Posts by hank

  • Antigua spearfishing reports

    Nice report. Sorry you had bad weather.
    I was out at Glovers Reef to try for wahoo from Sunday to yesterday. We had some of that same weather blow through here on Tuesday. I would have been screaming for my mama out there on my skiff so we were forced to stay in side the reef out there and hunt some reef patches. Got some fish but not the big silver ones withe stripes....


    And, as my luck is running this year, it's calm and glassy today. :(

  • Raw food? Juicing?

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    Yeah hank. That's the one I got. It is a beast. Like a power tool when you turn it on.


    The smoothie sound awesome. You put a raw egg in? How old school weightlifter of you
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    I got one for $50 at Walmart when I went to my sister's a few years ago. It was more than double that here.


    I get whey protein here sometimes but it's really expensive too. I can get 30 eggs for US$3.50. I fart a lot but I have an understanding wife. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Raw food? Juicing?

    I've been juicing (that's how my boat got its name) for about 10 years.
    Lot of carrots but I'll throw anything in there. I've been through about 6 juicers.
    Hamilton Beach is a common one here.
    I would recommend not bothering with the 350 watt models. They burn out quick when doing carrots and harder veggies. Plus you have to cut them into small pieces. The last two I've had were "Big Mouth"...I think that was the name Hamilton Beach and it has 850 watts. It'll take down things the size of your wrist. ya man. A lazy man's juicer.
    In between the juice, I do smoothies. Papaya, banana, oatmeal, yogurt, nuts, egg white....blend and gulp it down.
    I guess in doing this we skip the chewing part of digestion. Not sure how that will come out. But I feel pretty good.


    Dan, regarding cleaning. The only part that you have to scrub is the seine screen. An old toothbrush works. It's fast and easy. Cleaning the machine takes only a minute or two. And once in a while really a good scrub down.

  • customs

    Quote from Marco

    That's the main problem; they are a pain because they are willing to negotiate ALWAYS! :nono:


    I hear you Marco, but here, almost everything we use on the farm is imported. Truck loads of feed will take longer at the border, shrimp going out, the same. And then, going to and from Mexico... There is no way to work around the corruption. Immigration, resident application, police "gifts"...it sucks but how do you change it?

  • Leaning Post Build

    That's a fine piece of work.
    I was lucky. We have a lot of junk around here on the farm. I found a stainless steel frame for some processing line in our plant and it was a perfect fit. Right height and it had a base that I just glassed onto the floor.
    But it doesn't look near as nice as yours.

  • Pitch pine speargun build

    The same applies here in Belize. But they let me pass with my camo wetsuits and guns. No problem. I guess they figure I'm not going to be running around in the bush with an automatic weapon in a wetsuit. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Pitch pine speargun build

    Quote from tufual

    I uploaded the pic of my gear to show guest that you don't have to spend $1000 US to get started in spearfishing. you can buy relatively cheap gear when now starting , besides you're not going to dive 100 feet [safely] your first time out . therefore high end items like carbon fins may not be necessary at this stage . The mask , snorkel and fins all came up to $800 TT dollars = $123 US , plus i bought these things in a full on dive shop , they are cheaper online .


    Yep, you don't HAVE to buy a lot of expensive gear. But, I bet you will. <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's an addictive sport and as you progress and want to improve, you'll probably buy those expensive fins, low volume mask, longer gun, and of course, a camo wetsuit. hah


    Good luck on the gun. My friends here build them. They say the trick is getting each piece of wood to balance under water. I just buy mine. I'm not much of a craftsman.

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    Nice panel. Good to see quality in workmanship.
    Do you have photos of the whole boat? I was looking through this yesteday trying to see what it looks like.
    Boats are so cool. If I ever stop shrimp farming I'm going to talk Jake into opening Jake and the Old Fart's QUALITY Boat Service.