Posts by hau

seaweed----thanks a lot, sounds like even I could do that
The other day when I saw that octopus I thought it was a squid at first. He had his tenical tips curled up and was sliding along the bottom trailed by a 16-20in grouper. At first all I saw was his squid shaped head/body and very short tenicals.
I haven't seen squid for months now. Maybe the water got too cold for them?

pargo--yes, that is a good price for a nice set-up, but I'll have to wait:(
I would love to be able to show quality videos like greekdive. I love to watch his videos.
He makes it look so easy, his videos almost makes me want to go out and buy a pneumatic gun:0

http://www.sea-pack.com/

This is just one of many personal desalination products out there.
Reverse osmosis is the most common.
I had a watermaker on my sailboat 15 years ago that could supply a whole crew with salt to drinking water.
All of these are a better looking/working real alternative to the pictures already posted

av001----sorry, I do not have a camera yet. Guess I was bad for Christmas:(
What UW camera/housing would you buy or have now please?

seaweed------I read what you wrote about freezing the squid first. How is the best/easiest way to cook
prepare squid please?

Scott Rapp---I know that you want to keep that spot a secret, but I think you should have at least told the spearos here about the mermaid we saw
Please keep me in the loop for Sunday.

That was the first time I'd been to Dania pier beach. Very nice spearin beach [no LG]. Easy in/out beach, no rinse off post:( Parking is at 2603.503---8006.740. Master meters will accept $5 bill. I ran over the time with no ticket:) Has 2 bathroom buildings 200yd from our launch site.

on Dania pier beach at 0845

begin-------------------------------------------end
wind from S at 4mph-------------------------from W at 8mph
water temp. 74deg in 35fsw
current 0--------------------------------------from S at maybe 1
viz 35f in 35fsw------------------------------30f in 30fsw
seas 1 1/2f in 35fsw------------------------1 or less in 30fsw
air 61deg PC---------------------------------74deg cloudless

Great yak/spearin day with spearo Scott Rapp. [ I even kept up with him:)]
no jellies, no MOW. We found a little fish spot and I ended up with 5 14-16in hogs.
Scott did good also. Maybe he will tell his story:)
Great beach/yak/spearin day

WOW, thats a nice cobia
I would love to get a chance at one like that.
I guess I'll have to get educated about cobias before I can get one
Did that one bend your spear like everybody says they do?

Where are all the cobia?
I would love to see/shoot a cobia as I have never shot one.
Are they in deeper water?
Is anyone else seeing them around here and can help me to find one?
Thanks

Scott,
I would like to go:)
It may be a little cold and rough tomorrow [1-8] am but I'll be there.
I'm beginning to get used to 4-5ft seas in my yak
I watched LunkerBuster yak surf up onto the beach last weekend and I tried it today
Happiness is putting on a wet wetsuit 2-3 days in a row:)

Unless I am mistaken, octopus are primarily a night creature. That is why they were hiding in the sponges during the day when I cut the sponges and at night the octopus would come out of the sponges lying on the boat deck. Whenever I had to do a night dive I would see at least 1 octopus every night. I never researched this, this is just what I have seen.

I don't know why, but the RA slip tube works great for me. First thing I did was to take the ss wire off and replace it with the same length of our band line [demenia?]. It has always deployed correctly for me and I prefer to use it over my flopper shafts. My problem with the RA is that7.5mm is too big/heavy for the little fish I shoot. I would love to have a 7mm slip tube.

I have only seen maybe 6-7 in the 5-6 years I have been here. I would not be able to shoot one. To me they are an incredable animal. I used to get them by the bucket off Tarpon Springs, Fl when I commercial sponged. They would hid in the sponges I cut and at night I would go up on deck with a light and they would be all over the boat trying to escape back into the water. I like to watch them change color and shape and slide across the sea floor with no effort. This one today was being followed by a 16-20in grouper and was moving along the bottom with his tenical tips curled up so the grouper could not bite the tips off:)

on the beach at 0900
begin---------------------------------------end
wind from SE at 6mph------------------------from-SW at 19mph
water temp 74 in 35fsw
current 0-----------------------------------aprox 1 from S
viz 45f in 40fsw---------------------------35f in 35fsw
seas aprox 3 1/2f-------------------------2 1/2f confused seas
air 76deg and PC--------------------------85deg and cloudy

did not pull the trigger all day, did see 1 octopus, 2 sea turtles and got checked out by a pair of dolphins:)
wind got up so high my 24x22 dive flag got ripped. I yak surfed right up onto the beach. When I got back to the truck there was a 'special marine advisory, all small craft should seek shelter'.:)

Welcome back. I have seen some of your fish pictures and read some of your stories and wanted to meet you--until I saw the picture you gave to pargo:0

Seriously, welcome back and hope to see you back in the water.:)

pargo,
Where I was today has been hunted often and this aprox 30in black has evidently been shot at enough that he is very wise. I saw him at the very end of the viz and drifted a little closer and he ducked into his hole in the reef. But I know where he lives now, I got his numbers

I got the hard wheeled Hobie cart that plugs into the scuppers. Then I removed the factory cart wheel axle and replaced it with a longer axle and added 6 more wheels so the cart would roll easy through the soft beach sand. I works great and still fits behind the seat.
Let me know if I can help get you set up
hau

on the beach at 0830
begin------------------------------------------end
wind ENE at 11mph--------------------------E at 5mph
water temp 74deg in 35fsw
current 0-------------------------------------same
viz 35f in 35fsw-----------------------------same
seas 2f---------------------------------------1f or less
air temp. 74deg PC-------------------------78deg PC

great yak/spearin morning, seas and wind decreased later, found a nice fishy spot,
nice viz, MOW on beach only, only1 jelly in the water, got 1 16in hog, 14in hog, 1 14in trigger
and found a nice black groupers hidding hole:)

Scott Rapp,
Welcome to one of the best spearfishing forums there is.
There are a lot of very experienced/ successful/friendly spearos here to learn from.
I have learned much here.
I hope you enjoy this forum as much as I do.
hau
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Rolo is correct again
I use FSW for feet salt water. Just an abriviation like MPH=miles per hour.
25fsw=25 foot deep.

Next time remind me to bring the boogy board for you to try out:)

I chum sometimes, but I do not put a lot of time/effort/money into it.
I take my fish skins and bones and grind them up with an old fashion cast metal hand grinder, the same one I use for venison.[ It is tough and easy to clean.] I mix in oat meal, sea water and just enough menhadin oil for it to stick together, shape up balls of this that will fit into my plastic freezer bags and put them in the freezer till needed. [No wife=no grief about what I put in the freezer:)]
When needed I just empty the frozen ball into a mesh chum bag and tie the chum bag to my yak anchor line. That way the chum is always around the yak.
If I start seeing sharks I just toss the chum bag back into the yak. I don't want a shark taking my yak
This method works for me to get rid of my fish parts, makes me feel better not wasting anything and works sometimes to attract shootable fish.

My favorite gun length is whatever length my RA130 is considered to be.
I can use that same gun, set up different ways, for anything I normally shoot.