Posts by hank

Speardiver fins.....the dog didn't have a chance. haha.

I wouldn't eat either one. If both the barracuda and the snapper have been feeding on reef fish in the same area, and it is Ciguatera, they could both be contaminated.

Where exactly did you catch these fish. I'm going to San Pedro in about 10 days.

Quote from sdeisen

Thats right, at first I thought it was on the Poly, then the H1 but then I remembered where i was. Yeah the Uhus are crazy smart. Where I shot the video was all smaller ones, the bigger ones on this side of the Island are gone as soon as you know they are there its as if each and every one of them has had a bad run in with people.. They are bigger too, though.

That's because Daryl Wong and Joe have been chasing them around for the last 25 years. <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">

Get well buddy.

Quote from khalel

Nah i didnt misjudge the range cause i shot a 12lb Mutton through the face near the very same spot on the next dive after missing the cubera and reloading

Just when I was feeling bad for you.....

I had a bent shaft....came that way new. I didn't ckeck until after I missed two nice blacks. For about a year after that, I couldn't hit a black sitting in front of me. It was weird....I lost my mojo on grouper but I could hit cero mackerel on the move.

Damn, those trout are so pretty, they look like they're made of porcelain. Welcome.

Maybe it WAS an 80 lb fish and you misjudged the distance and came up short? I've shot a few 40 lb plus cuberas and at the time of the shot thought they were in the 20ish lb range.
Same with a few blacks.

Quote from Belizeman

No worries. Hawk. Found your thread about braid with phil. Seem simple enough i can do my own braid. Brain know how to braid but i am on my own myself

Well get ready buddeehh. Jake and I are coming to San Pedro. I have to pay my land taxes up there and we hope to hook up with you, and or Brian and get out north of town. Hit a cut or two.
Looking forward to having a beer with your dad too. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Quote from Hookinfish

Did you work at OTECH Hank? I remember in the late 80s we use to fish for Salmon in their tanks as kids and pay something for each fish we caught. Now they have Spirulina, Mahi, Lobster, Grouper, Abalone and lots of other stuff in the tanks. Kona Kampachi is getting big there too.

I worked at Aquatic Farms Ltd. It's in Hakipu'u Valley on Kualoa Ranch at the north end of Kaneohe Bay. I remember hearing about that project in Kona where they upwelled deep sea water. I had moved to Kauai in 1982 and then to the Philippines in 1986.

Quote from sdeisen

Hey everybody. Here's a few little clips and pics from the last few days. There's tons more but i really hate being on the computer in a place like this.

http://i47.tinypic.com/j98poz.jpg

Nice video. The uhus there are smart, no? Like snappers here. You have to nail them or move on. Once I did a few dives on a spot there, they know.....hah

This picture.....coming out of the tunnel and headed down Kaneohe side on the Likelike?

Welcome. I lived on Oahu for 5 years and Kauai for 4. Nice place. Only been to Guam airport. Post some pics and stories when you can.

Quote from Belizeman

Thank hank and lunker for info.

Am plan using cable to make fish stinger. Will be looking for a thread how to braid.

Am still using mono as shooting line on my sgun.

I'll cut a piece of cable and braid it. I have a big roll at my house. I'll send it up on Tropic. I'll unbraid one end and you'll see how it's done. Pretty easy. I'll call Brian or your dad when I ship it.

Welcome.

Hi Fidel,
I have one like the one Dan posted. So far I've not had a line slip off or break at the crimp. The one you posted looks pretty much the same.

But if you're using cable, I would learn to braid it. I HAVE lost a big fish to a crimped cable that wasn't braided right at the shark fin on the shaft.
A crimp on a braided cable isn't really even needed for strength. It's more for protecting your fingers form the needle like cable ends.
There was a thread on here by Phil Herranen I think and he demonstrated how it's done.

Welcome. I lived in your beautiful country for 11 years. Iloilo and a year on Boracay. Did a lot of diving off Antique, Panay.

As much as my son and step sons tease me about being the old man, I honestly feel my best days are ahead of me.
And, I get a thrill out of seeing the boys get fish. The younger ones are so stoked each time they get the biggest fish of their life. I hear the story about 5 more times after we get home as they smile from ear to ear. Yep. Getting old and doing this ain't bad at all.

No pics but I had to share this.

Went out yesterday with Jake, Mo and Tino. As we get to the cut, Jake says, "dad, you do a couple drifts, I'll drive". Cool. Respect for the old man.
So as I'm gearing up, I put on my Spetton pants (I wear different combos depending on temp and how much I anticipate swimming) and then lubed my arms for my Yazbeck top. As I reached in my basket to get it, I pull up the Yazbeck pants. I loaded two pairs of pants and no top. What a dumbshit.
But Jake had his Speardiver vest so I put that on. But, no top or hood so I was going to get fried and likely beat up by fire coral hiding on the bottom. In the water I went anyway.
Mo was with me and he shoots a barracuda. I could see his tip was about to slip out so I dive down to shoot it again. I missed....from like....2 feet. :@ I quick loaded the gun to go back down. As I looked, it HAD slipped off Mo's tip. But this time, I got lucky and hit it, saving the fish.
We then headed south to another cut after Jake and Tino tried unsuccessfully to find more fish. I anchored in a spot we frequent and the boys jumped in. Then, a sailboat loaded with tourists comes up and anchors like...20 feet away from me. The wind was blowing his boat back but he didn't realize the current was bringing his 40 foot sailboat right into my boat. I quickly started my engines and hear a Jamaican accent telling me, "no problem my bruddah...everything alright"? I was friendly and all but....come on....20 feet away? I called the boys in and we headed out to "the deep spot" at that place.
It was on. Fish everywhere. I dive down to the slope, wait a while, but all the fish moved off into the deep.
jake dives down....pretty deep.....I watch from the surface and hear THWAP....and then he comes up. He had a big black on....but then about 5 sharks show up and "poof". no more fish or shaft. Pretty big sharks.
So, we headed back north because the tide had changed and the cuts change dramatically with incoming or outgoing water.
Sure enough, Tino nails a nice black. But it holed up deep...not water depth but deep inside a hole. Jake dove down in his Speedo (wish I had a picture of that) and mask and fins. All the "If I had done this.....I shoulda done that"....no fish. It got off and went deep into the hole.

We did get some fish but it was a weird day. My wife hasn't stopped laughing at me for the wetsuit thing.
"This a happen when people get old...." she says. Thanks Chela. hah.

I had to write this down so I don't forget.

Welcome. Are you a cave diver?

One year and I would guess.....200-230 hours in the water...and were hand carried to Philippines and Hawaii. .
Had the channeling rail cut, probably by a knife while bouncing along in the boat. Replaced it with some material Dan sent. And I TRIED to do it just like Dan explained to me. Well, it's holding very well but I dont' think Dan's going to hire me as a fin technician in his shop.
I was going to replace the whole rail on that fin but it was too hard to get the old one and all the super glue off so I just took off the torn piece. A video of me unsticking my thumb and index from the super glue would have been appropriate, given the "perfection" in my glue job. hah.
No worries though. The fins are great.

Welcome. Looking forward to stories and pics.

Nice diving and nice fish.

Having all that line in the water as you pull in the fish makes me nervous though. My son and I help each other out when a fish runs a lot of line out. He'll hand me his gun and I wind in the line as he pulls it up.

I was with a guy in Hawaii who had shot a 63 lb ulua. Before he knew it, the line was wrapped twice around his neck on the surface. whoooaa.

Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed.