Palm Beach Dive Thread

[Johnoly]

Oop's wrong thread
moved to Jupiter thread

 

[Divin'Papaw]

At low tide,,,,,It's tough to find deep enough water to get into/out of the Jupiter inlet. Red curve & waves break is the amount of shallow sand that is built up. Turtle season May 1st means no dredging till next year at the earliest. I've seen boats do a sudden stop hitting the sand bar out there.

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That explains why JDC frequently comes along the shore going into/out of the inlet. I saw the wave break but didn't realize how shallow it had become. I suspect the will dredge early next year?

 

[scubadada]

Conditions look good, I hope some of you are going diving

 

[NothingClever]

Racing this weekend in America’s premier road racing series.

 

[Johnoly]

Racing this weekend in America’s premier road racing series.

Atleast you are getting wet !!

 

[DiveFlag = Target]

Racing this weekend in America’s premier road racing series.

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I did see a guy ride his bike to the diveboat once. Had his mesh bag on his back. I think he should have had his tank too but his buddy brought that. Have fun.

 

[gage_patton]

Also important, in addition to shot placement, is shot angle. If you shoot from behind the fish & the spear tip goes up in-between the scales, it is much easier to penetrate the fish compared to a frontal shot.

I used to dive with guys who had the biggest guns they could find & used 2 or 3 bands at a time, including a ridiculously strong "grouper band" that I wasn't able to set. Then, one day, I watched a commercial spearo knock off half a dozen groupers in less than 5 minutes while free-shafting with just a single standard band on each shot & just using a medium sized gun. I learned more about spear fishing in that 5 minutes than I learned from the other guys in a couple of years.

Technique means a lot.

This is a great point. Thank you for sharing. How does shot placement change for larger fish such as cobia? I had an experience where I made a poor shot on a large cobia a few years ago and it was almost a dangerous. He was like a runaway kite on me before he broke my spear cable.

 

[PBcatfish]

This is a great point. Thank you for sharing. How does shot placement change for larger fish such as cobia? I had an experience where I made a poor shot on a large cobia a few years ago and it was almost a dangerous. He was like a runaway kite on me before he broke my spear cable.

A cobia is a real thug of a fish. Remember, these are the little guys that hang around with sharks & don't get eaten. I free gaffed one & tossed it in a boat one day, after he followed up another cobia that had been on a fishing line for about 15 minutes. The "green" cobia, that was not tired out from a 15 minute fight, did a lot of damage to that boat just from thrashing around. The "tired" fish was even a handful. A cobia is a powerful & determined fish with a lot of endurance.

 

[MrChen]

I've been diving for 13 years. Over the years, divers would ask, did you see the hammerhead? My response was always no. It was frustrating because I wanted to see it too!

About 3 weeks ago, I was approached by two hammerheads. I couldn't believe it!


This past weekend, I was in the Breakers area and had another encounter! That's 3 hammers within a month.

 

[Allen-1]

I've been diving for 13 years. Over the years, divers would ask, did you see the hammerhead? My response was always no. It was frustrating because I wanted to see it too!

About 3 weeks ago, I was approached by two hammerheads. I couldn't believe it!


This past weekend, I was in the Breakers area and had another encounter! That's 3 hammers within a month.

"gonna need a bigger {spear}"