Posts by hank

Finally got out. Jake's had a sinus infection and we've all had the "Cold From Hell" that isn't that bad, but the damn thing just won't go away.

Anyway, we hit three spots. Only saw a few nice dog snapper, some BIG….and DEEP…haha…(I love that line) black grouper. But after not diving for a month I was only diving shallow for a minute 10 or so. Jake was still hacking sinus blockage but he was clearing it up.

Mo got a nice barracuda. He swore it came after him after he shot it.

Rough and windy…..and this morning was glass calm. Naturally….it's Monday. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Check out the fins Dan. He using the smaller Omer foot pockets on the stiffer blades. Doing good. He's going to be a killer. He'll be 12 in June.
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We saw two schools of small rainbow runners. I shot two and had it for lunch today. Really nice. Andre swears they're just like salmon.
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There s more fish under the ice. I got a couple nice ceros. Jake got a decent grouper and another barracuda. Andre shot a big ramora….haha. He's says they're good. "in Jamaica we eat them like….blah blah….haha. He's cool
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Cleaning up. Jake's birthday. 25 years….
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Nice George. I have to go 15 miles for fish like that. Your DOCK? Nice.

When I saw the title, "Free dive socks", I thought it was socks for free diving. hah. My foot is only 10.5-11. Very nice offer Judah. You're a good man.

3 xl…..so like….you wear a size 15 shoe? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

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Quote from Oscar

Much larger than this and the meat gets coarse. I have speared many but largest landed was 352 pounds. Hank what is the Riffe Baja speargun? I thought I knew all of the different Riffe spearguns?

Nicely done. Looks like you have the perfect Panda for where you dive.

STANDARD SERIES | Riffe International

Oscar, it's the Standard 5. Used to be called the Baha Plus when I bought it. It's 65 inches long but has the same band stretch as a Wong 55 GR hybrid.
The fish was very good eating. Soft meat. Fillets were about 6 inches thick.

350 lbs. Well, you got the record then. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

This is kind of cheating since you Florida guys can't shoot these. But they are legal in Belize. 2009 I believe, a few weeks before Willy was born because I remember a very pregnant Araceli filleting it perfectly.
We didn't weigh it but neither Jake, Pancho, Jorge (aka the Spaniard) or I could lift it off the deck of the boat completely. Minimum weight guess, 140 lbs. (I weigh about 180) Goliath Grouper. This was a while ago. Shot with my Riffe Baja Plus. Floatline. When I hit the fish it pulled the gun out of my hand like you pulling your finger from a baby's grip. Jake saw the floater go ripping across the water from the boat. But the fish died pretty quick. We at it for about 3 months.

There were three of them. This was the smallest and was swimming last in the line. I've been to this spot many times since but never seen other goliaths there.

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It's a good thread though. Sometimes it's nice to pull up the old ones. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I want to rig a float stringer system for hunting the shallows. I pass on a LOT of 1 lb snappers and porgies (my favourite eating size) because I'm 50-100 yards from the boat. It's a long swim for a small fish. But I don't like keeping them close of hanging off my waste like Daryl W and Joe do in Hawaii. Barracuda and nurse sharks…and other sharks….
But Doc and DuQuesnay use an old spear shaft hanging off a styrofoam float. Doc swears it brings in other fish. I'm going to rig one up…..if the weather ever calms down on a Sunday….:(

Marco is right. Even I get lucky now and then. And sometimes those bigger Cuberas aren't so wary. A few of the bigger ones I got just looked at me like….."what, I owe you money"?….

I've had contractions….gentle ones…..but didn't really feel the need to breath. And that's exactly why I surfaced right away. I probably had over breathed up…hyperventilated….and tricked my body. The CO2 is there but there's enough oxygen at depth due to partial pressure to make me still feel comfortable.

I really noticed that one day when Jake and I were breathing up off an oxygen bottle. (we were trying it laying on the floor at the hatchery) I got to 6 and a half minutes and started getting long, slow contractions but felt no urge to breath. I wasn't sure what was going to happen so I stopped and breathed. The high oxygen was for sure tricking my body.

Having learned that on pure O2, I'm very careful and surface when I get the first ones.

Looks like a fun day.

Very nice Marco. You're good badehh

Which one goes best with the new Reef suit. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I just ordered the new Reef camp.

I have a Yazbeck but it's a bit ….stiff? It's warm but I swear wearing it vs my 1.5 Spetton cuts my dive times by 25% or more. And it's got a few little pokey things in a couple seams that irritate the shit out of me. I have to wear a t shirt under it.

Jake has a Speardiver and used it exclusively. When he was a kid, we called him Chief Broken Gun because he would break just about any toy and thing you gave him……very quickly. Well, he's still like that in many ways but even HE hasn't' screwed up that SD wetsuit. No shredded threads, pulled seams….nothing. And he says it's by far the most comfortable suit he's ever had.

ya man.

Quote from makoa

Right on! You'll love da nenue...onolicious! To'au another favorite. Post pics brah of both.

The nenue here has a grey coloured meat. But I've eaten it and it was good. Are the Hawaiian ones the same?

That is a really nice wetsuit. I want one. Where is it made? <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">

Seriously Dan, great job. I'm going to order one.

Many thanks Makoa. That picture in the first post is making my mouth water. I have some cero mackerel that should work. Kind of like ono.

(I had to spell your name with a capital because this stupid spell check kept changing the a to an s )

RIP.

I learned to surf on a Hobie. 9 foot or so. And learned to sail on a Hobie Cat.

I looked and looked but I couldn't see the snow leopard. I think they screwed up on that picture. There isn't really one there. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Okay, back to fish. jake wasn't here today. He's had a bad sinus infection for the last three weeks. So just Andre and I went.
We hit five different spots but it was pretty quiet. Lot of smaller snappers around but I hadn't seen out but….once in the last five weeks so I was gunning for something a little bigger.

Went to the third spot, "Spot 29" on my gps. We hadn't seen a school of bigger dog snappers yet so I wanted to see if that school was there. It's a deep spot though and I don't want to dive it without Jake. But then I saw about 200 dogs….whooaaaa. As I dived down, they went down to the bottom at about 80 feet or so. I went up and breathed up a bit. Dropped down again as they were swirling back up but they went down again. Then this nice cubera swims up. I got lucky and hauled ass about 60 yards back to the boat. That place is very sharky.

Got the little doggy at the fourth spot. shallow but a bit of swell.

Ya man.

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