Posts by hau

spearos---the wind and surf is way up here on the beach. At 10pm the wind kicked up to 28mph and right now at 1am the wind hit 30mph straight out of the East :@
Beach surf is 5f+
Even if the wind stopped right now you still couldn't see your hand in the water for 3/4 mile off shore. Last time the wind was like this Dania Pier had beach erosion damage

attan---you are welcome sir.
Thats what this forum is to me. Helping each other out and sharing our way of life spearin.
I also have learned a lot here on freedivingspearfishing.

Sunny Isles today
begin at 8am-------------end at 5pm
wind from E at 18mph----E at 16mph
current from S at 1/2mph----from S at 1/2mph
viz 30f in 30fsw ----------20f in 20fsw
seas 2-3f-----------------4-5f
water temp 71F
air temp. 70F 25%clouds ---75F with high scattered clouds

solo today
Viz restricted where I could hunt today. I had wanted to go deeper but couldn't see.
I almost didn't go out cause the weather was marginal, but once I got out through the surf I was kind of commited so I stayed out till 5pm
Now coming BACK on the 5f surf was exciting. But I lost no gear and my yak is ok and Ill just be sore for a couple of days once I get the sand out of my ears and nose :@
Today was NOT a level 101 yak freedivingspearfishing day with 5f seas
Found "The Fish Barrel" today. It is a spot in the reef where all the fish come to and all you have to do is wait till they come in and then shoot them like "fish in a barrel" :attack2: :fish:
I got 3 hogs, 1 mac, 1 sheephead and half a bag of dogs, margates an porgies.

I'll try to post some "sink of death" fish pictures next time the weather gets to bad to spear.
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I never used an open cell suit until my prototype freedivingspearfishing suit so I DIDN'T have any experience with wet suit lubrication until 30 dives ago. Now I know how important the lub is to comfort and function of an open celled suit.
1.The very first lub I tried was Johnson's No More Tears Shampoo and Conditioner. It lubed the suit nice, smelled nicer than "a cucumber melon douche when wearing your wetsuit?" But after 2 days I began to itch and have a slight rash. The rash and itching went on for 2-3 days until I switched to another lub.
2. The second lub I tried was the "Omer Oil For Wetsuits". If you don't hate Omer products before you buy this 250ml lub for $20. you will after you try this Omer lub. I used almost 25% of the bottle the first day trying to get my suit slippery enough to get on. :angry5:
3. Now I'm using "Sauve Naturals Tropical Coconut Conditioner" from Walmart. Now my suit slips on great and remains the perfect slipperyness for the whole day and is still slippery when I take the suit off after 10 hours spearin. Is a whole lot cheaper than the Omer crap. And no rash or itching. And I smell like a coconut douche bag when I wear my suit <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">
Hope this helps

Dan---I know it is hard to believe but I actually have several pictures that I will post soon.:)
I looked up the cubera snapper in several of my fish ID books and they look exactly like todays cubera snapper.
He was so big that I used both bands, the shot entered his right upper back and the spear tip punched out of his left eye by only2 inches. there was about 12in of spear in his body and head. He was aproximately 12-15f from my spear tip when I fired. As soon as the shaft hit him I sprinted for him and grabbed him an held him in tight till I got to the surface. We thrashed around on the surface till I could get my knife out. After the knife he was a lot calmer I gut my fish immediatly before I take them off the spear. So I brained the fish, gutted him and went to run the stringer through his gill when he reflexed and munched down on my left thumb :@
My Mako gloves kept his canine teeth from doing a lot of damage to my thumb and I was able to get my thumb out of the glove and use both hands to pry his mouth open enough to get my glove back
I'll post his picture as soon as I get time, promise

LOMartin--the Mask cam did not work out for me and Austins took it back with no questions as I am not the only dissatisfied LiquidImage customer. I loved the ease, function and design of the mask cam, but the picture quality was way below what I wanted. I followed greekdivers suggestion and bought a Panasonic FX37 and UW case and Tin Man camera gun mount which I will start using in the water soon. I promise

At Sunny Isles today
begin at 8am-------------end at 5pm
wind from SW at 6mph----E at 18mph
current from S at 1/2mph----from S at 11/2mph
viz 40f in 35fsw ----------20f in 15fsw
seas less than 2f----------2-3f
water temp 71F
air temp. 65F overcast ---72F 80%clouds

solo today
Today was a dark day in the water with no sun
Viz was not good due to the South to North current
I got 5 hogs, 1 mac, 2 sheephead, 1/2 a bag of porgies and small dogs and a huge cubera snapper 25in long
The water is still cold and I'm still wearing a full 3mm farmer john open cell suit with hood, 3mm socks and gloves
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Sunny Isles today (late report)

begin at 830am-----------end at 5pm
wind from NE at 4mph-----NE at 12mph
current from N at 1mph----from S at 1mph
viz 40f in 28fsw ----------30f in 28fsw
seas less than 2f----------same
water temp 71F
air temp. 55F 10% clouds ------------70F 10%clouds

RhoudyHunter, spearcuba and me today
spearcuba and RhoudyHunter had to go in early.
There both got fish. Hope they will post their catch and stories
I got 5 hogs, 1 mutton, 1 sheephead, 1 mac an 1/2 a bag of small reef fish :attack2: :fish:

Today was another stellar yak freedivingspearfishing day with good friends
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Meade St. (late report)

begin at 830am-----------end at noon
wind from N at 12mph-----E at 16mph
current from N at 1mph----from N at 1 1/2mph
viz 40f in 25fsw on top of 2nd reef----30f on top of the 2nd reef
seas 2-3f-------------------3-4f
water temp 71F
air temp. 55F 20% clouds ------------70F 20%clouds

At Meade near the 2nd reef today
Not many fish
scott, sdeisen an me
I found a spot reef aprox 50X50yd that had not been hunted for a while an all the fish were surprised to see me:@
Since they hadn't been shot at an were not educated, I proceded to collect 1 big chub, 1 hog, 2 muttons and 5 porgys :attack2: :fish:
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Welcome to the best freedivingspearfishing forum ever.
I have met many friends here and learned a lot.
I'M sure you will also
Welcome

spearos---RA has a total solution to the "plastic mech/trigger" question.
I cannot say anything else about RAs developmental projects except to say that the SOLUTION will be available to the general public shortly as soon as the field testing is completed

Congratulations on some VERY nice fish Marco.
I love seein big fish pictures from you

Holy sheitt Larry. Thats a NICE FISH
Swimming OUT to deep water is hard, but having to swim BACK with gear an a fish like that would have sucked.
Only a GOOD guy like segyette would loan a spearo his pride an joy ski
Congratulations and glad you are back in town an spearin the deep stuff

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from N at 6mph----N at 16mph
current from N at 1mph-------same
viz 40f in 27fsw on top of 2nd reef----30f on top of the 2nd reef
seas 2f-------------------2f or less
water temp 71F
air temp. 49F cloudless -------70F 5%clouds

RhodyHunter, Aundru an me on Meade 2nd reef today
Was quite a paddle into the wind out to the 2nd reef
We saw 1 or 2 nice but educated hogs an bagged none
I got 8 little reef fish
RhoudyHunter sharpened his hog skills and Aundru put an amazing 15F stone shot on a 2in fish while I watched it all <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Today was another steller yak freedivingspearfishing day with good friends and near perfect conditions. (NOAA forecast still reads==SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. With 5-7f seas )

Larry--very nice fish and very nice pictures.
Congratulations
You have a PM sir

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from NW at 8mph----NW at 12mph
current from N at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 40f in 27fsw on top of 2nd reef----30f on top of the 2nd reef
seas 2-3f------------same
water temp 71F
air temp. 42F cloudless -------64F cloudless

Solo at Meade St today
Good thing cause there were no fish on the second reef either.:(
And too cold for beach buns
I saw 2 eels, a turtle and a nurse shark.
Saw 2 progies that commited suicide. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Today was another stellar yak freedivingspearfishing day

the c is flat
cloudless
1f surf
wind from SW at 6mph
air temp 50F
spearos---dive, dive, dive
"fish r gonna die today" :attack2: :fish:

(my mngr. has us in a stroke class from 9-5 today:angry5:)

Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from N at 5mph----NE at 6mph
current from N at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 40f in 27fsw on top of 2nd reef----same on top of the 2nd reef
seas less than 2f-----------------almost flat
water temp 71F
air temp. 58F -------------------70F an high 10% clouds

Now today was a great yak freedivingspearfisning morning
Solo on Meade 2nd reef today
got 2 jacks, 3 porgy and 2 dogs
Saw 5-6 nice groupers :nono:
Had a school of jacks completely swarm me 2 times

Hia-Leah---nice picture and report on the bugs bro
Marco---thanks for the Omer advice . The first day we get weathered out I'll go to my LDS an try to get the ice blade replaced

Late report
Meade St today
begin at 830am-----------------end at noon
wind from NE at 13mph----NE at 15mph
current from N at 1 mph-------same
viz 24f in 18fsw on top of 1st reef----same on top of the first reef
seas 3-4f---------------------4ft
water temp 71F
air temp. 48F ----68F an high 10% clouds

Sorry for the late report
Solo at Meade st today
I got 3 small feef fish and that is all
today started out with 3f beach surf and 4f beach surf coming back in:@
Another yak came in to the beach 10min after me an he rolled his yak 2 times in the surf:(
I drank a lot of salt water through my snorkel today:(

Late report
Meade St today
begin at 9am-----------------end at noon
wind from SE at 12mph----from SE at 10mph
current from N at 1/2 mph-------same
viz 30f in 18fsw on top of 1st reef----same on top of the first reef
seas 3-4f---------------------4ft
water temp 71F
air temp. 65F cloudless----72F an high 90% clouds

Sorry for the late report. To busy workin all night an spearin all day every day
RhodyHunter, Andrew, Cesar an me on Meade 1st reef.
Cesar got 2 hogs. No one else got fish
Seas were getting rougher an rougher as the day went on and we were not seeing any fish so we just quit for the day:(

Dan---plastic blades suck, but I like the clear camo
This is the first one I broke. I'm gonna try to get Omer to replace it. Wish me luck
Sorry, I got to sleep now