Posts by hank

  • Major surgery for the Carrot Juice

    It's pretty much a flat bottom except for a little V near the bow so it bangs pretty hard going into chop.
    And in a following sea, it can almost surf. A lot of throttle control is required.
    I was coming home from an outer atholl one day with a crossing sea. sometimes the boat stern would lift right up as two waves peaked under me. Pretty wild as it tried to slide down the face.

  • Major surgery for the Carrot Juice

    Finally got the Juice in the water. I had it registered last week without taking it to the port...for a fee....:). The guy wanted pictures of it in the water so even though it's howling NW winds, with an east wind coming in about 60 miles out on the satellite map (don't want to be there when they meet)...we launched it.
    And as we backed down the ramp, about 50 gallons of water poured out from under the floor into the bilge. The guy had sealed that again after laying the floor and I asked him to drill a hole so it would always drain. It looks like they left the boat outside with the floor off and it rained hard. They didn't drain it again before laying the floor.
    Quality in workmanship....I swear. Anyway, it's dry now.



  • Suspenders or not?

    Quote from Dan

    It's simply more comfortable without the suspenders.


    And that takin' a dump thing.... <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">....for real. I've done it many times....excitement so my wife says....and it's a pain in the ass to have to take the whole top off or worse, a one piece.

  • Barco, ship

    That looks pretty deep Ramon. I would have thought that fish would have dived into the hull of the ship and been a bitch to get out. Nice video.

  • Major surgery for the Carrot Juice

    Here's some wahoo they got h and L the full moon of late Nov. Hope they're still there in a couple weeks. Ya man. I'm so fricken stoked...Dan is sending me two more slip tips. Somethin's gonna die out there. hah.



  • Major surgery for the Carrot Juice

    Thanks gentlemen.
    Yes Dan. It's a panga design. There are two major brands here. Imemsa, out of Mexico, and Pesquero, out of Guatemala.
    Now there is a guy making them here in Belize too. About 6 inches wider and 3 inches deeper.
    But he didn't think it through. The transom is just a hair too short for a long shaft (25 inch) motor. When we put the Yamahas on my friend's boat, the anti cavitation plate was two inches below the bottom of the boat when you hung them on the transom. But if you raised it up an inch, the top mounting bolts were only a half inch or so from the top of the transom.
    It's always something. Buying boats is hard enough but you have to look for things here that you'd never think of in the US>

  • Major surgery for the Carrot Juice

    Well, she's back. But my elbow and the weather has prevented me from a sea trial. Sunday is looking god though. I'm rigging a rope ladder to climb in the boat. Being dry really sucks.
    they did a real nice job on the floor and the seat. I'm getting all set for a trip out to an atholl for wahoo at the full moon. 70 gallons of gas, water, food, 4 guns, floatlines, ya man. The guy we're going to see is the fishing tournament champ out there. They sent me pics of the fish they got on the full moon of late Nov.
    He's pretty stoked and also spears but only in the reef. He doesn't have a reel or floatline setup and is stoked to see the breakaway slip tip rigs. ya man.


    The guys that fixed the boat said a lot of people laughed at the big console on the "Juice". But it's nice, I can see ahead for logs and things and it keeps me a bit more dry. Also, my very good friend had a boat just like this run them over in the Placencia lagoon 7 years ago. The guy just kept coming at them beause the high bow was blocking them from his view. He ran over them, killing my friend's mother. so, let them laugh. I'll laugh back as I clean fish guts off the deck. hah. goddammit...... <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">




  • Need a new full time buddy

    Jake is back. He was gone for 9 months but decided he wants to pursue a career in aquaculture....after spending for his MMI (outboard motor) education in Orlando. But it's good. The reason I got into this was because in Hawaii, where I started pulling weeds out of prawn ponds, I realized that if I stayed in this field, I'd get to live by a nice warm ocean. It's worked out.
    But seriously, anytime any of you guys want to come down we'd be more than happy to take you out diving.

  • Need some help choosing first gun

    You suck. <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">
    Unreal. Keep posting pics. Even if you don't get any fish. Thanks and have fun.

  • Spearfishing wetsuits by Speardiver

    Nice wetsuit. I like the colors.
    Here's another very happy Speardiver wetsuit owner. Jake tells me, "I don't know dad....I just feel more confident with that suit. It fits really well and ....I'm just more relaxed". I can't argue with him. The prick is killing it. hah.


  • A dream come true

    Nice wetsuit. I like the colors.
    Here's another very happy Speardiver wetsuit owner. Jake tells me, "I don't know dad....I just feel more confident with that suit. It fits really well and ....I'm just more relaxed". I can't argue with him. The prick is killing it. hah.


  • A land and sea adventure

    Where exactly are you in the picture with the goat? That's so unreal. Is that Mauna Loa in the background?
    I'd love to spend a couple years exploring the Big Island. I've been there about 5 times but only for short bursts. Unreal water around the west side too. Thanks for sharing.

  • shark fin tabs

    Quote from bequia blues

    yeah, apparently only bad boys with big bad ass guns like yourself are exempt from pussyhood..... only problem is your bad ass koah is still a lil virgin.. hahahaajajahajaa


    oooohhhhhhhh haha. <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"> <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">

  • shark fin tabs

    Quote from 1shot2kills

    Ive chest loaded a 130 Ra bare chested. My longest gun is a custom 135cm with reverse trigger..im 5'8 and never had problems loading it. Its all about technique. I usually pull on one side of the band, once i grab the other side i align both sides equally and then load. Much faster than using rest tabs


    My buddy here tells me he doesn't use his Riffe (that his nephew gave him) Islander because it takes too long to load. Wrapping the line etc etc.
    I'm not as experienced at this as many on here, but I've never been in a situation where getting my gun loaded 2 seconds faster made any difference. If I took a shot on a fish and missed, he was gone.....unless it was a mentally challenged hogfish. If I HIT a fish and there are others around to shoot at, the extra 2 seconds is minimal relative to the time it takes to get the fish off, put it on a stringer or throw in in the boat and reload.


    Am I missing something?