begin------------------------------------end
wind SSE at 1--------------------------same
water temp.40deg in 20ffw----------same
current 00------------------------------same
viz 35f in 20ffw------------------------same
seas=ice flat---------------------------same
top, 32deg, light snow----------------same
Lo siento, I couldn't resist
This is the ice diving conditions for today from a
friend of mine in Ann Arbor, Mich:0
PS Thanks for fixin the picture:)
JimCuda,
Nice story, very nice pic and fish. Glad you got your fish and shaft back
Looks like I may have to go further out than 40fsh to get nice fish like that:(
Thanks for sharin.
monster slayer,
Looks like your shot placement is pretty good in those pic already
IMO perfect shot placement is achieved by both indian [spearo] and arrow[eqiipment]
The perfect arrow is no good if the indian is not good and vice versa. The perfect indian has a hard time hitting with a bent arrow.
IMO lots of shooting will improve both indian and equipment problems. On bad spearin days I try to get into the water to target practice whenever I can, especially if I get new gear or am having a hitting problem. I use a foam 2ftx2ftx2inch block weighted down to the bottom in 5fsw.
Another tip is target focus or target concentrate. Meaning focus WHERE exactly on the fish you want your spear to hit. Many shooters look at the whole target without impact focus/concentration. For me, if I focus on the exact spot[impact focus] I want my spear to hit, I will consistantly come closer to hitting that spot. IMO regardless of aiming techique hand/eye coordination can be focused. I focus [concentrate] on the fish gill plate if the fish is broadside. If the fish is close enough I focus on the fish eye. I may not hit the eye or the gill plate, but I come consistantly closer to those spots than aiming at the whole fish. Like Rolo said, good equipment and good hand/eye coordination.
Last, trigger and gun control is very important for shot placement. Jerking the trigger is a common accuracy problem. A spear takes forever to clear a 3-6ft barrel compared to a bullet clearing a firearm barrel, so that any poor speargun trigger or gun control will easilly throw a shot off target. I'm sure you already know all this, but sometimes we all forget.:)
Very nice pictures.
Hope this helps.
seaweed,
Wow, another great contribution to this forum from you. This time about this reel and line. Thank you!
seaweed, what is your favorite reel?
The reel Marco introduced looks good, but I could not find much information on their web site about details.
If Marco like that reel it must be good.
too shallow, I use the new RA composite reel on my RA 130. I works OK, but I do not like the drag and drag knob,
and would be happier if the crank handle folded down like the Omer 50? But like others have said, a gun reel is mainly just a line storage
device. Where did you buy the reel yesterday? Maybe they will exchange it for another
You are correct about the electronics. I hand hold all my electronics as my yak is a peddle yak [Hobie mirage drive] and put my GPS, cell phone and FF back into their drypks once I get to my dive spot, other wise todays turtle would have been expensive. Another rouge wave caught me not watching as I was coming in and tore my RA off the side of the yak but I grabbed it immediatly. I was lucky today also
Gracias
Yea, the forecast was for small craft warning, but I wanted to dive before it got bad. I started getting bounced around pretty bad on the surface even though the viz was good. The building waves filled my snorkel quite a few times. The breaking point came when I turned to check the yak again and could not see my flag or yak in the high seas. I swam hard the 100yd or so toward the anchor point till I saw my yak turtled and still at anchor:0
A good wave must have rolled my yak. I lost no gear as I stow everything below deck and even the flag is strapped to the hull. But conditions were getting worse quick so I came in early:(
Stevo/mac00176,
Sounds like you had fun.
I was there yesterday yakin/spearin just out from the pier and came across 2 ladies [20-30yr] shorkling with a $15. dive float out at the 15-20 ledge
They said they were having a good time also.
IMO I do not like that you have to come in to Meade? street with yaks, there is no rinse off there and I ended up with sand all over and in my truck:(
Nice water and weather conditions though.
on the beach at 0800
begin----------------------------------end
wind N at 5---------------------------NE at 15-20
water temp. 75in 40fsw
current from N at 1-----------------same
viz 40f in 40fsw---------------------25f in 25fsw
seas 1.5 in 40fsw-------------------5f in 40fsw:0
partly cloudy 66deg----------------partly cloudy 75deg
got 1 24in cero, 1 14 in hog, small craft warning and yak rolled at anchor=I quit at
noon and it took 1 hour to get back to shore.:(
Rolo.
Congratulations, looks like a great day
Nice story and nice pictures:)
That water is beautiful
Nice find with the anchor too:)
Thanks for sharin.
on the beach at 0830 at Dania pier
begin----------------------------------end
wind from N at maybe 1-2----------from SE at 8
water temp. 75deg in 30fsw
current from S at maybe1 in 30fsw
viz 35f in 30fsw----------------------25f in 25fsw
seas flat------------------------------1.5-2f
air temp.66 pc-----------------------76deg pc
got 1 13in hog, 1 14in hog, 1 14in trigger
av001,
Very nice fish. Great pictures and story. Thanks for sharing.:)
Congratulations.
I was out but I was 5 mi South of Dania
The report is in,Broward Beach Conditions thread:)
try to get out every chance, even if just for an hour. Even just 1 hour is good karma:)
hope this helps
Yea, seems like a lot of boats in my area are set on Auto Pilot or at least the helm is not maned correctly.
I use a full size [22x24?] boat dive flag on my yak and still get buzzed/straffed now and then, especially on the weekends.
Many/many times have I been glad that I use a reel and do not use a float line.:0
I would be very angry if a prop caught my float line:angry5:
on the beach at 0830 [before the LG]
begin--------------------------------end
wind from the W at 1-2--------- E at 4-5
water temp 75 in 40fsw
current from S at about 1
viz 35f in 40fsw-------------------30f in 35fsw
seas maybe 1f in 40fsw----------same
70deg cloudy----------------------75deg sunny
got 2 14in hogs, 1 14in trigger, 1 22in cero. Few pink jellies. Lots of boats. Glad I use a full size boat dive flag on my yak.:(
Lots of beach buns:)
Marco said it perfectly. Great advice Marco
Dan,
ROLO had it correct, surface dive/surface entry is the applied term for diving down from the surface at least by PADI, NAUI, YMCA and SSI scuba texts that we used. Perhaps there is a different freediving term as freedivers and scuba divers drop below the surface differently?
If you look at the water maps you can see that the closest the shelf is to the W coast of Fl is at St. Pete. As you go up or down from St. Pete the shelf [deeper water] gets further off shore. I used to sponge dive commercial out of Spring Hill [2hr Nof St. Pete] and we got 1fsw for every mile out. So to get into 20fsw we had to be roughly 20mi off shore like pargo said! An artificial reef effort has been made over the years to increase near shore diving and fishing but it all pales in comparison to even our first reef off shore in Broward.
Don't worry fishindude, you'll be back home soon
hau
1. Try 1lb changes if you can to get more perfect/comfortable weight.
2. Diving weights are an underrated piece of equipment IMO. When I was teaching scuba I used ankle weights to keep my head up more to watch students better and used more weight than normal to enable me to control a student in the water better. Freediving I use a lead necklace to keep me flat or more head down in the water. I use a loose weight belt with weights free on the belt to slide into different locations as I need them, meaning while on the surface resting face up I slide all my weightsl around to my back and while face down in the water I let my weights slide around to my stomach. With a loose belt the surface dive is much easier as the weights slide towards my head and aid in getting me head down faster into the dive. All of this is unconventional and nonstandard weight belt usage, I know. But once you try diving with a loose belt you will immediatly understand what I am saying and realize how much more comfortable you are in the water not trying to stay face down with your weights on your back as an example.
3. Diving weights are more critical for freedivers IMO because we have no BCD to use to compensate for to much or not enough weight.
4. If you think about it, our weight belt is our body ballast system, much like a gun is ballasted to lie flat in the water.
5. IMO my weight belt represents a hazard to me and I will dump it to the bottom the second I have a problem so I can get back up faster/easier/safer. In my depths I can always go back down after a breath up to retrieve the belt.
Hope this helps.
hau
I am 5'11, 175lbs, useing a full 3mm suit and use 4lbs. But I seldom freedive below 50fsw.
hau
Marco,
That was a great story that really added to the pictures for me. Thank you.
The story could have been in Espanol but your English is very good. Gracias
You do not use a reel on your RA 130?
I use the new RA composite reel with 200 foot of 600 lb. QPower line. I guess I am just afraid of loosing my gun without a reel, but I am cheap and never like to let go of my gun.:)
Gracias for the great pictures and story.
hau
