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July - Freedive-A-Pazoola 2007 - Wisconsin
- Thread starterPinggene
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Jeff,
Can you be sure to grab a group site, or two, for us? I think that Rob (cigarlung) is coming up that day as well. I will get there early(ish) on Friday and my family will come up on Saturday morning- provided we can find a kennel to watch our dog.
It looks like this year's event will be a bit larger than past year's so reserving a group site, or two, will be important.
Weather looks great and we've got lots of divers flying/driving in from all over the country!:friday
Jon
Can you be sure to grab a group site, or two, for us? I think that Rob (cigarlung) is coming up that day as well. I will get there early(ish) on Friday and my family will come up on Saturday morning- provided we can find a kennel to watch our dog.
It looks like this year's event will be a bit larger than past year's so reserving a group site, or two, will be important.
Weather looks great and we've got lots of divers flying/driving in from all over the country!:friday
Jon
Bummed that I'm not gonna be able to make it...Next year for sure. Good news is that Friday I'm going to go check out a custom farmer John with a step in jacket. So I'll have 6mm on the torso & 3mm on the legs and arms.
Next are a weight belt
Pair of Cressi-Sub Gara 3000's
Cressi Horizon Mask
And a 7ft JBL one peice tapered aluminum polespear - Can you beleive they are ONLY $29.00!!! (pole spear)
Anyways I cant wait to read about it on here. Have fun everyone. I'll probably be in Lake Michigan or Geneva -
Most of all be safe!
Next are a weight belt
Pair of Cressi-Sub Gara 3000's
Cressi Horizon Mask
And a 7ft JBL one peice tapered aluminum polespear - Can you beleive they are ONLY $29.00!!! (pole spear)
Anyways I cant wait to read about it on here. Have fun everyone. I'll probably be in Lake Michigan or Geneva -
Most of all be safe!
rofl rofl rofl Everyone, safe travels and have a ton of fun!Hoo boy...sounds like it's gonna be me, and a bunch of spearos! I'd better try not to look like a fish!
Todd
Todd, looking forward to reading a front page article on one of freediving's premiere events! Take good care,
Here's a little map of the lake with some details on when and where we'll meet.
On Friday I plan to set up base camp
and then jump in by Sherwood forest- yes, there is an underwater forest there as well as a new sunken boat to play on. Depths range from 10'- 210'. (#4 on the map)
Saturday will have us meeting at the south boat launch where we'll find lots of fish cribs and two platforms with ascent lines- one at 25' and another at 75'. (#7 on the map) This was the area where Seth and John found the large schools of walleye and suckers last year- you can spear the suckers but not the walleye for all of you out of staters.
Sunday we will meet at the spot closest to the campground and with the easiest access to some deeper water- with ledges at 70', 100', 180' and 220' (#2 on the map). There are some nice ledges, trees and fish cribs in this area to play on and I bet Nostres will have some great video footgage from this area. This is also a great area to dive bomb the trimix divers as they complete their deep deco stops. rofl
Sometime in there it would be nice to do a swim, or scooter, all the way between sit #4 and #2. Scuba divers never get all the way through there and I bet that's where the fish hide. One of the best things about freediving, compared to scuba, is the freedom it allows us to get to places that scuba divers won't because it takes too much effort to swim there with all their gear on.
Weather looks great with temp in the low 80's and sunshine all weekend long.
It also looks like we will have a lot more families up there this year- and not just the usually rogues gallery of dive hard divers. My goal for next year is to get as many kids in the water, with their parents, as possible.
Jon
On Friday I plan to set up base camp
and then jump in by Sherwood forest- yes, there is an underwater forest there as well as a new sunken boat to play on. Depths range from 10'- 210'. (#4 on the map)Saturday will have us meeting at the south boat launch where we'll find lots of fish cribs and two platforms with ascent lines- one at 25' and another at 75'. (#7 on the map) This was the area where Seth and John found the large schools of walleye and suckers last year- you can spear the suckers but not the walleye for all of you out of staters.
Sunday we will meet at the spot closest to the campground and with the easiest access to some deeper water- with ledges at 70', 100', 180' and 220' (#2 on the map). There are some nice ledges, trees and fish cribs in this area to play on and I bet Nostres will have some great video footgage from this area. This is also a great area to dive bomb the trimix divers as they complete their deep deco stops. rofl
Sometime in there it would be nice to do a swim, or scooter, all the way between sit #4 and #2. Scuba divers never get all the way through there and I bet that's where the fish hide.
One of the best things about freediving, compared to scuba, is the freedom it allows us to get to places that scuba divers won't because it takes too much effort to swim there with all their gear on. Weather looks great with temp in the low 80's and sunshine all weekend long.
It also looks like we will have a lot more families up there this year- and not just the usually rogues gallery of dive hard divers. My goal for next year is to get as many kids in the water, with their parents, as possible.
Jon
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All spearos - This lake has special regs on panfish = 10 daily. just a FYI. I'm still thinking about using one of my benifits in order to make it there on Saturday. (sick day) - I'm watching the weather to determine if I will or not. But sounds like a blast! hope to see you all there.
-----Scott
- I'm watching the weather to determine if I will or not. But sounds like a blast! hope to see you all there.-----Scott
Jon,
We'll see you Friday afternoon sometime.
Jan (my wife) was asking about food. Is it a "fend for yourself", or is it a bring your own Meat (or veggies) to grill & a dish to pass?
Also, if anyone has any good ways to make suckers (other than to burry them rofl ), let me know...They count for the 2007 fishing contest ya know. :martial I'll bring the makings for a fish boil...may be good that way!
Also, if I could get my son (11 yrs old) behind a little scooter to try out, it would be much appreciated. He has been having fun sitting on the bottom every time he goes swimming at a pool/lake...I think we have a freediver-in-making!
See you all there.
Gene
We'll see you Friday afternoon sometime.
Jan (my wife) was asking about food. Is it a "fend for yourself", or is it a bring your own Meat (or veggies) to grill & a dish to pass?
Also, if anyone has any good ways to make suckers (other than to burry them rofl ), let me know...They count for the 2007 fishing contest ya know. :martial I'll bring the makings for a fish boil...may be good that way!
Also, if I could get my son (11 yrs old) behind a little scooter to try out, it would be much appreciated. He has been having fun sitting on the bottom every time he goes swimming at a pool/lake...I think we have a freediver-in-making!
See you all there.
Gene
Eating is on your own. Many of us get together on Saturday night and go into town to this little brewpub place that has great steaks, ribs, chicken and such. I know that Fred goes into town every morning because he likes to have a good breakfast before he jumps in the water- and since the guy has so little body fat on him he needs to fatten up a bit so he can slow down to the rest of us.
When it comes to freediving I don't really eat that much- especially on this kind of a weekend. I have Gatorade and maybe a yogurt for breakfast and possibly a power gel in the afternoon so that i don't waste so much energy digesting food that will take away from my breath holds. Every night I usually make up for the loss of calories with a good dinner- and a few beers. :friday
My family is planning on coming up Saturday so will be packing the camp stove and other cooking utensils- but this will be for my wife to play with as i will opt out for the weekend.
Jon
When it comes to freediving I don't really eat that much- especially on this kind of a weekend. I have Gatorade and maybe a yogurt for breakfast and possibly a power gel in the afternoon so that i don't waste so much energy digesting food that will take away from my breath holds. Every night I usually make up for the loss of calories with a good dinner- and a few beers. :friday
My family is planning on coming up Saturday so will be packing the camp stove and other cooking utensils- but this will be for my wife to play with as i will opt out for the weekend.
Jon
Had a great time at Palooza. Thanks to everyone for making it an enjoyable weekend. Thank you Stephan for the Tees...to Ceason for getting the campsites...and most of all to Jon for all the work of organizing and setting up the lines, floats and all. Looking forward to more pics and videos.
Jim
Jim