Nice fish, pics and story George.
I never see those Spanish macks here in Belize. Only ceros....and we have kings and wahoo. Nice colors on that doggie. Looks more like a cubera with the darker red color.
Nice boat too badehh. Post a pic of it. How big is it?
Yeah man, that video makes a lot of sense. For sure all the sharks in Florida know all about banded sea snakes. And the white sharks around the world in temperate waters. Sea snakes are so badass....And sharks know that that little pin head with the fangs where wisdom teeth are.......that they're deadly. One bite to the fin.... Dan, when are you going to sell these? <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">
What animal can replace the role of wolves? none. What can replace sharks? Plenty of other smaller sharks.
There is evidence to support this statement.
When I first moved to Hawaii in 1977 people would proudly say, "there hasn't been a fatal shark attack here since Billy Weaver, at the Moku Manus back in 1950 something".
All those years commercial culling of large sharks was being done on a regular basis. But in the 70s that stopped due to environmental awareness etc. By the late 80s shark attacks on surfers was on the rise. I personally have known and met two victims on Kauai. One had his hand bitten off near Princeville and the other, the stepson of a guy I worked with who was an aspiring pro body boarder, had his foot bitten off.
The theory is that many of the 6-8 foot tiger sharks of the 70s grew into 14-18 footers by the late 80s, demonstrating that once left alone, they will come back strong.
Nice haul again. So when are you going to start running a diving charter?
I've dreamed of that. But I'd need a bigger boat so we could do overnights on the farther away places. Right now I have to keep farming shrimp to pay the bills. Still have 3 more kids I gotta get through school. Willy says he's going to be a dcotor, a pilot and a cowboy. So I have to pay for medical school, buy a plane and a ranch yet. That's a lot of fish. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Very sad indeed.
It is interesting that there seems to be a high shark population there. 5 deaths since 2011 is a high number given that there are about 10 reported fatal shark attacks worldwide per year.
Sames, I am a very lucky man for sure. Being here is my childhood dream. Thanks.
Next time I'll lay them all out.
We had a few trigger fish in the cooler. Doc and Dukes shoot trunkfish too. Really good eating. I don't shoot them but I guess I may start. Jake and I are usually looking for snappers or grouper....in case you hadn't noticed....:).....but the triggers are really good and not so easy to shoot. They're around a lot but they seem to know how far my gun can shoot.
A few from yesterday. Lot of thunder and lightning in the morning. But Doc and Dukes are die hard old farts so out we went. Turned into a great day. We're going to Glover's Reef with Doc in 10 days Going to spend a few nights at his house there.
I feel like I post the same pics all the time. But I never remember to take photos on the boat or we're too tired and everyone is eating too lazy to dig fish out of the cooler.
Look at the grouper Mo is holding with Doc. I shot it and as I dropped down, it acted normal. Looking up, getting ready to bolt. After I shot it I felt bad though. Look at the tail. It's deformed or something bit it off. Jake said, "dad, he was looking at you saying, "really? You're going to shoot ME"?" haha.
And yeah, the small ID rubber works. I only missed once. The shot was good but the fish bolted right as I pulled the trigger. 
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Sounds like you might do better with the ground water and a filtration system.
Chlorine can be a good thing as long as you neutralize it before use. Sodum Thiosulfate or Sodium metabisulfite work every well. And you only add 0.5 to 1 ppm chlorine. Very important with shrimp because over dose will kill the babies.
We chlorinate all our seawater for the shrimp hatchery. The good thing about it is that it oxydizes some of the metals, (iron) and organics, creating a flock that a standard sand type swimming pool filter can remove. You can then "polish" the water by going through bag type filters that go down to 0.5 microns. Bacteria size.
I've done a lot of water filtering. PM me and maybe I can help you on that. Suppliers etc.
Or, you could donate a tank to growing aquatic plants that will absorb the heavy metals and become toxic themselves. You have to "mow the lawn" and remove them as they grow or they will die, break down and release all that they absorbed. I did this in a hatchery in the Philippines. We called the tank a BARB which stood for Big Ass River Bed. The principle being that a river purifies the water by passing it through algae and organisms that absorb the impurities. Before I did that all the shrimp died at day 4. The algae that was grown in the direct water actually became toxic
That would be a first step, then chlorinate and filter.
But oops....I forget you want to do this without power.
Here you go Greorge. I got another couple in the 35 lb range but have to dig them up. The biggest was 53 lbs. The one that looks beat up was about 43. He tried to get in a hole that I had chummed. But the hole was only 3 feet wide and the spear is 5 feet long. hah.
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That's unbelievable. The tap water kills the crop? Chlorine?
Hank, I saw an episode of Doomsday Preppers where two guys had those rigs with Tilapia. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen in regard to self-reliance. I've thought about doing something similar and perhaps one day I will. My main objective at this time is doing without the convenience of electricity.
That's a bit more of a challenge for sure. But if you're planning on doing it without power, which I assume is what you think it would be like in bad times, how would you get water? Besides rain?
I know a guy here back in the "valley" who has a small hydro generator. That would be awesome. He has to run fans and other units to keep some load on it. That would be the ideal setup. If you didn't want to produce power, you could set up a small dam and have flowing water for your fish or plants instead of recirculating it.
Or, solar power. I know a guy here who runs a small AC and refrigerator on some panels.
I tie one end of the tying line to a bedpost or something solid. When I pull it tight I use a needle nose and wrap the line a couple times. That way I can pull with both hands from the bedpost...but I'm an old fart. Maybe a few years back I could have done it with a screwdriver in each hand. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
But I do waste quite a bit of line in doing it that way. Maybe 1/4 of the line is wasted.
Very nice. How big is the snapper? 35 lbs?
My dream is to set up an aquaponics rig. Tilapia, maybe some macrobrachium shrimp and use that water for plant production. Probably in some type of greenhouse to keep bugs off.
It's kind of what I do now, minus the plants but we remove nitrogen waste using biofliters. The roots of the plants will do the same.
But regarding total chaos and food production.....down here, maybe. We have a light population. But if you have food and people need it, your main focus will be on security....like, lots of guns or people will be worse than birds or insects in cleaning out your crop. That's already a problem on the shrimp farm and it's "good times" for most people.
Yeah baddehhh. Nice fish.
I try to make the wishbones 3 1/2 inches knot to knot. The one came more like 4 as I was having to adjust to make a different knot.
I clip the ends off the rubber so it's easier to slip into the band slots on the Wongs. Actually with the 9/16 it's not a tight fit. Just habit from doing the 5/8 which I have to spit on to get them into the slots. Do they tangle if you don't clip or taper them. I never noticed that.
The yellow line...not sure what it is....is a bit stiffer than the purple line.
George, I loaded them onto my Wong and pulled them, then switched to a new set of 5/8 I made but still haven't used. There wasn't a lot of difference and they're the same length. Not sure what it'll be like after a few times in the water.
Good idea on the wrapping of the hand. At least there was no blood. hah.
I just received some of the 9/16 band material from Dan so I tied up a couple sets last night.
I used waxed line on one set for Mo's Riffe with one wishbone from D Wong. Not sure where he gets that line,
the other is dyneema. I think. And I used the stronger nylon line on mine for my Wong.
Quite a bit different from tying the larger bore 5/8 and 9/16 I'm used to. The hole really is smaller. The dyneema was easier to install, being a little more stiff. I think I need a smaller set of needle nose pliers too. After a bit of spit and twisting and turning, I got them in....and only one gouge in my hand.....and a few choice words that I didn't want Willy to hear...
I normally tie a double wrapped half hitch for the size and it doesn't untie. The only bands I've had pull apart were two that I used a single half hitch. The knot actually slipped and untied behind the wishbone. But I had to use that on these because it's the small knot. I did a stress test on both sets though......Jake did a full on gorilla pull on both.....and they held. I'm really stoked to try them. I like a little less power on my 55 hybrid.
Dan gave me some good advice and says he might post a vid on how to tie these. The insert T that I got from Mako was way too big. Forget it. I had to use needle nose. And the bands are a lot stiffer than normal 9/16. Lucky I made them 26 and 28. Jake was trying to tell me "dude....they're going to be weak....24 is good".....kids.....
Welcome.
Ali was my hero. And the Stones too...
I wore out about three copies each of Hot Rocks (best of) and Sticky Fingers. Vinyl and cassettes. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
