In Iloilo, Philippines I used to eat kinilaw. (pronounced kee ni lao. Really good. Almost like ceviche but with a LOT of vinegar. And they used Spanish mackerel as the primary fish. Also a LOT of chili pepper. No corn tortilla chips. Just eat it straight.
Different versions on the other islands. In Manila the call is Kilauen (not sure the spelling) Kill a when is how it's pronounced...in case you're going to go and order in a restaurant. haha. . Some put coconut milk or sweet relish.
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whats the fish hook for? <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">
It was in that cubera's mouth when Jon shot it. Not the first time we've seen that.
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Actually we have two coolers. I only put a pic of one. Here's the other.
I like smaller coolers. Easier to lift on and off the boat. I already broke both fenders on my trailer lifting heavy coolers down. hah.I just noticed the spilled yogurt in other cooler. We eat yogurt now. Easy on the stomach. This batch had a somewhat fishy taste though. It opened and spilled ...and had fishy water mix in it twice. We still ate it though. haha.
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I think it's good. But I think a lot, including your other patterns are too.
The sea bottom is so diverse in colors and patterns here that anything like that breaking up a solid image will help you hide while that unsuspecting snapper is coming in to check out what just dive bombed down from the surface. -
Six spearos on the boat. I did a lot of driving picking guys up in the current and hunting for new spots. But when we found the spots we hit paydirt.
I got three nice muttons. The boys got the rest. We hit one of our glory holes but after 4 or 5 fish we left. Homage to the fish gods. That place is unreal this time of year.
Jon's a peckerhead. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> He lost my neck weight that my wife sewed for me. But he's a hell of a spearo and he made up for it in fish.
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One important step it took me a while to learn is to peel the limes or lemons before squeezing them. Otherwise you get the bitter "mist" that squirts out of the peel when you pinch it into the ceviche. My hard headed Honduran wife won't do it though so the peeling is left for me. hah'
But tomato, onion, celery, cilantro....conch, shrimp, lobster, fish....it's a meal. Even I can't screw that one up. -
That is pretty unreal. You know these guys?
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The other guy in the pic is from Miami. He's down here visiting. What a lucky trip. haha
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Oops. Jon's screen name is belizespearo. Sorry baddehhh.
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Check out the wetsuit Dan. haha.
My buddy Jon, who is a member but never posts here so I had to do it for him....shot this monster cobia yesterday. He's going with us tomorrow so maybe he'll bring some of this luck with him. It's almost a holy shit fish. 70 lbs?
If I remember right, he said it took three shots to subdue the beast. I'll get him to chime in here later. Unreal.
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Congrats to Mo. Why aren't there any snappers in Belize?
Jake shot em' all.... <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">
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A day of personal bests for the boys. Mo, the little guy on the left of the photo shot the grouper. He just turned 11. His brother, the one in the yellow shirt shot his pb mutton. The guy in between is a friend's son visiting from Hawaii and he got his biggest fish ever...a nice mutton.
And even this old fart....that is close to my PB dog snapper.
Jake's dog is good size too. Yesterday I was reminded of the movie, "the Avengers". The one where the god Loki says, "I HAVE AN ARMY" !!!! And Iron Man says calmly, "we have a Hulk". That's the way I felt yesterday. "We have a Jake". Without him I would have needed a scuba tank to get two of the fish. The big snapper I shot holed up right away. I dove down after a rest and saw that the line went deep into a hole which I kind of crawled into and saw and went, "shit".
Jake swims over, breaths up, dives down, looks in hole, disappears in hole, comes out, swims to other side of rock, disappears in a hole again, pulls out fish, lets go and comes up. He says, "I have to go shoot it again". He breaths up, goes down, shoots fish, pulls it out as I feed line off my reel so it can do down through the hole and up to the surface. Unreal diving. It was only about 55 feet max but in and out of the holes....shit. Over head environment free diving....whooaaa.
We found a nice spot where there were some "lone wolf" dog snappers hanging out and they were nice size. Hit a next spot and there were quite a few muttons showing up.
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Try again Don. It's working for me now. Sorry about that.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbt_PD6ET0&feature=player_detailpage
Cute little video Jake took while we were taking a break. This was abput half the fish we ended up getting. Brian, the son of my very good friend in Hawaii, grew up there surfing. But while in the water diving here he got a bit seasick. Weird.
What's up with thees mon"? is how Jorge, my former spearing buddy from Spain who moved to Viet Nam, talked. This was for him. haha.
We had a lot of fun in a really active spot with a lot of smaller, but smart dog snappers. Also a lot of schoolmasters.
We both got a nice one each also.
Spent 6 hours hunting a 10 acre or so patch of reef with lots of spurs and grooves. The top of the reef was about a foot deep with a lot of surge and breaking waves, but in between were grooves about 10-20 feet deep where the fish were hanging out. Got a few holes in my wetsuit from banging around in there.
Shot my bigger snapper just as a big green moray came buy The fish holed up and the moray went in after it. Lot of thrashing around but the fish didn't get mauled at all.
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We're so lucky. Amazing pics. Sometimes I take for granted...in the hunt for fish.....just how beautiful things in the sea can be. Thanks.
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George, unless DW changed for that gun, the 55 hybrids use 7mm or 9/32.
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Got out off hwd today for some late afternoon beach divin.
Almost got skunked with nothing but a decent YJ till I was on my way back in. Some big Tarpon snuck up on me and there was a lone single mack following behind them that got a shaft through the head. No matter how many times Ive seen Tarpon in this area and expect them to be here...my heart always skips a beat when they swim right up on you out of nowhere.
Yep.....cause they're BIG !! My heart always jumps too. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
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shiiiiiiiiit. You're good buddehh
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You have to start a new thread. This doesn't qualify in the "Little fish reports". Nice one buddeehhh. haha
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Congratulations. It is by far the greatest joy in life. I was in love with mine while they were still kicking in the womb. Your life will forever be enhanced from this day forward.
