Posts by hank

I just bought a home blood pressure tester. It attaches to your wrist.

Haven't taken medication for two days. First reading was 134/83. Laid there listening to Chela give me shit for spending $150 on this stupid machine for about 5 minutes and tested again. 131/76.

Man, I'm going to go get drunk. That's the best it's been in years. I've been really careful the last 5 years or so. Lot of fruit smoothies, oatmeal every day, lean meat or chicken soup for lunch….and diving my ass off on weekends. YEEEEEEHHAAAAAAA !! I'm stoked.

Thanks Don. Your post got me to thinking about it. I've been taking meds for a few years and hadn't had it tested lately.

Tossing some sand up in the water brings in mutton snapper too. Sometimes you won't see one from the surface but if you get down tot he bottom and toss sand, they'll come in.

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Thanks man. Any tips on catching more hogs and snapper?

The most important key to getting fish is finding them.

Hogs....basically are pretty.....uhhhh....almost tame? If they've been shot at recently they may be more spooky but generally they're one of the easier fish to approach. You can even chase after them and many times they'll stop, broadside as if to ask, "what"?

Snappers are a bit more elusive. All are smart. If you see one, or a school. pretend you don't....see them. If they're educated, meaning they know you're dangerous, they will usually bug out really fast. If not, swim kind of away and dive to the bottom....NOT looking at them. Get down and hide behind any structure and wait. Sometimes they'll come right to you. Sometimes they'll laugh at your dumb ass and swim away. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

And then, sometimes you're really lucky and you can swim right up and shoot them. It pretty much depends on how "educated" they are.

When you figure out the secret, please let me know. I'm still working on it. The good news is, it's fun work.

Finally got out today. First boat fish of the year. Tino is fine and coming home tomorrow.

Rough and dirty water and a ripping current. After lolly gagging around on the edge of the current I got Duquesnay to drive the boat and I drifted alone out the other side of the cut. Dropped in on the "House" and here was this black Shot him right in the face and he came out one hole of the House and went in another, making a tangled mess of shooting and reel line. Hard to breath up in the current but it was good because the fish was about dead when I went back down. Pulled him up but my gun went into the House. haha. Anyway, all ended up well.
Nice margate too. And a sneak barracuda.

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Tino is 14 but he's pretty much full grown. He's almost as tall as I am.

His sister, Maritsa, had an appendectomy three years ago. She complained a lot about the pain. So we did all the tests. My father left me his Merck Manual, one that doctors use to diagnose just about everything, and treatment. The language is pretty technical but we figured it out. Anyway, hers was easy. But Tino didn't have the normal symptoms. And his appendix was behind his bowel. 95%, according to the physician, have it in the front.

Anyway, Chela says he's feeling better and is pissed that he has to wear a Pamper because they won't let him get up to go to the bathroom. Teenagers.....

Looks like the fish may get ANOTHER week to grow.....and become dumber. They're going to forget all about us...which is good. Soon the wrath of a couple of sneaky bastards is going to descend upon them.....heh.......heh........heh........

Thanks Judah.

Whew....just had a close call. Tino, who dives with us a lot was sick as a dog. We took to the ER twice...they rehydated him and sent him home, treating basically for bacterial or viral dysentery.

Finally took him to a private doctor who had enough sense to do blood work. He had really high white cell count and recommended we get him to a surgeon right away. This was yesterday afternoon.

So Chela (wife) and I hauled ass with Tino up to Belize City where they examined him again and determined he had a ruptured appendix. They did surgery last night to remove appendix and all the mess it created in his abdomen. Looks like he's going to be fine though.

Man, Belize government medical facilities are about like the US during the Civil War.

Very nice video. Thanks.

Really nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome.

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Hank - I envy your life. Hope the Boy(s) are OK and just a minor cold/bug. You found this juvenile Jewfish on a shore dive? How shallow? I used to spear a lot of these, guess he is around 50 lbs, in relatively shollow water and undr piers in Panama.

Hope the kids are better soon.

Thanks Oscar and Sames.

Yeah, I swam out from the beach. Our pipeline for the hatchery has a screened intake about 1500 feet out. The 8 inch PVC pipe comes up vertical from the bottom and is supported by a steel frame. Always has fish around it. The locals know it too and we periodically have to repair the pipe because they pull it apart with their rebar anchors.

As I was approaching the end I could tell because some spade fish, a lot of yellow jacks and some one lb muttons were coming to check me out. I dove down...only about 12 feet...and laid on the bottom holding onto the pipe trying to hide. As I was going up, this one swam right up under me. I had to wait to get far enough away to shoot. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

I was pretty stoked. I've only been in the water once since Christmas. First time for the year. We got our butts handed to us two weeks ago. It was wild coming home. I was running fast coming up and trying to go over the waves in front of us....and picking which direction to go as they white capped on either side of us. Weird weather for the last 5 months or so.

I take 20 mg Enalapril Maleato. It's basically a diuretic. I take one every morning and have no problems diving.....well. for an old fart I guess. Jake dives circles around me....
But I've never had dizziness or anything. I was 140 over 85 or so. Not real high but no use running the engine at high rpms if I don't have to. I think it's genetic with me. I don't have much body fat. My dad had it too.

Man, this has been the worst weather this year. We got chased home by 35 mph winds two weeks ago before we could get to the reef. Out of nowhere. Other days, it's just been nasty NW winds. Kids got sick...work....damn.
So today I went to the beach and it was really nice...and the water looked clear. I ran home and got my gear which was all loaded in the boat but we cancelled yesterday due to my son being sick. He's ok...but we didn't dive....again.
Anyway, got in the water and there were tons ....ok....20 or more barracuda all around. Curious. I shot one. Shot a nice mutton and swam way out to the end of our pipeline....about 1500 feet out. Lot of fish and here comes this guy right under me. Nice head shot. I was worried about all the barracuda....or maybe a bullshark. Not great vis. but had an uneventful swim in.
His belly was full of crabs.

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I've never seen a Comanche but my buddy hear used a Geronimo Elite 95. He's deadly with it and gets some nice fish.
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Nice shooting! I want a smiley face scale!!!!! <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 want to see more of the lady with the yellow bikini top sitting behind the scale…

Nice Marco.

Nice fish Marco. I can't read the scale but I'll guess.....75 lbs? on the cubera?

Amazing fish. Look at the tail. That thing can displace some WATER !!. You could probably ski behind that thing.

Nice. I really want to dive the Kona coast someday. I've been there a few times but never in the water.

I don't think it will be a problem finding a good fitting mask. When Jake was four he just used one of mine. I believe it was a US Divers. And Willy (now 4 1/2) has used a generic one that is a lot like a Tusa Liberator.
Given that, I'm sure that my Speardivers and a couple generic low profile ones I bought in Hawaii will fit well also. I would look for a soft silicon skirt though just for comfort.
I seem to have a universal head and almost all masks I've ever tried fit (except for one Riffe that hit the bridge of my nose). I think a lot of masks will fit your son.

I even found a little pair of fins in Hawaii.