Posts by hank

Those are beautiful pictures, Gerald.

Haven't been used on the water. It's just the footpockets. But he's put them on and off many times and they fit perfectly. He did the heat treatment on Saturday night.

Would that work on the Omers? I mean, they fit pretty good but this takes it to a personal level. It fits your foot exactly if it holds.

How long does it take? It's been a few days and they seem to be holding the new shape.

Pathos.

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I'll wait until August to see the photos of At Kualoa.

The crushed ice is best for preserving fish, and more durable than solid ice

Bun team dinner with you is secure

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I'm lucky on the ice. We have a processing plant here for shrimp so I get all the ice I want. I gotta be careful though. Too much ice on the boat and we don't get fish. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

This has probably been done but I'd never heard of, or done it.

I took a pair of old footpockets that were kind of hard and were small for Jake. We put them in hot water for a minute or so and he flexed his foot in with a sock on. It was still a little short so I heated it again, he slid his foot in and I stood on his ankle while pulling up on the tendons. Amazing. Perfect fit. And you see the rise in each picket where the bones on his feet are indicating an obvious left and right fin.

Funny because we joke on the boat...."is that the right or left fin"?. But now it's real.I'm really stoked.

I can't believe I never thought of this before. Like a mouthpiece. Shoes are not the same....

Anyone else done this?

Nice fish George. About time you posted some pics. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

So you're giving them a fair chance and not using a snorkel?

Went out again yesterday. So calm....had to go.
Someone is gill netting our snapper holes. This happened a couple years ago too. We find a few but they're scattered on the bottom and really spooky.....deep. Normally we see schools of 50 or more at these spots. They'll be back. Those guys clean them out and leave them alone for a while.
I couldn't hit anything. I missed a nice dog, a grouper, a mutton and another smaller dog....and a cero.... Bent shaft....yeah, that was it.....a bent shaft. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> But I got two hogs, a small cubera and a cero. At least I was finding fish and getting shots. That shit'll work on your mojo....
WE still got some fish. Jake was back in the water after a stomach flu or something. Brian from Hawaii got a few fish too. The cero bit Jake's finger.

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Went to a new spot yesterday. DuQuesnay has been holding out on me all these years. haha. A school of dogs came in from the outside at about 3 pm.
There was a bit of swell at this place because it's between Turneffe and Glovers on our reef so it gets any swell in the Caribbean. Lot of surge. I actually got rolled on one wave. hah. Good fun.
Mo and Tino cleaned up. Those boys are learning fast. Mo will be 11 and he got 3 hogfish, a barracuda and a snapper. Tino got the black, a snapper and a nice hog. The old man got the biggest dog of the day though.
Unreal place. Big "castles" of coral around these sand grooves and LOTS of holes. All the snappers are in there. Saw an amber jack and a big permit.
One of my best friend in the world's son is here. Just hanging out diving and working in the hatchery. His dad and I started one day apart in this shrimp business almost 36 years ago. His dad still runs a small catfish and prawn farm in Ka'a'awa Valley at Kualoa Ranch. Probably one of the most beautiful places in the world. I'll be there again this August. ya man.
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Nice video and nice fish.

Awesome. Sometimes I get so into just finding fish to shoot, I forget to just enjoy where I am in the sea. Thanks.

Nice Marco. Franco must be stoked. Unreal.

I think the Imemsa might have a couple more inches of freeboard than mine. It's easy to climb in. A good fin kick and a "muscle up" move and you're in. I don't even take off my weight belt.

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Nice one as always guys, you out for revenge on those cudas Hank?

Nah, the one that bit me was just doing what barracudas do. But I am a little more wary of them than I was before that incident. I didn't stone any one of them. Close....but about half inch off or so on each one. But they bled out quick and got weak.
It was just one of those days. I was lying on the bottom in the cuts trying to get muttons to come in, tossing sand in the water. But only the barracudas were showing up.

The crimp creates a weakpoint. (Dan would know how much but I've heard 300 lb test goes to only 150 or 200 where the crimp is)
But you're right Fidel, it has a lot of movement against the metal and wears thin right there. I had one break off with a nice cubera but luckily the fish holed up where I could see it and I got him in the boat.

Nice fish.

Had the family out yesterday. It's not hard core hunting but it's a lot of fun. Mo, Tino, Maritsa, Jake, DuQuesnay (he's "uncle" Andre) and me. We pretty much all jump in and scare any snapper or grouper within a quarter mile into a hole or the deep but the hogs and barracuda still come around when you lay on the bottom. Mo and Tino said they saw the all time biggest hog ever....but it's not in the cooler. haha.
Jake shot the lone snapper at one of our favorite cuts. But someone seems to be beating us to the spots. The fish are getting educated or someone is outright just chasing them. For the last month or so all the dog snappers we find seem to be scattered on the bottom instead of schooling up in the water column.
I can't dive that deep but Jake does. This fish was 91 feet. The crab attacked him when he shot the snapper. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> haha. He got the crab in one of our shallow houses. Great eating.
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Check where it's crimped to the sharkfin on the shaft. I've had it break there a couple times.

Jose, if you're referring to my post, yes, the third fish from the left is a black grouper.

(sorry for the slight derail Steve...:)

Wow. I'd never looked at Isla Mujeres on a map. Talk about being on a point...the gap of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Do you get ripping currents in there? Unreal.
Maybe I can convince me wife to let me and Jake come up there for a few days. How is it for Belizean residents bringing "fishing" gear into Mexico?