some prohibited areas. Lots of little patch reefs to hit though on the East side. Good luck.

Yea bro, just give me a call. I am itching to get out. Should get your boy to get his boat out and hit up some blue water stuff.

That is something I really want to do this summer as well. Any open spots let me know. Lunker, we need to get out spearing soon. Give me a call

Quote from fishingdude

You have no idea how badly the gulf coast guys would kill for our viz lol!

As a Gulf Coast native as well I can't agree more! But now I am spoiled from living here . If vis falls below like 15' I don't like to dive/hunt; that is pretty typical over there.

OK, so I am sure this has been touched on before so I will make it short. I want to get a WP camera that can reach a depth of 30' or so. I am not interested in making videos and hear the GoPro stills aren't very good so I am looking for an alternative. Thoughts opinions? Thanks

We trolled (H&L) for hours a few weeks ago near there and didn't see one weed line and not even a strike on the 7 lines we had out. Nice fish though man I really want to try the Blue water spearing.

Nice man! May have to head to that spot this week. The reefs on my end have been scarce

Quote from jcmeng

Another reason why spearing alone is a bad idea. Can you imagine what would have happened if he was by himself??

Agreed; that is the main reason I never dive alone.

I hope he has a speedy recovery.

I am sure there will be a push and perhaps some of them can come home but it is not as if we have defeated the entire terrorist network or even crippled it. One the main motivators for the initial attacks was out occupation of holy land during the first gulf war so killing one of their icons while being on their soil again isn't going to make them back off. Given the ideology of this group and the nature of the warfare I am not sure it is a war we can ever really win; similar to Vietnam we may just cut our losses and call it a day. I would just be concerned, as it is probably the case, that they will not be so willing to walk away from the fight.