Posts by hank

  • Fish Parasites

    Yeah, the 0 gravity situation will be one of our undoings. Look at the space station guys after a few months. Total atrophy. But we keep learning. I think we're basically still pretty primitive animals.

  • A Few Pike for a First Timer

    I used to fish for them when we'd go to Canada every year. Fresh water barracudas. And they're great eating. I don't care what people say about the Y bones.


    So how do you hunt those? They just lay near the bottom waiting to ambush other fish? You see them from the top and go down?

  • Fish Parasites

    Quote from Dan

    It occurred to me that this fish tongue parasite is proof that life is meaningless. There's no point spending your life stuck in some creatures mouth, unable to leave. It's just survival for survival's sake.


    ....and there's probably beings out there that can traverse the universe saying the same thing about us Earthlings....:)

  • Fish Parasites

    Mackerel Lice? - The Fishing Website Forums


    This fishing site has a conversation and they say they're common in mackerel.
    My only experience with fish lice was when I was raising tilapia in tanks in the Philippines. They suck the blood of the fish and make them weak .
    We dipped the fish in a formaldehyde solution every three days for three treatments.
    I've never seen them in the ceros we shoot here though.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Quote from Don Paul

    rNice crew hank, you ever see tigers on your spots , how late into sunset do you dive?


    Cheers, Don


    No. I've never seen a tiger. But we come home normally before sunset. I have to go 16 miles and if it's rough....slowly. I did have a small bull come up yesterday as I pulled that mutton up from the bottom.
    That spot always has sharks and we've had to leave after shooting a couple fish many times. But man, it has fish.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Meanwhile the mere mortals on the boat.....
    Jon (Belizespearo on here, next to Jake in pic) is really good too. He gets down there and gets a lot of fish. Lot of practice from working as a commercial spearo with a local guy here.
    We got into a nice school of black (mangrove) snappers near the end of the day. Had some muttons in there too. There's a whole 'nuther layer of fish buried in the ice under the ones in the pic.
    Rough as hell going out and coming home. We were going to go again today but it's like yesterday.


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  • Diving on an empty stomach

    I get heartburn if I DO eat. Two bananas in the morning before the dives is about right for me. I guess a full stomach requires a lot of energy (and O2) to aid in digestion and decreases bottom time.


    I just drink water or coconut water during the day.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Quote from Marco

    Horse eye jacks make VERY good chum. Next time, shoot one, cut it in pieces and see the dog snappers gather around for a feast...


    You're loosing your edge old man... <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    Hey, I was in a zone...Zen like....besides the fact that I couldn't have hit my boat that day if I'd shot at it. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • custom right and left fins

    Quote from marginatus

    Don't try C4 footpockest if you don't want to buy new fins :)


    This sounds like the voice of experience. Overheating them would be bad. Pull them out of the water and they start "drooping".....whooaaaa. $$$$$$ <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Quote from sdeisen

    yeah half yellow underwater. Ur exactly right hank they keep distance, especially the ones with some size.
    I was hoping to see a Mu in Hawaii but very rare from what I hear


    I saw them while diving with Daryl. They're really spooky. I'd see them but like....35 plus feet away. Daryl is as stoked to get a 1 lb mu as he is a 50 lb wahoo. A real challenge.

  • Frickin' Jake.. spearfishing Belize

    Thanks George. I'll tell you....these young guys are making me look bad now. Tino killed it. Even Mo. I swam back to the boat with one hog and my wife (their mom) says, "that's all you got"?
    I look in the cooler and "holy shit".....haha.
    I had a lot of fun though. I was in the shallow little channel and the fish really gather there. All kinds. Spooky and hard to get close to but man, beautiful. MUst have been 1000 horse eye jacks swarming around me. They were about 5-8 lbs. I didn't shoot any. Small and no one likes to eat them anyway.
    I saw a 30 lb black sprint out just as I rounded one little coral mound. Some huge parrot fish. Unreal.

  • custom right and left fins

    Laugh it up.....^^


    But try it. Look at your feet, They're not the same shape.


    On the other hand....don't. I don't want to get blamed if you ruin your foot pockets. I've ruined more than a few things I've owned trying to modify them. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    We see those porgies a lot here too. The ones with the yellow patch on the head?
    They're a lot like the snappers. Hard to get close to and really good eating. Small but really good.


    The Mu in Hawaii is a porgie I believe. That's a prize fish there too.


    I'm going to have to make more of an effort on these too. Use a stringer.