Posts by hau

av001---you are correct. My next purchase will be a UW camera and my goal will be to shoot nice pictures and fish as good as greekdiver
good thing I didn't have a camera running when I surfed into the beach, that would not have been embarrasing to watch:0

seaweed-----thank you. I stopped at Florida Bay Outfitters in Key Largo on my way down today and Frank [ owner] GAVE me the part I needed after I told him the story about me crashing and burning into the beach on a 4f wave [The plastic part list price was $50].
I did not have time today to change out the parts, maybe at first light tomorrow I can get it done and go out yak beach surfing

Thanks guys. It only hurts when I breath, cough or move
I'm more worried about how much fixing the yak rudder will cost tomorrow.:(
Just let me know when you want to do a beach dive. I can go almost every morning if you can give me a 2 hour notice please.:)

pargo---you are correct, the last 2 days the water was almost flat and we all got faked out by the forecast saying rough seas. So today I said screw the forecast and I went out there.
I got my ass kicked today. The air was so cold, the seas just kept building all day, no good fish to shoot at, and then I crashed and burned coming in through 4f+ beach surf
[Thanks for the kind words.]

Tin Man---Sorry, i forgot how you dive. Will this be a freedive or scuba gun gun please?

on Dania pier beach at 1100
begin 11am------------------------- end at 5pm
wind from NW at 10mph-----------from N at 14mph
water temp. 71deg in 35fsw
current from N at 2.5mph--------same
viz 35f in 30fsw--------------------30f in 30fsw
seas 2f and confused-------------4f from NNE:(
50deg cloudless--------------------56deg cloudless

pulled the trigger only 2 times==1 18in and 1 20in hog:)
Today was tough. The wind and air was so cold that it felt good to get into the 71deg water.
very few fish, my yak got rolled in the 4f beach surf coming in== broke the rudder off my yak and
pulled a muscle or cracked a right rib:(

TurboRon---the question they ask that makes me want to kill lots of fish is;

"Daddy Hau have big fish long time for me tonight please?''

Aim/sight POINT reference is possibly the style that Pargo and others are refering to. Using aim/POINT reference style the shooter sees the POINT or end of the spear and the target. The shooter aligns the point or end of the spear with the target. This POINT reference is important because the length of the shaft overhang affects shaft hit placement. Point aiming is an accurate method of aiming, but the LENGTH of the shaft affects how the shot is aimed [elevation wise]. Generally when a point shooter has accuracry problems the misses are either high or low on the target, not left or right [windage] problems. So for point shooters, the length of the shaft and shaft overhang is important.

Prior to rail guns and enclosed track guns, spear shafts were only supported at the muzzle and the trigger and the shaft bent down in the middle unless there was enough shaft overhang to counter act this bending down.

[I do not use the POINT aiming style. I use Apache style, so shaft overhang is not relevant to how I aim.]
All the above is just my 2 cents
Hope this helps

LunkerBuster---Thanks. It is just a system I have worked out over the years that is safe, easy and convenient for me.

How did the new dive knife work out for you?
Let me know if I can help.

Spearos---Scott and I are going to Florida Freedivers this morning if anyone needs anything picked up please to let us know by noon or so.

RA composite reel for me. But at the same I also use what I feel is the ultimate float, my 16f yak. I have a 150f poly anchor line on the yak and therefore am almost always within 150f of my yak with flag. I swim holding my 3lb anchor, see a fish or good spot and descend very easy with the anchor, then shoot the fish, let go of the anchor and surface. I pull my fish up fast and by that time have drifted down current very close to the yak and simply drop the fish into my fish dry bag with ice in the yak. My 16f yak with a full size [22x24in] dive flag is easier to spot by a boater, gets me out there at 5mph per GPS

spearos--unless the 6 beach cams are lying, there is flat seas out there right now. I do not have time now to check it out, but the cams show hardly a ripple out there. Hope the cams are correct so the viz can improve.

TurboRon--- I don't cook. I trade, I mean give, almost all my fish away to mostly Korean/Vietnamese/Filipino girls

Last---me and Scott are going up to Florida Freedivers tomorrow am. Anyone need anything picked up just let me or Scott know.

pargo, seaweed, JimCuda--I would like to come also. If it's free it's for me. Besides, gives me an excuse to finally meet some of you guys. Please let me know where and when. I get off work at 0730. If no just let me know.

meet at Dania pier beach at 0800am 2-1-9[Sunday]
beach/boogy board/yak spearos--
This is your open invitation at Dania pier beach. Weather is forecast to be crap, with cold air, cold water, high beach surf, low viz, low beach bun viz [due to cold air/low sunshine], small/often shot at fish, high speed boats under auto pilot and at least 30-40 high test invisable mono fishing lines off both sides of the fishing pier to get wrapped up in. Any and all are welcome to join us. Some [the PR representatives] may arrive there a little later. Our dive plan will be posted in the usual spot if you get there late and want to know where outthere to meet us.
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Toledo970---pargo----I keep getting logged off also. I log on, click to do a reply and by the time I type a short line I am logged off. Sorry for the problem. I don't mean to hijack the thread.

on Dania pier beach at 10am
begin----------------------------------------end at 1;30pm
wind from S at 8mph----------------------from S at 10mph
water temp.70deg in 15fsw
current from S at 2mph------------------from S at 1.5mph
viz 20f in 15fsw---------------------------35f in 30fsw
seas from SSE at 4f----------------------same at 3.5f
air 70deg PC------------------------------78deg. PC

Scott got some fish, I did not pull the trigger once. Beach surf was rough to get through,
viz on the first [15f] reef was crap, but much better in 30fsw. Today was just barely do-able for
us yakers.
Lost no gear going out through the 4f beach surf:)
Got to yak surf back onto the beach
Lots and lots of beach buns today
Like Johnny said "We had fun, that's all that matters".:)

1-29-9
Me and Scott are going to meet at the Dania pier at 10am to see just how bad the conditions are and if we can find a fish or two. Anyone/everyone is welcome. I will leave our dive plan in the usual spot if anyone wants to come out later to meet us out there. LunkerBuster may come out at 2 or 3pm.

LunkerBuster--I always have the vest and will show it to you tomorrow or the next day we dive together. My vest is solid black. The model I use has a pull cord or you can blow it up with the inflator tube just like a snorkel vest. It might work very good for you and the way you dive. Remind me next time and you are more than welcome to try it out.

LunkerBuster--you are correct. I have not been wearing the vest this winter for several poor reasons.
1. I am now wearing 3 layers of neoprene to stay warm=8lbs of lead. So just dumping my belt gets me to the top pretty quick.
2. I have been diving with other spearos recently instead of alone as I have done for years.
3. Our group has been diving in less deep waters than normal for me and I feel there is much less risk in 25fsw.

Marco--sent off your package to PR today. The package store said 6-8 days for it to get there as the package is 3lbs
Please to let me know if you have any questions about the contents:)
Please to let me know if there is a problem.
hau

Thank you

LunkerBuster-- OK, will do. I'll have them in the truck for you. Please to remind me next time we meet up cause you know I'm getting old and forgetful