Posts by hank

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Doc came with us. We stayed in the shallows but as usual he cleaned up. Check out the jack in the small cooler. Andre hit it but a barracuda grabbed it before Andre could.
    Doc had a pacemaker installed a couple months ago. But he ain't gonna let that stop him. 72 going on 35. Yep



  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Quote from sdeisen

    Nice porgy indeed. Used to be one of my favourites then Dan planted some voodoo in my head that they have a soapy taste and ever since I can notice the taste :rolleyes:


    Bahhhh….he probably cleaned it on top of his washing machine and got some Tide mixed in the meat. <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">

  • Sarasota man dies after spearfishing accident

    Bummer.
    I stress muzzle awareness to Mo all the time. My dad taught me how to handle a shotgun when I was young (he was Army WW2)
    But last Sunday I saw Mo surfacing with the flopper of his loaded gun hanging off his index finger. The shaft was pointing towards his chin. If the trigger had caught on a piece of coral and fired the gun.....


    And the frustrating thing is when you try to explain the danger of that to a 13 year old, they just look at you like you don't know what you're talking about and act pissed off. grrrrrrrrr

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Been too long since I was diving. So Andre, Mo and I went, despite the rough conditions. Took us two hours to get out to the reef. We stopped at one spot but the current was a bit strong and it was too rough to drop and pick up with the current standing the waves up vertical outside the cut.
    So we went to another cut a bit south. I saw this cubera and tried to make a dive away from him, but he bolted (I think it's the same one anyway). Then I saw some 1-2 lb muttons so I went down and was hiding behind a big coral rock. After about 30 seconds here comes this cubera. I was trying not to look at him but he still wouldn't come in close. Then he turned and passed the rock, blocking me from his view for a few seconds. Just as he went out of site, I moved forward around the rock about 8 feet closer. As he came into view.....got a stone shot. But he slipped off !!!. haha. He was just laying on the bottom not moving. I quickly reloaded without wrapping the shooting line and one band and shot him again.
    There were a lot of these porgies around too. We were limited on where we could go in the cut because of current and waves.
    A big bull shark came right past me in about 5 feet of water. I just stopped....whoooaaaa. But he kept going. Then a nice hogfish comes and swims around me really close. Like he's saying, "what? you scared ofd the shark"? haha. So I shot him and swam back to the boat with another mangrove snapper hanging off my weight belt.
    Great to be back in the water. Too much work lately.....No Jake. He's still in Bangladesh....

  • How much weight should i dive with?

    Yep. Diving a thick wetsuit at 20 feet will require a lot of weight to be able to lay on the bottom without fighting it.


    But remember, if you're going to go even another 15 feet, your wetsuit will compress a lot and you'll start sinking faster.


    even with only a 1.5 or 3 mil suit here, I take off a 2-4 lbs if I'm planning on diving deeper than 50-60 feet. If I'm going to hunt the shallows I add.

  • Did a freedive course

    I would say the best thing Jake and I took from the course was Jake actually blacking out during the static breath holds. Being a hard headed, testosterone loaded, adrenaline addict….it was an eye opener and has certainly made Jake veeerrrrry safety conscious. And man, we lose too many fellow divers every year.

  • This is a silly question...

    Kind of the "one bad apple" concept….hmmmm. I wouldn't bet a whole lot of money on it, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be contagious. But I haven't seen that kind of band rot in over 8 years since I started keeping bands in the refrigerator.

  • Did a freedive course

    :thumbup: One thing about the static….it taught me that I CAN hold my breath a lot longer than I thought. The good thing about that? If I think I'm out of air and get entangled….hopefully I'll remember as I'm patiently cutting myself free, "remember, I can hold my breath a lot longer than this". :)

  • Bangladesh spearfishing

    This place is amazing. If you Google Earth it, Bangladesh is basically a huge delta of some of the many rivers that drain the Himalayas. Mt Everest is just north of us. Think about that. Probably the largest meeting of fresh and seawater on Earth. The Gulf of Mexico on steroids. I would guess this WAS the richest marine environment on Earth before the huge population of people in this part of the world began over fishing it.
    An indicator is the billions of tiger shrimp post larvae that are collected here supporting the whole Bangladesh shrimp farming industry up to this point.

  • new to spearfishing


    And all 9/16 bands are not created equal. Dan's small hole 9/16 are more like 5/8 in power than your standard 9/16.

  • new to spearfishing

    Welcome. Michigan…wow. I spent a lot of time as a kid up there on summer vacations. Crystal Lake. We could walk to Lake Michigan. Sleeping Bear sand dunes….But COLD water. Post pics if you get a chance.