Posts by hank

  • identify this snapper?

    Quote from sheff

    so I guess it's a dog snapper. Thanks for the help guys. by the way it was delicious.


    Now that we've cleared that up, how did you get it? Was it alone? A school? In a cave? Did he hole up after you shot? There's a few dog snapper fans on here. :thumbup:

  • yf tuna/ Ascencion Island

    I've never seen yellow fin in the water like that. The pic of the fish makes them look.....still. Do they move as fast as their little cousins when they come cruising by?


    Nice pics.

  • A few more from Belize 2

    Quote from Dude george

    Hank I just got one of those new mirrored mask thing-ah-me-bobs tinted yellow for vis, havent used it yet but hoping it will work on hiding my eyes from the fish, you ever used one?


    I bought a mirrored one and only used it once. I think it might be good for wahoo or other blue water fish, near the surface on a sunny day in very clear water.
    But here, with vis less than 50 feet...or even up to 80 feet, it's really hard to see fish on the bottom. Too dark. And since we're primarily hunting bottom fish....I gave it to DuQuesnay. He says the sun hurts his eyes now....but he also says he can't see the fish. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • A few more from Belize 2

    Jake hit the cubera (next to the jack he's gnawing on in the pic) and was telling me,
    "where are you going....look down there"....I was trying to swim up current to breath up a bit because there were some more snappers. I got down to the bottom and waited. Two dogs were just out of range and then I see a pretty big cubera coming along. I looked down so he wouldn't see my eyes....but he never came within range. I was guessing 30 lbs. Jake said, "it was fricken huge Dad"....hah.

  • Tuning floppers

    What Marco said,. I pinch the flopper right at the pin with a vice grip.


    It works until you get a big fish and comes loose again. I've tuned the same flopper many times.

  • Hunting dog snappers

    OK Dan.


    Where does this go?'
    "Hunting cero mackerel in Panama with a 48 inch pneumatic gun and fiberglass fins off a kayak" <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">

  • Koah Spearguns

    Quote from Reefchief

    Hank I believe Phil means its better to scrap the plastic handle all together and do it out of wood with a mortise and tenon like Dan did here Ive had fun doing mine. But its definitely infinitely more labor intensive then screwing a handle on. So I can see why production spearguns dont come with them.


    OK, I see what you mean in the pic in your Ocean Adventures thread. Thanks

  • Koah Spearguns

    Quote from phil herranen

    i i dont care what the math says ,real world rarelly cares about what the math was . but personally you are better off getting rid of the screws all together and doing a mortised in handle .
    )


    Phil,


    This isn't the best pic, but the UluSub handle is set into the stock. I had to gouge it out since it's thicker than the standard Wong handle which was flush with the wood. The mounting plate is about 3/8 inch thick and only a little is sticking up.
    Is this what you mean by "Mortised"? And how do you mount it without screws?
    Thanks


    (sorry for the slght derail George. ^^)

  • Diving Bequia

    Quote from Dude george

    Also get this they dont like Cero as the flesh is so soft it dissolves when they try to make fish soup so they avoid them.. <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">


    So how much did you say a ticket from Belize to there was? <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Speargun with safety or without

    On a shotgun, I didn't mind the safety (Savage model...pump..) that was a thumb safety right where you would hold the gun with your trigger hand so you didn't have to move your hand to get to it.
    The safety on the only speargun I had with one (Riffe) has to be set with your non trigger hand A real pain in the ass if you forgot to disengage it. I lost more than a couple fish that way. "oh shit., the safetly" !!! And by the time you get it off....bye bye fish.
    That's why I took it off my C3X.

  • A few from Belize

    Quote from sdeisen

    thanks Jude, that mack was young and dumb and I prob could have spun around three times before he swam away, and the macks are easy to see when your looking up at an angle at them.
    Anyway sorry to put myself in your thread hank, just thought it was funny cause this happened that day and the shot was right where you said, as it usually is


    This thread is not just about Belize. It's just as much talking story about getting fish. That's the main reason I subscribe to these forums. Thanks for your inputs. :thumbup:

  • 4 fish speared with one shot

    4 fish in one shot, 3 fish in one shot....impressive but more luck than skill. I've hit two fish a few times and didn't know it until I pulled them up.


    What really impressed me was watching Daryl Wong shoot 4 kole (small brown surgeon fish) with 4 shots on one breath at about 40 feet using a sling. He said his record was six.

  • Reefchief's oceanic adventures

    A hole gun is a pretty good tool to have on the boat. About two months ago I shot a nice black that tore off and got in a hole. I could see it but there was a coral head outside the hole that prevented me from being able to line up my 55 for a shot and I couldn't get to it with a knife or anything else I had. I didn't get the fish, which really sucks.