Posts by hau

black1---how do you like the Aimrite 120?

Where I spear most of the time, barracudas are the biggest and toughest fighting fish.
I love to see a big one and be able to get close enough to get a spear all the way through it.
For me feeling and seeing my reel line spinning out of sight and knowing there is a BIG fish out there somewhere on my spear is very exciting <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
There have been times where I would intentionally pick out the one of the smallest cudas in a school because all the others might cost me lost or bent or broken gear

I wanted to start a factual and informative thread about sharing barracuda information.
No BS, no old wives tales, just real and useful information about everything a spearo wanted to know about barracuda and barracuda spearing.
Please add any real or proven or useful or informative barracuda information to help other spearos learn all about barracuda and barracuda spearing.
Thanks for contributing
Hope this helps
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tinu---one of my references says that the Florida record for spanish is 12lbs and the record for cero is 17lbs.

I know that they are different fish but I thought that they were close enough to being and acting the same that I could say "Spanish mackerels for dummies"and cover both species. Maybe not.

Does anyone use chum / fads / or any method to draw mackerels into shooting range?

Cobia are my kind of fish. Big and dumb, easy to spear and good to eat

Quote from cww180

I have a RA and really like it, have never had a problem with the line release although I wish it was on the side ersus the bottom. I don't own an Mako but from the pictures I like the track on the RA better than the Mako looks a little wider and deeper.

Exactly what cww180 said

PS--you guys r in trouble now, I just learned how to use the quote button

If this is true, then "fish r gonna die" :attack3: :fish:

TODAY
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS NEAR SHORE
AND UP TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A
MODERATE CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWS
SATURDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
SUNDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

National Weather Service
Generated 0837 UTC, Friday, Oct 23, 2009
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When are cobia here off Ft.Lauderdale?

Rob Allen:attack2::fish:

scott and I teamed up on a hog once.
scott was 50yds ahead of me going down along the first reef.
I was going slow an quiet on the surface an not expecting to see much cause scott usually doesn't miss much.
But this time I saw an 18in hog come out from under the ledge real slow. He stopped just outside of the ledge an looked right and left looking for scott. I didn't move a muscle until the hog thought the coast was clear and he began to feed in the sand. That was his final mistake as 60in of spring steel pinned him to the bottom

LunkerBuster---thanks for the trick of spotting the hog and then going back up to breath up for the kill dive

griswold---this is a great idea an for a great cause. Thank you for another unselfish gesture.

Schoolmasters are smart until they don't know where you are or what you are doing.
I like to find a ledge where they are hiding under and their entrance in an out of.
I will swim over the spot to get them into their hideout then I'll drop down about 15f away from the entrance and lay on the bottom with my gun pointed at the entrance so that they have to come out and up to see me. When they do swim out to find out where I am they see me and turn sideways an that's their last steel free move:)

Dan---Good intel about cig in schoolmasters.
I like shooting schoolmasters cause they are a challenge to spear and yet easy to spear at the same time
Easy cause you can just go to the same place day after day an the schoolmasters will be there.
Hard cause if you don't know how to hunt schoolmasters you'll never get a shot.

Most of the time cobia spearin takes different gear than the standard 1st an second reef gear.
Cobia seem slow and weak until you screw up and shoot one in the ass. Now you got a fight on your hands an you better have a reel or float line or a scuba tank or you're gonna loose your gun or the cobia.

I've seen them do all of these moves also
BIG hogs don't get big by letting spearos get close <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Ever seen a hog turn his back to you as you get close?

Spanish mackerels here in Miami / Ft. Lauderdale are mostly a midwater predator fish.
Many times I don't see them because I'm focusing on staring at the reef below me an not looking up.
Many times have I looked up to see one just passing me an giving me just 2-3 seconds to get a shot off before they glide out of sight.

sdeisen88--you are correct and this is exactly what this thread is about. Sharing information
Hogfish almost always know you are there. Most of the time they just mistakenly think that if they camo up and don't move we will not see them. Thats why they allow us to get so close I think

I wanted to start a private thread as a factual and informative thread about sharing spanish mackerel information.
No BS, no old wives tales, just real and useful information about everything a spearo wanted to know about spanish mackerels and spanish mackerel spearin.
Please add any real or proven or useful or informative spanish mackerel information to help other spearos learn all about spanish mackerels and spanish mackerel spearin.
Thanks for contributing
Hope this helps
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I wanted to start a private thread as a factual and informative thread about sharing cobia information.
No BS, no old wives tales, just real and useful information about everything a spearo wanted to know about cobia and cobia spearin.
Please add any real or proven or useful or informative cobia information to help other spearos learn all about cobia and cobia spearin.
Thanks for contributing
Hope this helps

I wanted to start a private thread as a factual and informative thread about sharing schoolmaster information.
No BS, no old wives tales, just real and useful information about everything a spearo wanted to know about schoolmasters and schoolmaster spearin.
Please add any real or proven or useful or informative schoolmaster information to help other spearos learn all about schoolmasters and schoolmaster spearin.
Thanks for contributing
Hope this helps
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