Posts by hau

Congratulations on the great fish
Is your Cobia now the record Cobia here please?
That is a great story and pictures.
I dream of shooting a Cobia like those in your pictures.
Nice team work.

Core---would it make you feel better or worse to see all the pictures of us spearin, dead fish,blue sky and surfin into the beach covered with beach buns?

at Dania pier beach today
begin at 0900am-----------------------end at 3pm
wind from S at 5mph----------------from WSW at 18mph
current from S at 2mph------------from S at 1mph
viz 25f in 15fsw---------------------same
seas 3-4f in 15fsw-----------------2f
air temp. 72deg PC---------------81deg PC

Forecast was for worsening conditions as the day went on so we [Dino, Scott and Stevo] just went to the first reef. I used my new fish shotgun and got 6 Spades, 3 grunts and 2 drums. I had 2 nice Cero Macks swim by me today. All I could do was look at my shotgun wishing I had my RA in my hands instead.:(
Soooo, we yaked out to the first reef, we all agreed that it looked like a good spot to drop anchor and 30 sec after Scott got in he surfaced yelling LOOK, LOOK! In his hand was the speargun that Ismail had lost a week ago
Others got fish also, hope they post their stories also
You know that the beach surf is high and rough when you come in with a surfer on each side surfing the same wave as your yak is riding on top of:0
Lots and lots of beach buns today

Years ago I tried to buy just the glue on rubber rails to add on my plastic omer millinniem blades. Last week I finally found a source for the glue on rails, like the blade rails on Riffe Silent Hunter plastic blades. Yesterday I got to try out my new glue on blade rails for the first time. I had to look back several times to make sure that I was wearing the same fins:0 The added power and control is amazing At the sea bottom I simply kick hard for 1 or 2 cycles and I am shooting for the surface. Amazing. Me and another spearo were swimming in and towing our yaks from the 3rd reef yesterday and hit the sand area between reef so I just started steady swimming across the sand desert. As I came to the edge of the 2nd reef I looked back and the other spearo was in his yak and paddleing towards me. 10min later when he got to me I asked him if all was OK and he replied that he had to get out and yak to keep up with me:0
So IMO if you have cheap plastic blades like me and need much more power and fin control, try these $8. glue on blade rails first.
Just my opinion.
Hope this helps

at Dania pier beach today
begin at 930am---------------------end at 4pm
wind from SE at 15mph------------wind from SSE at 5mph
water temp. 72deg in 20fsw
current from S at 1/2 mph--------from S at 2 1/2mph
viz 20f in 15fsw--------------------35f in 30fsw
seas 2f------------------------------1f
air 68deg PC-----------------------78deg PC

Stevo, Ismail, Hia-Leah and I went out today.:)
We spent half the day on the 1st reef and then went out to 30fsw for the last half of the day.
We got some small fish on the first reef. My new spear shotgun got bloody on grunts and spade fish in 15fsw
Stevo, Ismail and Hia-Leah got to try out their new gear also
Hia-Leah got a nice hog AND saved the day for a fancy cabin cruiser captain by unwrapping a trap line from his prop 3/4mi from shore Maybe Hia-Leah will register here and tell his own story
I saw a 3-4f octopus swimming across the reef top
Once again we had a great yak/spearin day but got little fish
Maybe tomorrow we will bring home the fish

2-28-9
I'm going to try again this morning.
Hope the conditions are better than yesterday
So far [5am] there is no dive plan by the yak spearos for today.
If no one posts another plan I'll be going to Dania pier beach at aprox 0830, but I can go anywhere others want to go. No problem.
I'll be online till around 645am and please to call me after that time.
The dive plan will be posted in the usual place.
Any and all are welcome to join in as usual.

LunkerBuster---OK, thank you.
I do not get off work till 730am and do not know the Elliot Key area waters.
Thanks anyway

Marco--- you are welcome to join us, but I guarantee that you would be disappointed with our fish

LunkerBuster---where and when are you goin out tomorrow please?

Marco---good luck

today is not a good spearin day.
Wind is 18mph+ and from the East
Scott, Ismail, Stevo and I met at Dania pier. The seas were 3f and breaking right on the beach.
The water was green. We didn't even take the yaks off the car tops and didn't even get in the water cause it was so rough. We rigged spearguns, talked spearin, yakin, weather, etc.
Sorry, we were there and ready to go.
We will try again tomorrow:)

LunkerBuster---you are probably correct, that is why it was so good of you to give me that pole spear. Thank you

Dan--hardner speed is dependent on how long you have to work the putty. It is better to mix smaller amounts at a time so that if it rains or heavy dew the epoxy is dry enough to not be affected. Fiberglass Coatings
http://www.merchantcircle.com/…auderdale.FL.954-527-9200
http://www.fgci.com/
has an epoxy putty already mixed up. Just add hardener and pigment.
I am happy to help anytime, just let me know how I can help:)

grunts, bonito, snapper, drum etc.
Please to remember, I work with all different nationality girls that will cook and eat anything
Little fish is better than no fish:)
Back in the day when I was a commercial sponger, I wore a Scuba Pro pneumatic in a plastic holster strapped to the upper leg just in case I saw a grouper holed up or a shark that would not give up.
Do you think the 24in Sea Hornet with paralyzer will be more accurate and effecient than a pole spear for this application?

Dan--I prefer West System epoxy. Fiberglass is not waterproof, epoxy is. Use a dremel tool to roughen up the chip and to get solid fiberglass for the epoxy to stick to, mix the epoxy up with white pigment [if the hull is white] and West Systems thickner, blue tape around the chip and apply the epoxy with a finger squeggie.
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/
I used to buy fiberglass resin by the 5 gal buckets and mat by the 100f rolls.
After 10 hours of grinding fiberglass, the boat yard looked like it had snowed
[probably a contributing factor to my lack of breath hold time]
I am happy to help out doing boat work to pay my share for a boat ride or so.
For serious boat work I'd have to go to the Keys to get all my boat building tools. No problem

pargo---I wanted some way to take small fast reef fish. I use a RA130 for real fish, but it is way to big and show to swing on little fast fish. So, I took an old J.D. Preece Sea Hornet 24in, took the rear stalk off, rebanded it and screwed on a paralyzer tip. I got nothing in it cost wise, as I already had everything lying around and on other guns and extra stuff. I do not know how the 2f shaft will fly with a paralyzer tip, but I am hoping that it is more compact and accurate than a pole spear out to 6f or so.
Just bored with nothing to do during this bad weather and wishing I could be building guns like some others here:)

pargo--yea, even though I have no breath hold, have to have my friends carry my yak, am old and out of shape I can still talk some sh*t
Thank you for the compliment.
I would love the opportunity to dive with you guys. Thank you
I do not know what Pantoja is doing to his boat, but I can make anything out of fiberglass/epoxy/ss as I used to live on a 33f sailboat I rebuilt from the keel up. Please to let me know if I can help on these bad weather days:)

you all know me, I hate fish and will go anywhere/anytime to shoot fish
I'll be going out yak/spearin weather permitting.

spearos---I wanted to dive tomorrow 2-27 for an am morning dive.
I will look at the cams Friday am and let you know if I'm going out as soon as it gets light enough to see the seas. I plan on getting up at aprox 630am. The forecast now for 2-27 is for 2-3f seas.
Even if it is to rough to go out in the yak I may do the Dania Jaxs in the am just to try out my new fish shotgun I built
Any and all are welcome.

on Dania pier beach today
begin at 9am--------------------end at 1pm
wind from N at 4mph-----------from NNE at 8mph
water temp 72deg in 30fsw
current fron N at 2 1/2mph--- same
viz 100f+ in 35fsw--------------same
seas 1f in 35fsw-----------------same
68deg PC-------------------------78deg PC

OMG what a day. Some spearos had their best day ever today
I got 3 hogs, others got more and personal best fishes today
The taxman came to try to collect.:0
The current was rippin
You could hear guns going off in the water like opening day of deer season
I had to quit early as I worked last night and tonight also:(
Met new spearos that went out with us
Today was the yak/spearos best day to date.
Hope others come on with pics and their own stories
Thanks to all.
LunkerBuster--thank you, thank you for the pole spear and paralyzer tip and the vest activator
Lo siento, gotta go clean fish

2-22-9
The yak/speaero group plans on meeting at Dania pier beach this morning.
Scott and Dino like to start very early and will be there at aprox 0800 with other spearos arriving later.
The group wants to go to deeper water. Hope the viz is good.
The dive plan will be posted in the usual spot.
Any and all are invited and welcome to join us.

Marco---nice web site. Thank you:)

Loaded all the gear and drove to Dania pier beach.
The weather was marginal when I first got there and was getting worse by the minute so we called off the dive. At 9am the beach surf was at 3 footers onto the beach and building fast and there was green water out 200-300yd from shore:(
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
The yak/spearin group plans to go out somewhere tomorrow am. The time and location has not been set yet. Any and all are welcome.