Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

Do you guys have the inner ears pain when you dive below 5m, or maybe 6m? It `s like someone use chopstick to poke into your ears kind of pain.

That pain is caused by the weight of the water above and around you squeezing the air in your inner ear. The solution lays in equalising the pressure (repeatedly as you descend deeper) by forcing air from your throat through your Eustachian tubes (which connect the middle ear to the nasal sinus cavity) by conducting the valsalva manoeuvre (forcing air through a closed airway). My god, the shit I remember from my Divemaster days.

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

Do you guys have the inner ears pain when you dive below 5m, or maybe 6m? It `s like someone use chopstick to poke into your ears kind of pain.

Rushy is more or less correct. Diving should never be painful, there is a risk of serious ear/hearing damage. You should do some training whether SCUBA or freediving.

Originally Posted by MB

Rushy is more or less correct. Diving should never be painful, there is a risk of serious ear/hearing damage. You should do some training whether SCUBA or freediving.

I saw at least half a dozen examples of significant permanent hearing loss from diving over my (audiological) career. A couple were particularly bad.

Originally Posted by 6x47

I saw at least half a dozen examples of significant permanent hearing loss from diving over my (audiological) career. A couple were particularly bad.

Even my mother in law whose husband owned a dive business ruptured her ear drum diving. Should have known better than to have that occur.

Full moon fever !!

A old hand I used to work with said they would set a net for flounder when the first snow hit the mountains!

Well with snow forecast and an early afternoon tide we gathered at the flats , some slid into wetsuit others into gum boots and warm cloths.

Off we wandered across the mud down to the tide ..timed the tide damn near perfect ..we plunged in and set to dragging , @Fat belly Dog says he’s feeling a few bites , the suddenly band bang I’m got one as well epic !

Beached the drag ..pine cones , sticks , a tail turned into a flounder and then another and a few more , smiles abounded the new crew were excited and keen to get the net back in the water!

That done the ebb tide ran out of puff , so we binned the drag and @ROKTOY and FBD wandered up the Chanel to set up for a drag against the incoming

I guided the gum boot crew back to dry land as the flood rushed back into the estuary, then returned to find the team hauling the net after a few hits, 5 large flats hit the bin and we scarpered up the gutter to reset to fish the last spot before we were flooded out .. the tide pushed and we had a few hits then the tide stopped dead .

Sadly the sun was swallowed by the gathering clouds and the temperature dropped more than a couple of degrees and we chose warm dry cloths rather than the chilly water ! The net hit the dry with a handful of fish flapping on the sand …a perfect ending.

Back to warm cloths and a gas cooker , snags in the pan , warm cloths and great company and yarns , a cold beer and burn ya fingers hot snag!

We wandered home into the incoming showers! The temp dropped even more as we left the coast and we looked up at the tops to see a dusting of snow forming with a full moon looming large out of the clag !

arrived home , shared the catch with the neighbours, a hot shower ended the adventure.

Once again a huge thanks to the forum members that take the time to share an afternoon getting wet on my promise of a few fish ..

Cheers everyone!

Credit for photo from sea to pan in less than hour FBF

oh MAN I can almost smell that from here...looks o so tasty .

Thanks Stingray, ROCTOY and Mini-ROC and Gumboot crew, great afternoon sharing laughs and brews with good crew. Not sure who pleased the flounder gods but on cue the wind dropped and the sun came out as well walked out for the first drag and the temp dropped and rain came as we packed up to head home...

Bloody great to have a few mates to talk shit and catch fish with, thanks fellas. Flounder were full of roe and made for a very tasty dinner. Fire and BBQ at my shack after the next drag I am thinking.

Go out, get wet, catch a feed, cook up a feed, yak and yarn. Home and cook up a bloody yummy feed. Mum bought home some hot chips and dinner was done. Cheers @stingray and @Fat belly Dog.

Sorry ROKTOY and Mini-ROK...

spelling not my strong point, thats why that reports taking so long....

I know of a few folk that really struggle to clear their ears, my advice

Start on dry land , your ears should pop, or click or glug..but if they don’t then don’t force them …take it easy trying a couple of times a day gently.

Seasons affect people differently, pollen , dust etc ..so if you have a season that blocks your nose /nasal passage don’t try to dive blocked up.

Medical intervention is a huge no go, don’t use medicine to clear your ears because if they block on the bottom under pressure you will blow ear drums returning to the surface , which can and will cause infections nausea ear bleeds deafness.

So your starting out , clear your ears on the surface and again as you duck dive ..ie your head is a meter under water ..then again as you feel the very first squeeze on your ear drums ..do not wait for it to hurt .

If it’s hurting , stop , please understand your dealing with a very fragile part of you body , damage can cause vertigo, nausea, deafness that maybe on going!

Understand every dive is different water temp and conditions and your physical condition, and environmental conditions change regularly!

Dive to your abilities and comfort on the day.

Better to give a dive a miss than miss a life time of diving!

Been up Whangaroa ways since Monday. This was the first decent day weather wise. Managed this one jigging a reef offshore.
Got a few snaps in the harbour yesterday so it was worth towing the boat up.

A beautiful fish and back ground

It's a fantastic place for sure.

Sorry I’m not around too much mates, just getting a few things piled up for the move….