Posts by hank

Wishing you a fast recovery. Hang in there.

You need to check the Freedive Store for some gear. <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'll withstand you. But I will blindfold you while going to my secret spots. <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'll check it out. Maybe I can get some tips. Thanks Marco.

Just saw something on Google. It's a "day snorkeling" outfit. Looks like they go to Shark Ray Alley, a nice cut in the reef between Ambergris and Caye Caulker. They feed the nurse sharks and rays there so they come right up to you. Tourists love it.

I didn't see anyone killing fish though.

Buit there is a very nice cut off Caulker. I H an L fished there with a friend years ago. Snapper, jacks, barracuda....ripping current. I'd like to check it out someday but it's really far to go on my boat. 55 miles or so.

I'd be happy to take you out on my boat. I'll pm you my cell and email address.
And I do get to Hawaii every year to visit my daughter so .....

No need bring a gun. I have some Wongs here. 55 GR plus. Or a Riffe if you prefer.

Not that I know of. "Our" Jake hardly gets on the internet unless he's at my house. Up in the valley where he lives he hardly has phone service.

For the bigger snappers we hit deeper spots. Doc and DuQuesnay , 72 and 75, old farts…..they actually refer to me as "the boy" at times….haha….like to work the shallows. They know how to get fish.

Rough and rainy. I thought the water would be really dirty with all the rough weather and rain we'd been getting But the vis in the cuts with the incoming tide was crystal clear.
Saw a HUGE mutton. I was drifting in the light current and saw some chubs off in the distance. I see snappers hanging around the same place as them a lot of times so I closed my eyes and drifted down to the 30 foot bottom. Right as I open my eyes and look up, I see about a 6-8 inch caudal fin of a mutton swimming away. Shit. It was at least 15 lbs.
Got two nice hogs though. Doc and Du Quesnay cleaned up on this school of yellow jacks. There were over a thousand.

Welcome.
Is it true that Kumu make you high? They had some spiritual meaning to Hawaiian Ali'i, no?

Yep.

Nice. It was like being there.
I rarely see amberjack here. We've gotten a couple over the years.

I see big schools of horse eye jacks though. if I'm on the surface they come right up to me and swim around. But the minute I dive down…….POOF !….they're gone. They're kind of dumb, but also kind of smart.

....wow....you're good. I'm going to retire and just grow shrimp now....

I've seen some big ones here too. But they're too smart for me.

That was a big cubera. 45 lbs? or more? BIG.....and DEEP.....wow. Nice school of them. Were they in a spawning aggregation?

Thanks for the review Dan. I'm glad I waited and didn't get the first model.

boarding someone's boat is pretty serious. No different than breaking and entering someone's house, which you can legally be shot and killed for in the states. At least that's what some cops told me when I lived there long ago.

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Hau told me he'll probably come back to FL in a few years.

aww shit. There goes my wetsuit modeling job.....:(

WE'RE the old farts now Marco. ...well....almost as old as Oscar...haha

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Diagnosis - Signs & Symptoms
Deep vein thrombosis can be caused by long periods of inactivity…..like hours on the road sitting. Or having a broken leg or any injury that incapacitates you where you can't walk or move around.

I've read about it over the last 15 years or so and the risks of long flights and sitting, which I do almost every year going to the Philippines. Get up and move around every few hours.

There was a case here in Belize where a tourist died on a dive boat. It was from a blood clot in her heart…..if I remember right….from DVT.

The main thing is you caught it. Once a clot sits in the lung it restricts oxygen flow to the surround tissue and can cause cell death. Permanent damage.

Hang in there buddy. You'll be killing fish soon. Just don't take it lightly. It seems it can be very serious if not treated properly.

Note, I'm no doctor. I've just learned to research and find all I can about disease living in a country where the medical technology is about 1940 USA.

Pulmonary embolism Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic

I don't know how much you've read up on it but this link explains a lot about it. There are different causes and levels of severity but it is nothing to take lightly.
It's almost always associated with deep vein thrombosis. Blood clots form in your legs and go to your lungs. It's good you got it diagnosed. Undiagnosed can get very serious.

Take your time. Get better. We'll save you some fish.

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Seems that we lost brim...

And I already had my popcorns! <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">

He probably just bought the Biller or got it for Christmas. I hope he took it as advice and wasn't too insulted.