Posts by hank

Quote from Liquid

You guys seriously need a gopro. I would love to see some of your dives. However, seeing only the pictures of the fish afterwards let's my imagination wander into tantalizing journeys of epic spearfishing.

Yesterday we could have produced some nice video. Well, Frank (Hardline) could have.

We found these beautiful big schools of dog snapper. The first two, at different cuts, had I would guess 150-200 fish each. The first one just went down but the second one was more curious. The would follow us and come up to about 20-30 feet depth. There was a school of spade fish too. I was diving to about 50 feet and trying to act harmless hanging above the 90 foot bottom....which works a lot of the time...but I couldn't get close enough for a shot. But if I'd had a GoPro it would have been pretty nice because the whole school was swirling around just out of range. We have one but I have to get another chip for it....Jake says. I don't know how to work it.
But last week I dived down to look under this rock at about 45 feet or so. I look out into the sand and there was Jake. We never go down together. But I watched him look around....and I saw the hogfish too......he'd look....then back to the hogfish. Finally he shot it. It would have made some good footage

I was actually thinking of just leaving my gun on the boat and diving yesterday. I seem to have forgotten the days, when working as a scuba instructor in the Philippines, how we would have been so stoked to see what we see every time we go spearfishing. Shooting fish isn't the only joy of spearfishing. It's really just a small part of it.

Learned a good lesson today. When I flush my motors with a hose connection, the water seems to get pretty warm. But when they're in the water, they don't. Hardly luke warm. Bummer for Doc on Sunday because he got stung by a lion fish as he was pulling it in. A big one. No hot water so he toughed it out all the way to my house. Put a very hot compress on it a few times and he said it helped a lot. But PAAAIIIINN. Those things suck.
We found three schools of dog snapper but apparently so had someone else in the days before we saw them. Only one was sort of.....not so educated. But that's the place that's 90 feet deep or so and always has sharks. That's where Jake got the cubera.
Going to have a make a "fricken' Mo" thread if this keeps up. He shot this in a hole. We were on the boat as the sun was dropping and we hear, "hey Dad...". "Mo? where the hell are you"? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> He was lost in the glare but not far away. Jake swam over and wrestled this nice black out of the hole where he shot it.
Doc cleaned up on his usual array of trunk fish, yellow jacks, trigger fish. He got more than the rest of us put together.
I got a nice porgy. No pic...:(....biggest one I ever shot. Having it for lunch right now.

Looks efficient.

Just one thought if you haven't covered it. I would wrap neoprene around the hooks. In chop the guns are going to lurch back and forth and bounce .... and at least put some damage on the nice paint jobs.

Also, not sure how rough water you get into but as Marco mentioned, it could do some damage if you fall into those hooks. Or rip your wetsuit or jacket when it catches on one.

Nice motor. I have a 2010 and a 2011 on mine. The newer ones have the three tilt settings? Mine has all the way up, and all the way down. A piece of 2x4 between motor and stern is my "auto" tilt. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I think man will be wiped out long before the ocean critters are. They've survived much longer than we've been around.
And I've seen a few cases where pressure on fishing was relaxed and in a very short time, there is noticeable recovery. Nogas Island in the Philippines and right here in Belize. Shortening the conch season created a huge comeback in two years. I was amazed.

I would guess that yes, stocks will continue to decline but at some point, it won't be cost effective to continue fishing from the wild. Boats won't be able to recover fuel and labor costs.etc.

I mentioned this with George on Facebook. This has happened with shrimp. Aquacultured shrimp is cheaper to produce than wild caught now. In 2001 it almost drove the Gulf trawlers out of business when world prices dropped really low. But thank the US government for stepping in and subsidizing them to continue raping the sea bottom.

I don't know about the weather but man, I'd love to dive on the oil rigs. The videos and pictures are fantastic. Good luck on the job hunting and if you get settled in..... <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">....can I come visit?

Very nice video.

I use the Speardiver small ID 14mm on my Wong 55. I really like the snap they have. Jake says he likes more power with the 16 mm....and he's also 25 years old..... but I don't think there's much difference power wise. Normal 14s, yes. The amount of rubber on the small ID is about the same as normal 16s..

We finally got out. Calm and nice in the morning then the north wind picked up. Outgoing tide with green water in the cuts. Saw a 30 lb or so black and a nice cubera....but it wasn't my day. Only shot I took was on this nice hog. Then had to get home and work. Took us an hour and a half beating through the NW chop for 14 miles home.

Thank God for luck. If I had to feed my family based on hunting skill, I'd starve.

Quote from Pachamama

Yeah, maybe it's because we're basically where the Gulf and the Caribbean meet. Lots of commercial fishing co-ops keep busy with several different techniques, but there are only a handful of freedivers that make a living by spearfishing. And, we've got quite a library of GPS points, enough to let many spots rest for six months or more.

So you get ripping currents through there on the full and new moons? Unreal.

You do a lot of dropping and drifting? Man, we should hook up. We're "neighbors".

I have a lot of spots here too. The only thing about diving here is that the minimum distance I go is about 16 miles. That's the closest place on the reef. Occasionally we get clear enough water to dive off the beach here but....maybe 10 days a year?

How's the pelagic hunting up there? You get wahoo? Don't let George come up there. He'll clean you out. Him and Marco <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'm still a wahoo virgin. King, and cero but no wahoo.

Love your posts. yeah man.

Isla Mujeres look like it's in a high energy spot. I would guess the population of Cancun nearby puts a lot of fishing pressure. But it looks like you have some great spots.

And I hear you on having a young dive buddy. It's great.

Shit. I'm about to take up knitting or something. This Pachamama is good. <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 haul. Man....that black is....???...60 lbs?

Quote from Marco

Over here sea has been flat, clear and no current. That means no fish as well.

Hope some current shows up this weekend.

Full moon today Marco. Should be some current.

Mierda…haha. Nice blacks too.
Yeah, it's been north winds down here for over a week. Cold.

The local fishermen say the fish don't bite when it's north. I like it out on the reef though. It gets clear. Time to bust out the winter wetsuit too.

I'm going to just sit in the cuts on Saturday. Right after this full moon the current will be ripping so I'm going to make a squid chum line. Something should happen.

Nice. How much did the wahoo weigh?

I'm not in the US Marco. <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">

Most Belizeans love "Barro".

This is too quiet. Somebody kill somethin' and post some pics or videos.

Come on you guys. I'm staying home with bad weather, new born babies and a shitload of work. I was hoping to get out Sunday and every day the rest of the week looks great…..until Sunday….it's supposed to be windy as hell.

I got about 100 lbs of semi spoiled squid for chum just waiting to lure in some unsuspecting snappers.

I'm goin' Saturday. Screw work. Yeah man.

Quote from Dude george

Yup Jake was soooo right, i messed up! I shoot fish all the time and don't post the vids or pictures, but the tuna and then the permit both had lessons to be learned, so I shared [emoji4] even though it doesn't show me as a rock star [emoji1]

Like the day I learned that crimps on steel cable won't hold a 40 lb plus king....:(...or when Jake learned that a single flopper won't hold a ....???....70 lb or bigger....black in a hole. Or a 70 lb cobia will roll, jump out of the water and twist a shaft right out of its head.

But what else would you have done? " oh....I don't think I'll go spearfishing today. My Lock Tight is past its expired date and it's possible that I could lose a tip....". Yeah....riiiiiight.....

And these are the "good" mistakes we make. No one got hurt.

Quote from Marco

You must be lucky in love...

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