Posts by hank

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Quote from Hardline

    Apparently thats where all fish are at...we're lucky to see snappers over 20" here and they're spooky as hell. Nice fish guys. Do you eat those midnight parrots? I see them all the time here and fairly decent size. We don't shoot parrots over here though.


    I haven't shot one in a while because the green parrots are protected here now. I'm not sure about the midnight.
    However, it is one of the best eating fish I ever had. Really nice white, soft meat. My wife loves it.


    We are lucky to have the snappers we have here. I have about 8 or 10 spots where we know schools of dogs hang out. And if there's a big school of dogs, there are usually a few cuberas around. Muttons too. For us, it's the cuts. Where there's a Venturi of current, there's fish. And of course, possessing incredible diving skills is a plus. <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">:S

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Finally. Got out into some fish. The last two weeks we tried to install a FAD. We got it in but my GPS quit so we didn't have a mark. But we had a vector. 'm pretty sure someone stole the floater, which was 8 feet under the surface and was a nice 6 gallon gas can. Oh well. Try again.


    So Sunday we headed to find fish. Dirty water but we found them. Out of practice. I did some nice dives. Came down, chin tucked, got to the bottom, looked up to see about 4 nice dog snapper....15 lbs or so, swimming away. If I'd been looking I would have had a shot. I was just trying to get back in the diving groove. Jake was tearing it up as usual. He got 4 nice cuberas. I got one, a nice grouper, and a few other fish. Saw a couple nice kings but couldn't get close.
    There was a big school or permit and another of 15 plus lb horse eye jacks passing by periodically. We don't shoot those but really beautiful to see.


    Saw a nice midnight parrot. He was spooky. Every time I looked at him, "whup" he'd move off, turn and look again. I swear, I heard him laughing at me.
    We made another pass for the FAD but no luck. I'm going to get a new rope and go deep. Jon (Belizespearo) caught wahoo on hook and line and won a tournament this weekend. They're here already.


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  • These Quiet Mornings...

    Beautiful gun. Can I be your friend? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    I like quiet mornings too but here in Belize the sand flies chew you to pieces on those mornings. You got to get in the boat and move.....fast. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Spearfishing wetsuit sizing help

    Quote from Marco

    Ok. That's cool too. Let me know when you get them to place an order.


    Hank: I'll give them to you for free. You pay my ticket to Belize and I'll take 'em with me. ;)


    <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Yep, Mo is 11 and just starting to grow. Tino went from 5 feet to 6 feet tall in the last year. He looks like Jethro on the Beverly Hillbillies when he wears Jake's old Mako suit. It only reaches about halfway from his knee to his foot. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
    Kids.....man they grow fast.


    But the Speardiver suits are the most durable I've had. Jake used his all the time and it's like new. Tino leaves his out on the line for a week (not in the sun) and it's still like new too. When I wear out my Yaz I'm going to get a SD.

  • Spearfishing wetsuit sizing help


    When they outgrow them next year, I'll buy them. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Holed up fish recovery at your limits?

    I usually carry a full scuba rig on the boat.
    We hunt on the reef drop off and I've had fish shot in 30-40 feet hole up below 100 feet. I don't want my buddy/son free diving that deep for a fish.
    I had one large dog snapper take off when I was using a float line. I couldn't grab it fast enough and by the time I got to it, it was stretched straight up and down. 100' float line, 18' shooting line and about 6 feet of stretched bungee. I got my scuba gear and and when I got down to the hole, the fish was inside a small cave and had gone up on a ledge. I had to crawl in and reach back over my head.


    It's not pure but in some cases it's better than losing fish and shaft.

  • Add a pissette to your wetsuits?

    Quote from Oscar

    So Hank - you were the one that opened the fish hold in Daryl's boat deck and he turned around not knowing you had and stepped in catching the sharp edge and cutting his foot along the toes nearly to the bone. His sister, a dermatologist sewed Daryl up - he said his seamstress sister sewed him. He went diving yesterday said it was ok. Did you guys get any fish? How was it? Reef or blue water or both? May someday take Daryl up for a dive if I'm in the area - would love to hear how that went.


    You know the story pretty much as it happened. No, it wasn't me. I was still in the water when the fish box was left open.
    Got a few small fish near Chinaman's Hat. I missed a LOT. I was using a mid handle with 5/8 strong bands. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
    His sister put in 38 stitches. Went to his house that night and it was all sewed up.
    He wanted to go the next Sunday and was going to just drive the boat. But I had family plans.
    It's always fun diving with Daryl. It's a lot different then diving here and the fish are pretty educated there. Lot of good spearos in Hawaii. But he knows a LOT of good spots.

  • Add a pissette to your wetsuits?

    Quote from sdeisen

    Ha, says the guy fllying around the land of giant pelagics posting zero pictures


    Problem is, that's all I did was fly. I dived one day in the Philippines and we got hit by a typhoon...north but it made the seas rough in the Visayas.
    I go to Hawaii and Dr Wong cut his foot on the boat on the first day diving requiring 38 stitches. No more diving in Hawaii. 30 days and two days diving. No pics badehh.


    But I DID put a FAD in the water yesterday at a double secret spot. A couple fish were on it before we finished. We'll see. Hoping for ono....and if I see one I may need that piss....set....due to excitement. :thumbup:


    Dropping a FAD weight....300 lbs of old flywheels....I need to post a pic of Jake's hands. We set it at 275 feet. I'm stoked. Can't wait to see it again.


    And just as we were going to drop it my GPS quit. I don't have the coordinates but I did get a vector on some rocks and islands. I can find it.

  • Add a pissette to your wetsuits?

    6 mm shafts.....pissoff....I mean pissetts....what is this site coming to? :boring1::S <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">

  • Switched to a 6.5 mm shaft

    Send me a couple of those too Dan. Jake said he and DuQuesnay have been seeing a lot of these near one of our spots. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
    Just kidding badehh. haha. I really would like to try one. 63 inch for my 55 Wong?


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  • Switched to a 6.5 mm shaft

    Quote from Don Paul

    I shoot 1/4, 9/32, 6.75mm, 7mm, 5/16, only 3/8 in Baja, like bullets they all need different power depending on the barrel length and prey. I have no favorites, they are just tools, I have lot of them.


    They remind me of cars.1/4'' Ferrari Fast but high maintenance, not good for towing shite.
    3/8'' Mercedes S class, fast when hi powered, but once moving...keeps moving and it can go though a wall.^^


    Cheers, Don


    Well said and I agree, although I have limited experience compared to you buddy.


    But the difference is, you can choose to use the Ferrari (1/4") but on your way home, your buddy's F350 is broken down and you have to tow him.
    Kind of like going out with a 7 mm or even 1/4" and having a 60 lb cubera swim up to you and go like, "what, you gonna pull that trigger or stare all day"? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    For that reason, I prefer a little extra fire power. I'll blow a bigger hole in a 2 lb school master but if I DO see that big one. I can take him.

  • Happy Birthday Steven (sdeisen)

    Just body surfing. Got a lot of nice barrels though. You have to press and stay in the barrel there or you get pitched. I spent a lot of time there....25 years ago,
    If I could stay here long enough I could get back into board surfing. My friend who has a small prawn farm in Ka'a'awa Valley still surfs. The east side breaks can still be relatively uncrowded on a north swell and kona winds. But man, gotta get those paddling muscles back in shape. :)


    Went out with Daryl on Sunday. Diving off Chinaman's hat. But he slipped and cut his foot really bad on his boat. Needed 38 stitches to close it up. No more diving this trip. Got a few small fish. Good fun.