Posts by hau

I will take the RA/Tin Man muzzle
I will take the BLACK RA reel
I will pay cash
I will pick up
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japsw--sorry u had jellies in Miami bro.
Me and Scott Rapp speared 4 hours off Ft. Lauderdale this morning and didn't see the first jelly, (or the first shootable fish either:( )

8-28-11 quickie report==
NO jellies
viz 20f in 20fsw
viz 15'in 15fsw
seas almost flat at 8am and building to 2f at noon

Dan--sorry you got stung.
I guess I'm just chicken shit. I don't like to take any chances of getting any type of skin injuries like cuts/abrasions/rash while spearin. In my line of work, a skin injury means a huge risk of catching a worse infection at work.:(
I don't know about "firing off" their stingers, but the last 2 weeks in the water my anchor and drift lines have gotten slimy with jellyfish goop.:(
At this moment, (11pm 8-24) the wind is clocking 36mph here on Hollywood Beach and hopefully will blow the moon jellys away.:pray:

That is a beautiful work of art.
Thanks for sharing

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Moon Jellyfish Warning--normally moon jellyfish have not been considered dangerous. However, in the last 2 weeks or so, off Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, I have seen at least a dozen diver injuries from moon jellyfish. I would suggest anyone that enters the water with moon jellyfish to wear at least a hooded rash guard and full skin coverage protection of some type AND to have some type of jellyfish sting treatment immediately available.
Hope this helps.

Dan and other spearo brothers-- I was hoping that this post on 8-21 would be helpful.

Rolo--we wouldn't expect anything less classic from you bro

Nice to see the Dan boat back in the water sir

Moon Jellyfish Warning--normally moon jellyfish have not been considered dangerous. However, in the last 2 weeks or so, off Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, I have seen at least a dozen diver injuries from moon jellyfish. I would suggest anyone that enters the water with moon jellyfish to wear at least a hooded rash guard and full skin coverage protection of some type AND to have some type of jellyfish sting treatment immediately available.
Hope this helps.

Holy shit, I actually posted pictures

Don Paul--thank you for the kind words sir.
I've lost 15lbs in just 6 months of tri training and am up to a 6 mile run every other day. Best part is that I now have a 38yr Russian girl that said, "You look so good now, will you "train me" :reddevil:

Dan-- the sprint triathlons (ones that I do) are: 1/4mile swim, then 10 mile bike ride, then 3 mile run).
Brothers-- Thank you for the kind words. :toast2:
I failed computer litercy class numerous times, but I'll try to post some pictures

Late report for; 8-16-11__#64-2011m1
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 8am--------end at noon
wind from S at 3mph---from SE at 10mph
current 1/2mph S to N---0 current
viz 35f in 20fsw--------same
seas FLAT-------------less than 2f
water temp 85F
82F 10% clouds overhead--94F high cirro clouds overhead

Only got to spend 4 hours in the water today due to work.
Marine conditions were good, but no real fish to target.
I only saw 2-3 dozen moon jellies today
I just got 1 hog, hope others did better than me

8-14-11__#3-2-11Tri
Did my 3th Sprint Triathlon today at Marine Stadium in Key Biscayne.
I lucked out and all except 1 was slower than me so I took second place.
I love Marine Stadium, the whole venue is set up very nice. The swim is in an ocean bay so there is salt water with no waves. You swim out to a bouy, turn 90degrees and swim to a second bouy, turn 90degrees and swim back to shore. Go just 50 steps to the transition area, bike gear up then ride up and over the Rickenbacker Causeway bridge, down to the toll booths and do a U turn and then back up and over the bridge again. The run is the best part, as all but 100 yds of the run is down and back on a 10ft wide black top sidewalk through trees on both sides. The awards ceremony is just 20ft from the water, so many of us stood/floated in the water to watch the ceremony and wait to be called up for our trophies.
I had a girl knock my bike off the rack and lost all my drink fluids, so I went the whole race with only water cup hand ups:angry5: But had another girl give me a gel pack which really helped at about mile 2 of the run.

cww-sorry for the late reply sir.
You are correct, the Cervelo S5 is a very nice bike.
I have two ti bikes, one is my ti road racing bike and the other is my ti tri bike. Both have Dura Ace groupos, so there is only annual maintenance.
I WAS having a rear flat EVERY day. I blamed the heat, extreme high performance tires, too much tire pressure, high performance tubes ,debris on the road, the solid rear Zipp wheel not flexing, rider too fat, etc. Then I switched to the Specalized Armidelo Elite and havn't had a flat since.

blackbeard--how did your tri sprint go sir?

I love the heat and the sun and the wind and the hills (only hills we have in Ft. Lauderdale is boat bridges ) because it makes my competitors suffer more. :punish: <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

Nice shore dive Rolo, and nice pictures brother. Thanks for sharin

8-13-11__#63-2011m2
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 8am--------end at 2pm
wind from S at 3mph---from SE at 8mph
current 1/2mph N to S---1mph N to S
viz 35f in 30fsw--------same
seas FLAT-------------less than 2f
water temp 85F
83F cloudless overhead--93F 15% clouds overhead

The weather was less threatening this morning so I went a little further out into deeper water and got 3 hogs
The moon jellies were so thick that at times I couldn't see the bottom
Saw no macs, no grouper, no muttons, etc, just 3 shootable hogs in 6 hours in the water
Lots of big boats working just outside the 3rd reef today.
Got back to the truck and found a note from a long time spearo brother. Sorry I missed u bro

Late report for: 8-12-11__#62-2011m1
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 8am--------end at noon
wind from S at 5mph---from SE at 10mph
current 1/2mph S to N---1mph S to N
viz 30f in 20fsw--------25f in 20fsw
seas FLAT-------------less than 2f
water temp 85F
86F cloudless overhead--92F 50% clouds overhead

Today was way better conditions
Tons and tons of moon jellies again today. I'm glad their sting is very mild, as they would hang up on my snorkel and everything else.
Lots an lots of divers in the water today combing the reef. I only saw 1 shootable fish in 4 hours, but today was still a great freedive yak spearin day <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Met 2 yak spearos on the beach that did good and had several fish and lobster

Thanks Dan.
I hope these reports are helpful to others.
Now and then I look back at posts from other years to get an idea of what conditions and fish to expect.

Late report for: 8-6-11__#61-2011m1
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 8am--------end at noon
wind from E at 5mph---from w at 24mph
current 1/2mph S to N---same
viz 30f in 20fsw--------25f in 20fsw
seas FLAT-------------4f and building
water temp 85F
87F 15% clouds overhead--86F rain/black oveerhead

Today was not perfect
Todays conditions looked marginal, so I just went to the 2nd reef and then wished I had not gone that far off.
Saw lots of moon jellies and more fish then expected. Saw 3 macs that had gone to spearo id class and would not come within range. Had 2 hookah lobster divers come down the ledge I was on. They were scaring every fish out from under the ledge, so I set up a drift position above and ahead of them and shot 2 hogs they flushed out
I was having too good a time and not paying attention to the weather. When I heard the first flash of lightening I knew I was too far from shore. I rushed to stow all my gear and by then the seas were 3-4f with wind at aprox 20mph from the West. I paddled for 30min into the wind towards the nearest beach. The closer to the beach I paddled, the more shore protection and less waves. Finally after 45min of paddling I made it to shore.

7am==The sea is FLAT
"fish r gonna die"

cww--how is the Tri thing coming sir?