Posts by hank

Awww shit. I guess I have to cancel my roller gun order. It's for the better. My wife would kill me if I got another gun.
Great info here. Thanks.

Titty pink……hey…that would match George's wetsuit…..

Those poor Panamanian fish….the have no idea "El Marco" is about to descend upon them…. <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">

Bright yellow is nice in some cases. If your buddy is diving deep, the bands will be the first thing you see. They look pretty bitchin' too.....

Silver. The when you shoot, it would look like bait fish bolting and bring in more big ones…..

Green or blue would be cool.

Yeah, they killed it a week ago Sunday. I arrived there Saturday, but hard for this old carcass to recover after no sleep for two days and dive the next. Looks like I should have though. They got those fish shallow too. Five in all….

Welcome.

English police don't carry guns either. "Stop.....or I'll say stop again". <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">
I've thought this over many times. I am going to get a gun permit here. In Belize, there are break ins and the residents have been killed.
Belize has one of the highest murder rates in the world. I've heard recently the the US Tavel Advisory lists it as the second most dangerous country.
Yes, it would be a heavy feeling having ended someone's life. But having two little children to defend perhaps gives one a different mind set. I have no doubt that my wife would claw a person'e eyes out and spit in the sockets defending her children. And she would show no remorse. I'm a bit....just a little...more civilized. I might not spit.

Makoa. We hung out at Daryl's house. I don't know about court. I didn't ask a lot of questions and he didn't talk about the legal status of it.

I learned something the other night. I went over to see Daryl and Joe while I was there for a week. Missed the Sunday dive but had a good time talking story. First class people.

Anyway, I heard that Hawaiian law states that if someone breaks in your house you "run first". Or don't use a weapon that overpowers the perp. What?? I was in awe and disbelief but that's what the guy that was with them on the boat said.

That's the stupidest law I ever heard. How to you know what a guy is packing if he breaks into your house? I would assume if one is stupid enough to break in and possibly face an armed resident, that he would have a substantial weapon also....meaning it's ok to blow his ass away.

Are you like....really small? 22 mm is pretty shallow. <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"> Just kidding. Welcome.

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I can't imagine that this vid opens a debate about releasing or catching a fish...
Seems to be a personal choice...
for the last fifiteen years I,ve been seeing about 30 , caught about 10 and try to freedove with 20
most of the time the encounter lasted about 30 sec max
could only a couple of time follow carefully the sailfish which did a second or a third visit close to me before taking off , so that encounter lasted about 3 min/ a subjectively long time!!
very amazing to observe the fish behavour during the encounter: the 2 ventral fins movment is, in my opinion a good clue to understand the sailfish "feeling"..

You're right. It's a choice, I didn't really choose….I just stared in wild eyed wonder. <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"> The fish was probably thinking, "what's this dumb ass's problem"?

Yeah, you'd have to be Clint Eastwood cool under fire if you dropped your first knife….as you're going down and trying to remain calm and get the second…..I really don't like to dwell in this type of shit. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Imagine pulling your knife out…..and dropping it…..:(

El Marco. awesome.....haha

yeah, the same thing can happen with reel line if you're pulling a fish up from deep. I try to swim upwind as I pull it up or, Jake has my gun and is reeling it in. I fear a big shark grabbing the fish and running deep. Had that happen once and realized I didn't want a 350 lb shark pulling me down. I watched my Riffe float disappear in the depths like a small cork.

Whooaaaa.

wow.

Welcome and no shit…..lucky you. wow.

I had a sailfish within shooting range. I surfaced from a dive, looked to my left and "holy shit"….I just stared at it. It was pretty big……and beautiful. I didn't really think of shooting it…..but I do remember thinking it would quickly run all the line off my reel if I did. After a few seconds or however long….I looked at it, it slowly turned and swam off. I didn't feel bad at all for not shooting it. I was in awe.

Very nice video. How long to reel him in?