Posts by hau

Meade St. today
begin at 830am-----------end at noon
wind from E at 5------from E at 12mph
current from N to South at 1/2mph---same
viz 60f in 50fsw --------45f in 30fsw
seas 2f--------------- 2f
water temp 78F
air temp. 78F cloudless ---90F 10% clouds

At Meade St solo today
Viz was a lot better today
Current was less today.
I only saw 1 legal hog (got him and 4 porgies).
Saw a school of 4-5 kings but they were way to far off and i could not close on them
All in all it was a relaxing beautiful day in/on the water

FF just posted the public release of the NEW RA MECH.
It has been VERY hard for me to keep quiet about this.
The new mech is a drop in an play replacement of the current RA Vecta mech
I don't have time now (going to work now) to post it all up here.
If someone else dosen't post it up, I will after work

Thank you RA and Mike of FF for this long awaited improvement:yay:

Ft. Lauderdale beach today

begin at 730am-----------end at noon
wind from E at 5------from E at 10mph
current from N to South at 2mph---same
viz 60f in 40fsw --------25f in 25fsw
seas flat-----------------less than 2f
water temp 78F
air temp. 78F cloudless ---84F 25% clouds

scott and I at Ft. Lauderdale beach today
viz was better early then went to shitz
again we didn't see many fish:(
scott got a hog and some others
I lucked out again today and got this mac (34in) and 6-7 other fish
I only saw 1 little hog all day but the macs are running
Again I was happy to NOT see any oil slick:)

LOMartin---you are correct.
2 summers ago I got caught out on the 2nd reef by a summer storm.
The wind, rain, hail and high seas made it so bad that I couldn't see which way shore was.:@
That was my last yak dive WITHOUT a compass mounted on my yak and 300f of 250lb anchor line:)

LOMartin---today we lucked out and had good weather where we were but there were storms to the West of us with lightening and rain and dark clouds south of us which reminded me of summers storm precautions. I just wanted to caution possible less experienced spearos to be on the lookout for dangerous weather this summer.

mrmike--I do not know exactly where it is that you spear but from Dania Pier down to Summit St. there is a nice reef within swimming distance from shore

Dan--there are a lot of varibles that determinne how I respond to threatening weather. If I do get caught out there in a summer storm I stay in the water

spearos--This is meant as a helpful reminder. Summer weather is here as was evident today as we had thunder storms All around us today. These local storms can come up very quick from the West and form between a spearo and land:( 30+mph storm winds blowing a small boat or yak towards shore is one thing, but when the 30mph+ wind is blowing you OUT towards the Bahamas and 600fsw things are DIFFERENT.:@
There is MUCH to be said about proper gear, preperation and weather knowledge, but basically the SAFEST plan is to not take chances with bad weather. If you see bad weather forming do not take any chances.
Hope this helps

Dania Pier today
begin at 830am-----------end at 530pm
wind from SE at 5------from SE at 10mph
current from S to North 1/2mph---same
viz 40f in 40fsw --------25f in 25fsw
seas flat-----------------2f-3f
water temp 78F
air temp. 78F cloudless ---84F 10% overcast and sprinkles

me an scott at Meade St. then scott went in and sdeisen came out
We didn't get MANY fish.
hope scott posts his catch
sdeisen didn't have much time to spear but seemed to have a good time
I lucked out and got a couple nice hogs (second picture) and half a bag of reef fish to trade
I was mainly just glad to NOT see any oil today

at Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------end at noon
wind calm------from S at 10mph
current from S to North 1/2mph---same
viz 25f in 25fsw --------same
seas flat------------------less than 2f now
water temp 77F
air temp. 78F cloudless ---90F 10% clouds

me an scott at Meade St.
Saw next to no fish but was just happy to get in the water after 9 bad weather days.
Hopefully the viz will clear more and more each day :pray:

Sea is FLAT
current s to n at 1/2mph
viz 25f +
cloudless
s to n wind at 5mph
"fish r gonna die"

Hia-Leah--thanks for the compliment bro

MONDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.

TUESDAY
SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 11 KNOTS BECOMING 5 TO 7 KNOTS. SEAS
2 FEET.

WEDNESDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 12 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET.

THURSDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 13 KNOTS BECOMING 7 TO 10 KNOTS.
SEAS 2 FEET.

FRIDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 12 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET.
National Weather Service
Generated 0703 UTC, Monday, May 17, 2010

Hope you spearos got your gear all repaired and that you are all rested up cause the forecast looks like we are be spearin every day

red tide--I too have had this problem of shooting line/band fouling.
I have had foulings with mono, with QPowerline AND dynema.
I do not know the solution, but I do offer a suggestion==
1. Video the shooting line/ band fouling.
2. Then play the video back in slow motion frame by frame.

(ps-starting next month I'll be filming every shot I take, if no one else films the problem sooner)

Hope this helps

attan--hope everything's OK an there was no damage on your island

Sdeisen an Hia-Leah came over to my condo earlier today and they taught me how to email my UW pictures from my laptop today.
Way cool.
Thanks to sdeisen and Hia-Leah :toast2:

more

ETPG vs 41in king
Hollywood, Fl

Tin Man--thank you for this wonderful contribution to spearfishing Jeff

spearos--several more advantage of the ETPG
1. If you accidently bend your spear you immediatly know it when you try to load a bent spear in an ET:)
2. If you are a scuba spearo, the ETPG is VERY freeshaft friendly.
3. If you are a scuba spearo you can either add a spare spear to the side of your ETPG or wet the inside of the barrel to keep the ETPG from floating
4. Reloading the spear into the gun is super easy AND you can forget open/closed muzzle concerns.
5. A spearo MIGHT opt to shoot a shorter ETPG by adding another band
6. The sight picture is MUCH less cluttered compared to bands piled on top of a wide/ flat barrel top
These are just a few ideas

THE sdeisen

Do we need a model for the "Dive Sluts" decals?
I don't know any virgins to sacrifice to the wind gods but I do know some "ladies" that might be willing to model for the "Dive Sluts"

my brother spearos---sorry I missed the drama yesterday and last night, I was sleeping then went to work 7p-7a.
1.I am humbled that some of the greatest contributers to spearfishing like griswold and Tin Man are concerned about HOW I FEEL about the ETPG release
2. My dream for years was to have an ETPG. Without griswold and Tin Man the ETPG would still be just a dream. Because of griswold, Tin Man and now Dano, many other spearos can enjoy the ETPG.
3. Those that know me know that I am NOT a selfish person and know how elated I was when Tin Man offered to build my ETPG. All of our concept and design was public knowledge in the hopes of producing a better pipe gun. I NEVER intended to make any money from the ETPG idea.
4. Innocent comments by my friends and family were intended in a positive manor because those people know how passionate I am about the ETPG. (thank you KeysLady and LunkerBuster)
5. I have spent 348hours IN THE WATER this year with the ETPG and the concept is as amazing as I had ever hoped.
I will be standing in line for one of the first griswold/Tin Man/Mako ETPG <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Thank you Tin Man
Thank you griswold
Thank you Dano

WOW
I feel like a new DADDY
Even though all I did was come up with the idea of an Enclosed Track Pipe Gun. (ETPG):idea2:
Tin Man did ALL the real work:notworthy1:
Thank you Jeff

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread...=1#post1201489

Special thanks to Dan, Sdeisen, greekdiver, seaweed and LunkerBuster for spending so much time and effort to help me get this far with my UW photo beginning

ps==There are tons more pictures but I gotta sleep now so I can work all night