Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Sat Jan 30, 2010
I finally bit the bullet and decided to sell my No-Ka-Oi. It had gotten next to no use in the time I had owned it and it seemed a shame to have it just sit there so I Ebay'd it. With the funds from that sale, I invested in a gun that is a little more multi-purpose (at least that...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Fri Sep 16, 2011
Over the 4th of July holiday I was able to break in my hawaiian sling made by HawaiianSling.net (Ray Uppstrom). I had purchased this quite some time ago in preparation for a trip to the Bahamas and I finally got to try it out in the waters around Cat Cay, South Bimini. This isn't your normal hawaiian...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Mon Sep 30, 2013
The summer had been busier than I would have liked this year and I honestly hadn't had as many opportunities to post much less given much thought to writing a new SpearView, but after having time to really reconsider, I realized that I had actually had multiple opportunities to try out new equipment this year (not all of it successfully)....
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Mon Jul 26, 2010
This year at The Blue Wild I was fortunate enough to meet Mike Hickey. I know of Mike from his appearances on Speargun Hunter on the Outdoor Channel with Sheri Daye. Mike was orginally a guest on the show and in later seasons participated as an underwater videographer. Mike is the USA distributor for FreeDivers (FreeDivers USA) spearfishing equipment....
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Thu Aug 29, 2013
Seas:
2-3'
Winds:
SSW 10-15
Viz:
25-40'
Temp:
82F
After yet another weekend with a minimal breakdown on the boat (just remember, BOAT=Break Out Another Thousand), I head down this weekend trying really hard to remember why I do this. After all, the past few weeks have been...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Sat Dec 30, 2017
Wind
Seas
Viz
Temp
N-NE 10-18mph
2-4'
30'
77F
As 2017 was drawing to a close, I decided it was time to get back on the water and give it one last try before grouper season closed on January 1. With the Christmas break upon us, my kids...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Tue Jun 14, 2011
Seas: 0-2 feet
Winds: 5-15 S/SW
Viz: 45 feet
Temp: 83 F
This past weekend the forecast was once again looking abysmal. The campground dolphin fishing tournament was even postponed because the outlook was not very good at all. The forecast was calling for 2-4'...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Wed Jun 11, 2014
Wind
Seas
Viz
Temp
NW 12-18mph
2-4'
25-45'
79F
This week was a "Boys Weekend" as all the girls and kids decided to stay home and we were hoping to get out for some offshore trolling for dolphin and maybe even get a chance to jump in and...
