Nice video. Great diving. Do you teach courses? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
We see cuberas come up like that here without FADs. But only uneducated ones and even those will take one look.....and if you don't get a shot, they're gone. We won't see them again.....unless you can dive to 90 - 100 and hide on the bottom. I can't.
I was interested to see how much detail they put into the wood wahoo so I brightened up the pic a little. I think it may look nice as decoration in a spearfishing shop
If it's not too much trouble can you please find out how much it would cost to have one made without the lead but with a little extra detail, and sent it here.
I'll ask Boy. He had another one. And they put some of the shiny lure tape on it. Maybe that will help a bit....flasher material.
If this one doesn't work, I'll trade it to you for a new wetsuit. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
The wahoo is wood with lead inside (I think). It's heavy. Daryl Wong has one that Boy (my buddy) gave him last year and says it gets even heavier taking on a bit of water.
Daryl uses his now and says it works but you have to be ready to shoot fast. It brings the fish in but they figure out pretty quickly that it's not real and split.
They Filipinos use them and shoot the fish from floating boards they ride on. They claim to get over a ton of spanish mackerel and wahoo in 2-3 days.
If I get one I'll be stoked. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
We were at this beach where my friend is building a house. These kids had this gun. Wood trigger mech. Bicycle spoke for a shaft. Deadly accurate. We shot it at a rubber slipper from 6 feet away and it went right through.
The young man wouldn't sell it to us. Said it belonged to his grandmother.
I also got a life size wahoo lure. They use them there near FADs and get a lot of them. We'll see how it works in Belize. Hang it off a floater at about 18 feet of water?
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How do you know that? The article didn't say.
The last sentence of the article.
I hope it was a blackout and was a peaceful exit from this world. RI P brother..
Hey Hank! Let's plan and head together to Toño's place!
Maybe we can organize some freediving spearfishing clinics over there...
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I can see it now.
" yep, these spearfishing techniques work so well, that even that old gray haired fart (at this point, I stand up and smile) gets snappers every now and then". <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
"Load my gear woman. Get ice and gas up the boat....and hurry it up"
No...really. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Wait till you start adding up boats and motors, and tools. I don't even want to think how much I've spent.
Boat and gas is the biggy. But life without it.....don't want to think about it. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Bad roads, crazy drivers, corrupt police, cheap beer, great food, unreal diving.....what are we waitin' fer? Sounds like my kinda place. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
I'm in the Philippines right now. Just flew back from Thailand. Life in "civilized" countries? Never mind....haha. Can't wait to get home to Belize though.
Unreal Marco. And thanks for the lesson in hunting wahoo. How much did that weigh?
Iv always thought of carbon fins as gear for the blue water guys but after seeing all the battle scarred C90 I'm wondering would these work (or do they already) for the guys diving rock shelfs? Realizing I couldn't treat them anything like my plastic fins I'm just wondering if the up grade would last long enough to be worth it. Thanks.
Does this answer your question? I beat the crap out of mine. They can take it. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Now my step son is using them.
I have replaced the channeling rails but other than that, tough fins.
very nice pictures.
Re ear holes. I know cold water can cause problems after prolonged, multiple exposure. I had a good buddy in Hawaii I used to surf with a lot who was from San Fran area. He talked real loud because, even at the young age of 25, his ear canal was closed a bit, he said from exposure.
So, before I burn holes in a cold water wetsuit, I would talk to guys from there. I would guess the thickness of the hood would stop it from bending into the ear hole with pressure. ??
Nice pictures.
For those that put holes in their hood for the ears. Have you done this for colder waters as well?
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yep....down to a frigid 77F. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
I have done it from 1.5 to 3 mm suits.
Hey Hank,
I think, hope, im going to be back in W.A for work in 2 weeks but if im not then your welcome to come over and have a feed, some beers and talk some spearing. I got some good DVDs too.
Just incase you run out of things to do in BKK lol
Thanks. I'm going for some shrimp related work. Meeting an old friend who manages a big breeding program there. I'll message you from there if I can get some spare time.
pee on it (old indo-pacific remedy)- post a vid to teach future spearfishers :thumbsup1:
I don't think urine works on this type of venom. Heat works to break it down.
Urine works on hydroid stings though.
Bummer George. I wish I could give you info. All I know is that everyone says it hurts....real bad. I hope you're well enough to dive tomorrow. Let us know how it goes. Thanks for the info.
That's an awesome picture Virgili. Not a sight I want to see anytime soon....
What a FAT barracuda. I've seen them that long here but now that fat. Nice.
Tom Yam....gotta remember this. I'm going to be in Bangkok in two weeks. Should I take some of my black grouper from here? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
I grew up near a river but didn't dive. I do remember a bunch of us in high school going canoeing, getting drunk ...
My buddies were behind us as we came into some fast water and a bend. After we made it through looked back and saw our buddies climbing out of the water but their canoe was nowhere in site.
It had slid under a tree that was submerged with just the tip sticking up pointing up stream. If one of them had gotten trapped in the crotch of a branch and the trunk, maybe they would have gotten stuck too. It sobered us up pretty quick.
But the bad vis is what scares me. Buddies aren't much help if they can't see you tangled. Even in relatively shallow water.
Jake dives pretty deep here but I can see him. We had to scuba on our pipeline last week in 12 feet of water and that scared me more. There are fishing lines, anchor lines....maybe gill net? Even with scuba a stuck diver can get in trouble fast. At least I can see the bubbles but man....
Scary stuff that bad vis.
