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pic #1==THE LunkerBuster
pic #2==41in king

1.ETPG vs Meade St hog
2. Hia-Leah

test pictures
edit==this is just the beginning
pic #1= THE fishingdude
pic #2== THE Hia-Leah

spearos--I consulted Dan about this GPS issue and he voiced that he felt that a fish finder was an important tool for spearin and that got me to thinking.
So I did some more research about GPS / fish finder units and came across the Hummingbird 385ci Kayak Combo.
This 385ci WITH the Navionics Gold SD card is what I am gonna install in the next day or so and will report back here on now well it works.
Thanks to all for your help

PS; (more / bigger fish r gonna die)

http://store.humminbird.com/pr…/356206/385ci_Combo_Kayak

spearos--this is just an update of my progress and to say thanks to all those that posted their replies.
Today I completed my pre-buy research about the iPhone marine maps app and the Garmin GPSmap 76 maps.
I bought the iNavx iPhone app from iTunes for $50. and it downloaded seamlessly to my iPhone 3g
I already take my iPhone out spearin in a West Marine DryPk. The DryPk has worked great for years so far.
The iNavx looks great on the iPhone, is clear, zooms and scrolls like all other iPhone apps and the GPS locator dot is an nice easy to see.
As I have been working overtime almost every night at work, my funds are such that I'm ALSO gonna buy the marine maps for my GPSmap 76. Bass Pro has the correct one for $140. an I'm headed out the door in a few minutes to Bass Pro to buy the GPSmap 76 maps.
I'm gonna be using and comparing the two systems as soon as the weather clears and I will report my findings here asap.
Again thanks to all those that offered constructive suggestions, insight and opinions.

LunkerBuster--GOOD call brother.

Dan--WITH a hood please, for sun and jellyfish protection.
If a buyer didn't want a hood they could always cut the hood off.
One other summer suit suggestion, could you get them with the Pursuit name on them please?

ps. The reversible idea is gonna be a great seller IMO.
thanks

"epic"--thats the perfect word for ONE of my doubles yesterday.

1. While on the surface I saw a nice hog on the bottom feeding so I did a short breath up and dropped silently to 10f from him. I was totaly focused on that hog feeding til I saw ANOTHER nice hog feeding an headed directly for the first hog. I had just enough time to think "oh shit" and the 2 hogs crossed and I squeezed the trigger. I couldnt believe that I had two hogs spinning on my spear. I immediatly dropped my gun and sprinted for the hogs. I grabbed my spear point and headed up in disbelief. Sdeisen had just paddled up and I yelled and yelled for him to come closer to see my double.
Normally I just unspear my fish an drop it in the yak and start hunting again, but this time I jumped into the yak and we both admired the double on my spear :toast2:

2. So later I'm swimming along on the surface and see a hog on the bottom. As I watch I see not one but 4 other hogs below me. Visions of another hog double flash in my feeble mind.
This time I do a real breath up and do another " silent death from above" drop. No double possibilities this time, so I pick the biggest closest hog an squeeze off another spear. The hit is good and I start a slow quiet fin back up so as not to scare off the other hogs. I just about reach the surface when my speared hog somehow wiggles off the spear and flutters almost dead to the bottom. I breath up, reload my ETPG and drop again. My shot hog is laying just next to a hole flat on his side but still breathing. Perfect for a pole spear shot but not a good shot for a 120 enclosed tract gun straight into the reef. So changed my drop angle and landed 5 feet away from the hop and layed my gun on the reef. I silently crawled up to the hog and grabbed him with both hands. He wiggled and twisted but I got my fingers in his throat and as soon as I looked up I saw ANOTHEr nice hog 10feet away watching. I slowly reached back and got my gun, slide it up into position with one hand, lined up and squeezed off another spear. The hit was perfect and I AGAIN finned to the surface with 2 nice hogs.

3. So now I'm limited out on hogs, no one around left to share with, so I start hunting mid water, even though I'm only in 40fsw.
I deploy my flasher and FAD and seconds later I see a shadow out in the haze
I stop breathing and finning an lay motionless in hopes that the "shadow" mistakes me for a floating barrel or tree trunk. The shadow grows and grows. Now I can see black and white and movement. I slowly reach down and take the drag off the reel cause WHATEVER is coming in is big an gonna take ALOT of reel line.
Strange shadow, not shark like or big fish like behavior either and seconds later I realize the "shadow" is a 7ft Manta ray. Last summer we shot 2 cobia off a manta like this so I repeated what I did last summer and slowly held out my knife towards the manta. The sun glissened off the knife blade and in came the manta to check out what the shinny new thing was. As the manta came in I started a silent drop to get down to below his level. Last year when I did this exact same manouver there were 3 nice cobia UNDER that manta and one ended up in my "dirty bathtub".
But this manta was alone and I reached up and touched his belly as he flew over top of me.
Big mantas are one of the most beautiful animals in the sea to me.

at Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------end at 630pm
wind calm------from N at 15mp
current from S to North 2mph---no current
viz 50f in 60fsw ---------25f in 25fsw
seas flat------------------less than 2f now
water temp 77F
air temp. 77F cloudless ---90F 10% clouds

sdeisen, and I on the Meade ST 3rd reef today
sdeisen got fish and I got 5 hogs, 3 dogs, 3 porgies and 2 muttons

at Meade St today
begin at 8am-----------end at 130pm
wind calm------from SE at 10mph
current from N to S 1mph---same
viz 80f in 50fsw -----------70f in 45fsw
seas flat------------------less than 2f
water temp 77F
air temp. 80F cloudless ---90F 15% clouds

Solo today on west side of Meade 3nd.
Today is the first day of the summer season that I wore my 1.5mm suit and took lead off my belt
Is a perfect day out there again today.
Lots and lots of boats on the 3rd reef today
I only got 2 fish, with the same numbers== a 14in hog an a 41inch king :@
I only had about 10f of line left on my reel when he stopped running. He took about 190f of line before he stopped his run :@
I'll try to post a pic of the king in a day or so
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About the nutsmagoo vs shark video.
I think it is interesting to note that nutsmagoo made his shark video 2-24-09 and made his LAST post ever on 3-10-09.

at Meade St today
begin at 800am-----------end at 130pm
wind calm------from N at 10mph
current from N to S 1 1/2mph---same
viz 80f in 40fsw -----------70f in 40fsw
seas flat------------------less than 2f
water temp 77F
air temp. 78F cloudless ---86F cloudless

LunkerBuster, fishingdude, scott, Hia-leah and his best friend (father), Rhodyhunter and me on the inside of the 2nd reef.
Today we outflanked the fish, ambushed them with spearo drivers, sneak attacks, death from above maneuvers and surrounded almost every spearable fish we saw. With that many yak spearos in the water the fish didn't stand a chance. The hogs would try to hide under rocks, run for cover, camo up and still we hunted them down.
I'll try to post photo evidence ASAP
Hope everyone logs on and posts up their stories.
Thanks guys, I had a great today out there today

Meade st
Sea is flat as a lake
cloudless
rashguards
viz 80f in 40 fsw
n to s current 1 1/2mph

I want marine maps to kayak /freedivespearfish with.
I have an iPhone and a Garmin GPSmap 76
I can buy an iPhone marine maps App or I can buy marine maps for my Garmin.
My questions are:
1. Does anyone use iPhone marine maps or Garmin 76 maps?
2. iPhone or Garmin, which should I buy?
Thanks in advance

at Vista today
begin at 800am-----------end at 5pm
wind from E at 5mph------from ESE at 12mph
current from S to North at 1/2mph---S to N at 1 1/2mph
viz 45f in 50fsw -----------20f in 20fsw
seas flat------------------2-3f
water temp 74F
air temp. 80F cloudless ---87F 10% clouds

RhodyHunter, sdeisen an me started on the 2nd reef and had to tow/swim in to the first reef to find viz and fish.
We got blown at least a mile North an had to paddle back South to restart
Fish were few an far between today.
RhodyHunter put us right on the spot with his GPS
RhodyHunters Ocean Kayak Trident Prowler Angler 15 is way faster than my Scupper Pro. (that or I'm just getting old and weak)

fishingdude--see you out there tomorrow bro
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LOMartin--I had an encounter with a bull a week or so ago
I was on the Meade St 2nd reef
I was VERY happy AFTER jumping up into my yak. I paddled all the way from the 2nd reef to within 50yd of the beach before I stopped to stow my gear away cause THAT shark followed me all the way to the beach.
Glad I didn't have to swim in like nutsmagoo.
The last few seconds of nutsmagoos video showing his face once he could stand on land is VERY telling.

PS--I stopped at Dans house today after spearing and picked up 2 new Pursuit Powerheads and pouch.
Hope I don't have to TEST this piece of gear.

Looks like a great day of spearing
VERY nice fish
VERY nice pictures
Looks like your RIB is doing a superb job Dan
Congratulations

Fish r gonna die today

at Meade st today
begin at 830am-------------end at 5pm
wind from S at 5mph------from S E at 12mph
current from S to North at 2mph---same
viz 30f in 35fsw -----------25f in 25fsw
seas 2f--------------------2-3f
water temp 73F
air temp. 80F cloudless ---86F 10% clouds

scott an me started on the 2nd reef and had to tow/swim in to the first reef to find viz and fish:(
Not sure how scott did. I got 1 hog, 2 mac, and 2 porgies in 8 1/2hours in the water
We are down to wearing just 3mm suits and will finally be shedding our hoods and some lead next

spearos, this is beginning to look promising <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

TODAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET SUBSIDING
TO 2 FEET OR LESS.

TUESDAY
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.

WEDNESDAY
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO
12 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.

THURSDAY
EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST. SEAS 2 FEET
OR LESS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS SMOOTH. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

FRIDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO
8 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
National Weather Service
Generated 1423 UTC, Monday, May 03, 2010

spearos---right now the sea conditions here in Hollywood are worse than yesterday:(
Wind is SE at 20mph
water is brownish green because of all the beach and sandbar surf:(
there are NO boats out on the water:(