Posts by hank

  • Bangladesh spearfishing

    The water is pretty brown. We are about 60 miles from the Myanmar border on a pretty much west facing coastline. The surf comes in from the south….it's winter down there…..and there is a strong current with the waves. Really strong. Jake went out to try and body surf and was swept off his feet. (no fins) Google Cox's Bazar. We're about 20 minutes south of there.


    We're here (Me for another week, Jake and my daughter Kenny for three more months) to help a hatchery get started using the Hawaiian bred, disease free tiger shrimp. They collected disease free ones form all over Asia and breed them there. Kenny is training people in the algae lab and jake is doing larvae culture. I'm just walking around trying to look like I know what I'm talking about.
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    And this is my vacation? I really know how to have fun. But it's good for Kenny and Jake. Hopefully a jump start in their careers. A lot of high rollers int he shrimp world have their eye on this project.


    No spearfishing. I've been dry too long.


    Check out the boat design here in the second picture. I guess that bow is to cut through the surf. Everywhere in the world has their local design….and usually for a good reason And you can see the left coming of the south swell wrapping up the coast. But it's deceiving. Ripping current even when it's only about 4 feet.



  • Typhoon Dolphin

    Holy shit. It's so early in the year for this. It looks like it's supposed to curl off to the north. I'm headed to the Philippines from Bangladesh tomorrow.

  • Gear Setup Help?

    Mask? Snorkel? Dan can fix you up. And a computer is nice though not as necessary as the other gear. It is nice to monitor your dives, especially as you're progressing and learning.

  • how often do you get skunked?

    Does this count? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Sometimes I feel like I got skunked or had a bad day in the water. But then I think back to when I was working as a scuba instructor/divemaster. If we could show divers 20% of what we see on a normal day diving, they were really stoked. So, in that sense, I never get skunked.
    However, there are days, like yesterday. I swam out our pipeline to check the intake screens. Sometimes I get lucky and there's a nice goliath out there. There were a lot of yellow jacks, (small) and school of about 30 two foot barracudas, and 100s of mangrove snappers. I was just laying on the pipe hoping a big mutton might come into range. The vis was only about 15 feet. So I picked off these two mangroves. This is about the least lbs of fish I ever bring home.
    Actually, this is my favorite eating size. Gut and scale them and fry them up. Yep.
    Also used Mo's hand me down Speardiver fins. Nice and relaxing.


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  • Sta Divers Cobia

    Way to go boys. Thanks for the invite. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • PWC or kayak for spearfishing?

    Quote from redrider

    Ok I have to make a confession. .... I didn't know what an RIB was.


    Rigid Inflatable Boat. I believe.


    I used them in Malaysia and we went 20 miles out. They're really stable as long as you don't get a hole in them. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Southern Belize Spearfishing trip

    I knew I shouldn't have sold Alrick my lucky Speardiver vest. You guys are killing it. <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">


    Nice fish.

  • Speardiver wishbone system with no hole speargun bands

    Very nice Dan. So those inserts will work on the small hole bands also, right? I still have some left. But it's a pain putting the double half hitch (Riffe knot) into that small hole. I've used half hitch and burned the ends but those are the only bands I've made that slipped. The knot came undone inside the band.


    I'll place an order in a few week. I'm doing some traveling over the next month.

  • Hi eveyone

    Are you near the Corn Islands? I have a friend who used to live here in Belize and he said it was unreal there. Lots of fish.

  • What color bands do you like?

    This is great. No more welder's gloves, spit all over the floor, bruised knuckles and my little kids learning how to cuss like a Marine. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">