Posts by hank

  • Antigua spearfishing reports

    Yeah, Belize has the same law for permit, bonefish and tarpon. Not sure about snook but I never see them in the water.


    And it's the same reason. Those fish are reserved for the tourist fly fishermen and it's all catch and relea….I mean feed the sharks. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> I've had fly fishing boats come up to us and the tourist (a Brit) tell me, "you can't spearfish in a Marine Park". I told him I talked to Fisheries two days previous (which I did) and they said I could (which they did) So I slipped back in the water and there was a nice cubera right under their boat, which I shot and brought right back up under their noses. It was a good day. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    But now that place IS closed. :(

  • Accuracy problems

    Quote from Asher

    I bought the hammerhead karbon 130 a few weeks back and have been shooting terribly. The gun is shooting very low,


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    I agree with Don in trying one band. If I power my gun up too much, two things can happen. One, the recoil kicks the muzzle upward as the end of the shaft passes it and kicks the trajectory lower.
    Two, I tense up, anticipating the recoil and jerk the trigger instead of a smooth pull.


    I like a gun with less recoil. I'll give up the distance of a Hail Mary shot for accuracy.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    I think I'm just learning what we were taught. Kirk Krack told us that "relax your eye lid" thing.


    Do it just sitting there. For me, I can sense a lot of muscles relaxing when I focus on that. And when I get to that state preparing for dives on the surface, that's when I get the best times….without even trying. I don't hyperventilate. Just some long deep breaths.
    Then kick to get going down. At 30 feet….just glide but with head down….relaxed. And the same on the bottom. I position myself to where no muscles are tensed. Head down is good for 15 seconds or so to give the fish time and not see your eyes. (that's my theory anyway) Many times, a nice snapper that I didn't see from the surface just shows up.
    I get into that state after about 8 dives or so. And can get maybe 12-15 of the longer ones. Then I guess I begin to tire a bit and times drop back down to 1 min 30 or so.
    I'm stoked. I would have never thought there was this much to breath hold diving. And I did that PFI course 4 years ago. It's just now really sinking in.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    A couple guys doing a wind power feasibility study are here at the farm. Took a break and had fun yesterday. They're from Utah and have very little ocean experience so needless to say, they were pretty stoked.
    The spot was on. I got three smaller cuberas just diving and hanging on the bottom. I think turning 60 puts one on another level of Zen….I swear, I'm diving better than I have my whole life. "relax your eyelids" is my dive thought. Had a lot of dives min 45 to 2 min. Only about 50 feet but not bad. And not pushing it. My first dives of the day at only 55 seconds or so are harder. ?? REeeellllaaaaaaxxxxxx…^^


    Saw two nice bugs. Got this one.


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  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Quote from virgili

    nice snapper1


    met small garafuna community in Roatan/ Honduras; they do have an interesting cultur coming from Africa.. and guys are experienced fishermen...;)


    Yep. But it looks like every one of those conch is undersized. :(


    It's the same here. There are laws but a lot of people don't follow them. But it's part the fault of Fisheries here also. They don't have a clear statement about what is legal on many issues.


    They did start closing conch season early by about 2-3 months two years ago. It's made an amazing difference. I see lots of big conch now in areas where I never saw them for the last 10 years.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Thanks George. I'd like a shot at your blue water adventures too.
    Chela filleted the cobia this morning. She makes this local dish the Garafuna people call "Hudot". It's got shredded coconut, garlic....and she won't tell me the rest but it's a rich, milky soup with big chunks of fillet. Man, it's good. These fatty cobia fillets in that soup.....:thumbup: Da best.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    We'll try to get video when jake gets back. I have a Go Pro that was given to me but the chip is full and we can't clear it. I need to get a new chip I guess.


    I made new "Dan" bands with the small hole 14 mm. Made them 2 inches longer and I really like the way it shoots now. Not a bone jarring jolt....nice and smooth and more accurate. The cobia shot was all bone and the shaft almost went all the way through. Still plenty of power.


    Stoned the mutton too. A shot from a bit above but a bit from the side. Not a twitch. I was glad too because there are ALWAYS sharks at that place. You get one or two fish and they come. Sometimes three or four. And I was almost 300 yards from the boat.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Nice mutton. It was in a very sharky spot and there's a big school of dog snapper there too. There were more muttons too. I didn't want to disturb them. Saving it for Jake in three weeks.
    Stoned the cobia. First time ever. Hit him right in the head. Not even a muscle twitch.
    Mo is camera shy so I posted his cubera. He got a nice grouper too. Yep


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  • Sargasso Sea over blooming?

    Quote from Rustyflopper

    This stuff is really 'crap'. Stinks up the beaches, destroys visibility, clogs up fishing lines, seeds block water pumps in outboard motors, and gets so thick it is hard to surface thru when diving. This is the third time we've been 'swamped' by this stuff this year. Hank I feel your pain!


    I don't see any end to this in the near future. If it's on the Eastern Caribbean, it's going to keep blowing here for the next months. This is a serious problem for us. We have to redesign our seawater intake system. And it's not cheap. $$$$ :(

  • Sargasso Sea over blooming?

    I've been reading for the last three years about more and more of this sea weed blowing up on beaches of the Caribbean. it's been getting a bit worse here but it's just gone insane. Check out the pictures. It blows into our supply canal, dies and within a couple days, goes anaerobic. (black and stink)


    It's all over the beaches to the north and south of us. What the hell? The Sargasso Sea is a huge breeding ground for this in the Atlantic but why is it changing? It is a strong El Nino. No hurricanes but strong east trade winds a LOT this year. Check these pic of our canal. You can't grow anything in this. And it's going to take a long time for this bio load to breakdown and get washed away. I would guess months. All the fish in our canal died a couple weeks ago when this happened. Now it's worse.


    You can see in the one pic where the sea weed is covering the back surface of the canal. The black water comes two days later.
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  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Big barracuda. Mo shot a nice black and I was helping him reel in his line. Then this guy just comes right in at us. He wasn't rushing but he wasn't hesitating either. So I shot him right on top of his head between the eyes. The shaft came out between his pectoral fins. He didn't die. Shit. I had to bend him to get him in the cooler.



    Got these two dogs just diving down and waiting. I didn't see either one from the surface but there was a lot of action with baitfish, a few mackerels, and a few blacks. Both just came in to check me out.





  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Quote from Marco

    Mo and Ale must meet someday! They will get along very well :)


    I will plan some vacations in Belize... :)


    We'll sit in the boat and clean their fish. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">