Posts by hau

Spearos--
I wanted to start this thread as a general warning to spearos that are not aware of the dangers of using Meade St. and Dania Pier locations. Many, many vehicle brake-ins, property thefts and vandalisms happen at these two locations. The purpose of this thread is to notify and update spearos of the potential dangers of using these spearing locations. I ask any spearo who hears of or has knowledge of any occuring law viloations to please post here on this thread so that these occurances can be updated as they happen as a warning to others. This thread will be used in conjunction with the thread "Broward Beach Conditions". Law violations could be noted on "Broward Beach Conditions" thread and refered to this thread to keep a running record of these law violations and discussion of these violations.
If anyone doubts the frequency of these break-ins, please note the amount of broken auto glass in the parking lots of Meade St. and Dania Pier. Also be advised that the police have not recovered ANY of the items stolen from vehicles at either of these locations.
Thank you to those that contribute to this thread to educate other spearos.
Hope this helps

South of Port Everglades today
begin at 830pm--------end at 3pm
wind from N at 5mph--from S at 5mph
current 1/2mph from N--from S at 1mph
viz 50f in 50fsw-------45f in 45fsw
seas 1f or less--------same
water temp 77F
air 68F no clouds ---79F 10% clouds overhead

Today was a good day. Got off work and pushed my yak out to sea by 830.
Paddled out though 3f beach surf and saw that the viz was better than good on the first reef so I kept going. When I got to the second reef the viz actually looked better as I looked down into the water so I headed East. I got to the 3rd reef and still had viz so I paddled around until I was happy and then dropped anchor, geared up and slipped over the side. As soon as I jumped in 2 macs drifted by and watched me until I almost had the gun loaded then they drifted away before the gun was ready
I made a couple of partial drops to clear my head and ears, then got serious, breathed up and dropped to 55f as the first hog came across the sand to the reef. I love it when those hogs tilt over on their sides and watch me coming <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Anyway, ended with 5 hogs and 3 macs and saw a 4f Manta ray.
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late report for 11-14:
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 830pm--------end at noon
wind from N at 10mph--from NE at 15mph
current 1/2mph from N--same
viz 20f in 20fsw-------20f in 20fsw
seas 2f or less--------same
water temp 77F
air temp. 66F 25% clouds ---79F sunny

Today was NOT a yak /freedive/spearfishing 101 level day
Beach surf was 4f on ENTRY. Viz started out at crap and got worse by the minute. I saw 1 shootable fish all day an he died.
On entry, I watched an waited till I thought I had the break timed right. I pushed off the beach and got 2 paddle stroke before the first 4f wave broke over the prow of my yak and hit me in the chest so hard it bent me backwards in the seat. Luckely I kept my paddle and was able to turn my scupper into the next wave. The water couldn't run out of the scupper holes fast enough to clear between waves but I kept pressing westward and finally got out of the beach surge.
Great, now I was out there and had lost no gear. I got where I wanted to go, anchored and jumped in in 20FSW an couldn't even see the bottom
I swam for hours and shot 1 mac that I surprised in the murk and now it was time to go BACK in through the surf. By now the surf line and beach had surfers everywhere, not a good sign for a yaker. I decided on a different approach which was to pick the biggest wave and ride it all the way in to the beach.
I hung out until the surfers on each side of me started paddeling to catch the wave an I started paddeling like hell and away we all went :surfing:
I lucked out and rode it all the way in to the sand without dumping AND without running over a surfer
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I would love to have a ET CF barrel like the one in Tin Man's pictures he posted.
(with a Tin Man spiked muzzle and euro grip in 120cm of course, one piece)
Thanks for posting the pictures Tin Man

BTW--I would not buy a take down gun because of the 2 piece spear issue. Just my personal opinion

LunkerBuster--the best thing I ever did to increase the number of days I spear was to get a night job AND move to an ocean front condo. That way I never have to depend on the forecast and I know first hand what the sea conditions are. I got this condo for near to the exact same price per month as a non-ocean front.
Hope this helps

South of Port Everglades today
begin at 730pm--------end at noon
wind from N at 3mph--from NE at 5mph
current 1/2mph from N--same
viz 50f in 55fsw-------25f in 25fsw
seas 1f or less--------same
water temp 80F
air temp. 66F 10% clouds ---79F sunny

Solo again today. I hoped that todays viz would be at least as good as yesterdays 50f, so I paddled all the way out to the 3rd. Dropped anchor and jumped in and could just make out the reef from the sand in 55fsw I blind dropped for 2 hours then gave up and went in to the 2nd reef north of where Putmeincoach an his buddy was spearin. I saw no shootable fish on the 2nd reef. Putmeincoach an buddy got some fish an bugs. Hope Putmeincoach posts up his story.
I got 3 fish in 4 1/2 hours of swimming, but today was a beautiful day on the water to yak freedive spearfish

PS--here is what NOAA forecast---TODAY-NORTH WINDS 7 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. DOMINANT PERIOD 7 SECONDS.
THURSDAY--NORTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 17 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. DOMINANT PERIOD 9 SECONDS. <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">

Man I love greekdiver videos

South of Port Everglades today
begin at 1pm--------end at 6pm
wind from NW at 8mph--from NE at 5mph
current 1/2mph from N---0 current
viz 50f in 20fsw-------40f in 20fsw
seas 1-2f------less than 1f
water temp 80F
air temp. 64F 10% clouds ---77F sunny

Solo today for 5 hours of yak freedive spearin
Got a late start but was able to stay out till almost dark
Viz was incredibowl today
Not another yak, beach or boat spearo to be seen all day.
I'm starting to feel lonely out there every day with no one else around :)

sdeisen---thanks for the report
I miss spearin with you
I'm hopin you new spot works out for you and that lots of fish fall to your spear brother

South of Port Everglades today
begin at 730am--------end noon
wind from NW at 12mph--from NE at 15mph
current 1 1/2mph from N---0 current
viz 20f in 20fsw-------same
seas 2f------2 to 3f
water temp 80F
air temp. 57F sunny---72F sunny

Solo today for 3 1/2hours of yak freedive spearin
Wind, sky, current, air and water temp., and viz was "ok" today
Viz was worse today than yesterday
Amazing, not another dive boat in sight all day.
Got only 2 hogs today but I'm lovin bein back in the water and :attack2: :fish:

spearos--ok, the virgin sacrifice toss went well. Thanks to all that contributed. The virgin sacrifice appeased the wind and sea gods and we were able to spear today for the first time since 10-21-10. <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">

South of Port Everglades today
begin at 830am--------end at 4pm
wind from N at 15mph--from NE at 15mph
current 2mph from N---1 1/2mph from N
viz 25f in 20fsw-------same
seas 2f------2 to 3f
water temp 80F
air temp. 55F sunny---70F sunny

Solo today for 7 1/2hours of yak freedive spearin
Wind, sky, current, air and water temp., and viz was "ok" today
Today was the first day with my Pursuit 3mm 2pc open cell and it felt GOOD.
Today was not ideal, there were "boxcar" waves on the horizon out in the Gulf Stream. I would have been happy just to be able to get into the water. I did better than I expected, got 4hogs and 2 big chubs. Saw 3-4 ok macs but they all had been shot at before and never gave me a decent shot.

Sorry, my bad.
FEMALE VIRGINS ONLY NEED APPLY (for free ride to Hawii and virgin toss) <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Bad JUJU /
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING:

FRIDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 23 KNOTS. NEAR SHORE...SEAS 2 TO
4 FEET BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET.

SATURDAY
NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 KNOTS NEAR SHORE TO NORTH
NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS IN THE GULF STREAM. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET NEAR
SHORE

SUNDAY
NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS 17 TO 22 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET
BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FEET.

MONDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET.

TUESDAY
EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 16 TO 21 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET.
EAST NORTHEAST SWELL 2 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED
AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS.

National Weather Service
Generated 2043 UTC, Thursday, Nov 04, 2010
Document URL http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtbltn.pl?file=forecast

Good JUJU==
After consulting the old ones, we have decided that the only way to break this bad weather JUJU is to appease the wind and sea gods. :@
Sdeisen has graciously offered to provide a virgin from the collage he is attending for a sacrifice to the wind and sea gods (days ago he thought that this was a waste of good virginhood). So seiden, myself and our virgin plan to fly to Hawaii where sdeisen and I will toss the virgin into a volcano. We need your help. Please send your financial contributions to Freedivespearfishing Headquarters ASAP so we can pay for the flight and 5 days in Hawaii. Please remember, this will benefit us all. (especially me and sdeisen)
<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">

spearos--so far I have been in the water for for 13 days spearin with the new Mako ET.
This Mako ET is a beast
IMO it can easily handle 3 bands, easy.
After over 100 shots, the Mako ET still looks and works like new
IMO a Mako ET 130 or 140 with 3 bands is a very good choice of weapon for blue water, at a cheap price. :attack2: :fishswim:

The sea is FLAT
Wind is next to none
Almost not a cloud in the sky
Air temp is 80F

Quote from psychobilly

Does giving tuna sandwiches to my seasick friends in the boat count as chumming?

Nice one psychobilly

I used to chum with a chum bag hanging on my yak anchor line, until Scott had to back me up one day when I went down to wrestle a shark off my chum bag <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"> 

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/2028538948.html

This sucks

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION

TONIGHT
EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

SATURDAY
EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 19 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

SUNDAY
EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

MONDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

TUESDAY
SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 12 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

WEDNESDAY
EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 11 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

National Weather Service
Generated 0014 UTC, Saturday, Oct 23, 2010
Document URL http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtbltn.
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Late report for: 10-21-10__#126-2010m
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 830am--------end at 430pm
wind from N at 5mph--from NE at 15mph
current 1/2mph from N---same
viz 40f in 30fsw-------25f in 25fsw
seas less than 2f------2 to 3f
water temp 83F
air temp. 70F sunny---84F sunny

Solo today for 8hours of in the water spearin
Wind, sky, current, air and water temp., and viz was great today
There was so little current and wind movement that I had to swim in every direction as there was no drift.
I saw turtles, rays, a nurse shark
I saw lots of small hogs and macs. I saw 4 keeper hogs and 1 keeper mac that I put in the cooler
Water is def getting cooler. I was ok in my holy 1.5mm for 8hours today, but soon I'm gonna switch to a 3mm.

Late report for: 10-20-10__#125-2010m
South of Port Everglades today
begin at 930am--------end at noon
wind from N at 5mph--from NE at 10mph
current 1/2mph from N---same
viz 40f in 20fsw-------25f in 20fsw
seas less than 2f------same
water temp 83F
air temp. 72F sunny---82F sunny

Me and my new spearin buddy went out to the rocks for a post injury check out dive. All went great as the sea was almost perfect, the sky was blue and we even saw some fish an managed to get 1 hog in shallow water

fishingdude and putmeincoach--you guys are getting some very nice catches.
congratulations

South of Port Everglades today
begin at 9am--------end at 1230
wind from N at 5mph--from NE at 18mph
current 1/2mph from N---same
viz 40f in 30fsw-------25f in 25fsw
seas less than 2f------2-3f from NE
water temp 83F
air temp. 70F sunny---80F sunny

Today had the potential to become rough water so we stayed closer to shore and ended with 2 hogs, and a mac. Had a lady friend with me today, she did very good in the water and had a great time until the wind an seas picked up and it started to sprinkle rain. She got cold with no wet suit so we came in.