Posts by hank

  • Reefchief's oceanic adventures

    Very cool. I love seeing these videos posted. I have a GoPro that Nathan, from Texas gave me when he came spearing here last year. I still haven't used it. Soon....Jake is a techy so he can rig it.
    Nice shooting.

  • A few from Belize

    It was a great day. Jake and I are trying to come up with a ceremonial "thank you" chant or dance when we pull away from that place.
    The other fish were really nice. The mutton was one of the larger ones I've shot but they all look tiny next to "big Bertha".

  • Lionfish!

    Quote from sheff

    shot 6 of them in about 20 minutes under the boca chica bridge in key west. I didnt see any there last year, now they are everywhere. There is also a severe lack of lobster down there. I wonder if the LF are driving them out?


    http://i743.photobucket.com/al…7678-00000CE6D788EBC6.jpg


    That's awesome. Almost makes me feel sorry for the venomous little bastard. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • A few from Belize

    Quote from sdeisen

    sweet, that muttons no joke either.
    what did you shoot the cubera with that managed to get clear through the head?


    I hit it with a 7 mm single flopper shaft. Wong 55 with two 24 inch 5/8 bands. That's strong for me. I have a small turd coming out of my butt every time I cock it. It went in just behind the gills near the lateral line and came out under the gill plate on the other side.
    DuQuesnay shot it with a 5/16 shaft, small double flopper from his home made gun with 2 5/8 bands. His bands are long and the gun isn't that strong but he was point blank. The tip of his gun was about 3-4 feet from the head of the fish. But still, the tip only came out about 2 inches on the other side and it was stuck. It took us about 15 minutes to get his shaft out of the fish.

  • A few from Belize

    Yep. Nice calm day. Got out to our spot and found the fish. Jake hit a nice one, then another, then I got one, then a mutton, then another.....Jake was doing some really nice diving. He would disappear at about 80 feet but I was getting vectors on dark and light spots I could see so I knew where he was and could meet him coming up. Then, "thwack", I'd hear his gun.
    We had a pretty full cooler....and lucky we brought two. I dropped down to about 65 feet, over a coral spur. I could see to my 1 o'clock or so that there was a fair sized cubera checking me out. I just kind of played dead, dropping and staying level to look small. She just kept coming....slowly I turned and she was headed right at me. I'm thinking,"ok, turn......turn and don't bolt". She did and gave me a really nice shot. I was thinking it was.....like 30-35 or so. It took off after the shot and I headed up, running line out on my reel. I got to the surface and started pulling. Lucky it didn't hole up. Slowly...slowly it came up. DuQuesnay swam over to me and watched. As it came up I could see it was pretty big and pretty dead but "Duke's" shot it again in the head.
    ya man. As I swam by Jake coming back from the boat he starts hooting. 53 lbs. My best by about 8 lbs or so. Nice day.



    This is kind of the ugly side. I hit it near the lateral line and it came out the gill plate on the other side.


    Nice picture but it was a bit curled up from trying to jam it into my cooler.

  • Riffe Digi-Tek 1.5 suit

    Quote from Dude george

    Hank I only use the lycra Spetton to the one above due to the temps down here and my natural insulation(yeah i am calling you skinny!! <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">), works great for blue and reef why would you want another? and the Lycra is $140 at Nautilus ;) Have to say though that the Rife looks amazing would love to know how it works out for you as December here in Antigua does get nippy :(. Does it have a hood?


    I've broken the temperature here into three seasons, which for me to be totally comfortable, requires three wetsuits or combinations.
    The 1.5 Spetton, with the long pants, is too warm here from July to Oct. I've tried it and I spend time stretching the neck and flushing cool water in. But from Oct to Dec and late March into May, it's perfect.


    The 1.5 Make full suit is perfect. I've tried using a vest and long shirt. It's a little too cool after 5 or 6 hours.


    Winter...that's a full 3 open cell, or a 3 with a 3 vest underneath.


    Yeah, I'm a wimp. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> Jake is worse. He gets cold this time of year using a 1.5 Mako with a 2 mm hooded vest. Must be his Filipino blood.


    I'm outa here. It's glass calm and I just came in to look at the satellite map.

  • Riffe Digi-Tek 1.5 suit

    Doc's nephew said he already ordered it. I asked him to look into it.....but I guess it's coming.
    Is it going to get more fish than a black one? I doubt it. Jake is using a Speardiver black suit and he's getting more fish than I do. It MUST be the wetsuit....or maybe the fact that he can dive circles around me? haha.
    As far as matching our surroundings here in Belize, the best one I've tried so far is this one. Spetton. It blends in pretty well. And look at the one where I'm on the boat. It's the same colors as the surrounding water and reef. And it's comfortable and has held up so far.



  • Riffe Digi-Tek 1.5 suit

    Quote from Don Paul

    I don't mean to cheerlead for my old friend Jay, but that pattern would have disappeared in my old 100gal reef tank.^^


    Cheers, Don


    Cameron K posted some underwater pics on Facebook. It is pretty awesome. I need all the help I can get. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Riffe Digi-Tek 1.5 suit

    Those are nice looking suits Judah. And priced right with the sale right now. Thanks.


    Dan, I'll try my 3 mm hooded vest with a shirt and see if it's warm enough. Thanks

  • Full Moon or No Moon?

    Quote from Hookinfish


    Hank
    That's very interesting. I didn't realize that the moon had so much to do with the snappers spawning activity. I guess its cyclic sort of like the spawning activity of the California grunion? Regardless it makes sense to chase them when they are preoccupied. Its like deer hunting during the rut I imagine.


    Full moon today.....ya man. Jake and I are going out Sunday. Supposed to be calm.
    During the full moon on spawning time, the cuberas seem to hang out in the same spot....muttons will be there too. They just seem...like they're on drugs. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> They will spook if you try and charge them but if you're a sneaky bastard you can keep dropping in on them and they'll hang around.


    Hopefully the water will be more clean than last week.