Sun15Feb2009

Winter Diving Blogs (Foreword 2009)

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Bob Diaz | SpearBlog 2009 | February 15, 2009
foreword

Unfortunately, I have gotten a late start on the winter diving this year. I had two earlier opportunities to go diving this winter, but both were undermined by work responsibilities. What can I say, it pays the bills. Finally this past weekend (2/15/09), I was able to get out on a decent weather day to do some diving and (I thought) some spearfishing. Unfortunately we didn't have much luck this day (as evidenced by the total lack of pictures for this trip's catch. The day started out great with mild west winds around 10mph and flat seas out of Port Everglades well into the blue water. We ended up around 6-7 miles offshore in beautiful blue water. The problem was, that was all there was... water. No birds, no flotsam or jetsam nothing that even remotely looked like it could hold fish.

After searching for a good while, we decided to head south towards Miami to see if we could find some fish or lobster in shallower water. We made it as far as Haulover cut and decided to get in the water. I rigged up and jumped in. The water was fairly clean and I started to see some limited life so I followed some smaller fish around looking for some decent spots that may hold something worth shooting. Long story short, 3 hours later there's 5 lobster in the cooler (albeit some very nice ones), and I didn't even pull the trigger on my gun. Oh well, I guess I will just have to wait for the next trip. Here's to birds on the horizon and fish under the boat this year.