That pretty much covers it. I would add a computer but that's not really essential.
Posts by hank
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Could have gotten closer, or could have waited that extra second or two to try and get closer only to have the cubera make that "cubera WHUP" sound as he bolts....and you're left thinking, "MAN, I should have shot sooner....". <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">
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Should have used a slip tip. <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 Marco. I know how you feel. I lost a couple grouper on my last trip out. I don't post about those though because of the anti spearfishing crowd that checks these forums.
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Jake got his best catch of his life today. Baby girl, 8 lbs 12 oz arrived about an hour ago. Mom, baby and Jake are all fine. Grandpa too. Grandma is supposed to deliver in about 2 weeks. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
yep...
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Welcome.
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So Oceanic will still supply battery kits for the Aeris computers?
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welcome.
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I rarely dive shallow. Only when I take my kids so they can spear some pan sized fish. BUT, as most people already said, being quite and look "undangerous" is the most important thing. If you're doing an aspetto, try to do it with the sun at your back, keep your fins attached to the bottom (you don't want to be laying on the bottom with two flags telling everybody you're there). Take your snorkel out of your mouth before diving, weight yourself properly so you can stop swimming at 1/3 of the bottom but you can breath up effortless, predators often swim against the current, keep that in mind.
If you find a spot with many dog snappers, avoid shooting them inside the holes. Lay iin the bottom 6-8 feet appart and one of them will show up. Doing this, you'll be able to take more than one. Otherwise, they will all stay holed for the rest of the day.
In those opportunities, I always swim against the current so when I'm tired, I can just let myself drift to the boat.
This is enough for free. Any more info will cost you $$$ <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Good stuff Marco.
Instead of swimming against current it's really good if you can get one guy to stay in the boat while others drift, pick up, go back and do it again in our cuts.
Good luck with that if you find fish. <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"> "No, it's YOUR turn to drive the boat"...."Yeah, well it's my damn boat..."....haha Yep. -
Wahoo, cero and spanish mackerel all have paper thin skin and soft meat. Marco the Wahoo Whisperer is one of the few who shoots them with a single barb. Most use a slip tip because they DO tear off so easily.
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Wow Marco. That's bad ass. I couldn't even SEE your boat after about 5 minutes into the vid.
What was going on in your head? Just curious. I was thinking....the boat is getting farther and farther....do I just go back for it and motor to my float? :@. Current?
You're good.
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NO shit, shit. wow…:@
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I envy that backdrop with the mountains and city so close to wahoo waters :crying:
Seriously. I think Marco had to search for years to find a spot like that to live in. I live in the middle of nowhere but I have to go at least 40 miles to get to a wahoo "highway". <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
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Belize is pretty nice.
I have a friend who used to manage Blackbird Caye probably about 8 years ago or so. He then helped build Thatch Caye resort but now lives in Colombia. That's him in the middle of the picture. He came to visit about a year ago. We got a few fish.
Was your girlfriend related to the present Prime Minister, Dean Barrow? Or Said Musa, the previous one?
Belize is a very small country. Only 300,000 people. Like a small US city. -
Welcome to Speardiver.
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Yep, I'd say that's pretty damn decent.
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In my dreams. Thanks Marco
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It has a caudal fin and pigment of dogs although many are more pinkish. I would bet cubera or mangrove and dog. But we have a spot here where muttons, dogs and cuberas all hang out together. If it's mutton and dog, then teeth seem to be a dominant gene.
Pretty cool whatever it is. If you get another one, freeze it. Maybe Randall can even tell us what to look for as far as counting spines and scales etc etc…
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It's an awesome shot period.
Almost all professional photos are processed in photoshop or an equivalent software. It doesn't make them any less impressive. Very rarely will a camera capture an image exactly the way the human eye sees it. Color levels, contrast, brightness, exposure are all small tweaks that can make all the difference. It takes a lot of skill to manipulate a photo properly.
Besides photography is as much an art as anything. It doesn't have to be a perfect recreation of the scene it is the artists perspective just like a painting.
That's true. I didn't mean to criticize the photo. It's just my inquisitive nature to wonder about what I was seeing. If I was on my boat I probably would have turned around and gone home. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Red sky in the morning....
I have seen skies like that in Manila, where the smog is really bad. The sun is halfway to high noon but the amount of light appears to be more like sunrise. And it's orange too.
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It is a beautiful picture. No doubt.
As the the reality of it....the sun seems to be still pretty high to be creating that much orange. That's usually post sunset;....unless it's a heavily polluted air? Coast of China?
