Just saw two Florida men fishing

[malaise]

on Sunny Isle Beach - you should see the freaking waves?

Calling Darwin!

[safeinOhio]

1. The bite is on....

Hold my beer and watch this.

[democratisphere]

2. They are obviously trying to CATCH A WAVE.

[QC]

3. When Ivan was moving in on us here, I went out to the beach

to see the big waves and encountered some young guys who had driven over from Jacksonville to "surf the hurricane."

They paddled out, got caught in the rip current, and ended up half a mile down the beach. After dragging their boards back, they loaded up and headed back home.

A lot of people who live here in Florida have a kind of false confidence when it comes to storms.

[jpak]

6. The Webcam on the Pensacola Beach fishing pier showed a horrifying surf before Ivan

30 foot waves - nearly vertical - and less 50 feet apart.

Those idiots are lucky.

[malaise]

7. A teenager in Barbados died from Irma's surf

even though Barbados only experienced sea swells. The last thing he said was this is the biggest wave of my life. He rode it, crashed into rocks and that was that.

http://people.com/human-interest/zander-venezia-surfer-dead-hurricane-irma/
<snip>
A teenage budding pro surfer died Tuesday while riding the mega-swell waves in Barbados during Hurricane Irma, multiple outlets report.

Zander Venezia — of Bridgetown, Barbados — was surfing a heavy break known as “Box by Box” on the Caribbean island’s east side when he was caught by a closeout set that drove him into the shallow, rocky bottom where he hit his head on the reef, was knocked unconscious and drowned, Surfline reported.

The 16-year-old’s death comes just two weeks after he won the $250 top prize at the Rip Curl Grom Search in North Carolina.

[onethatcares]

4. good time to fish

with the barometer falling the fish are gonna be biting hard. You just have to pick your spot and get out before the tide rises too far.

Seriously, it will be good for a while.

[TeamPooka]

5. The fish evacuated on Tuesday.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. The fish had more sense than some human Floridians n/t

[dewsgirl]

9. Vero Beach, I spotted a woman out for a jog in the rain, we are already getting intermittent

Squalls.