Posts by hank

How would you cook one that big?

I'm pretty stoked with these. I had some hard pockets too causing cysts on my feet. These Omers are much softer.

Welcome. You've come to the right place. There are so very knowledgable folks here. (not me)

Congratulations !

Man, you work hard for those fish. Good work.
How deep is that?

I don't shoot many fish in holes here but when I do, I try to shoot them head on , right in the face. That way, when they try to swim, they come towards me.

Very nice video. Thanks.

Went out with the boys yesterday. Mo and Tino are getting into it. Tino shot a small jack and Mo had a few shots on hogfish but missed. He was using one of Doc's older guns.
We were hunting some shallow spots that have small cuts going in through the reef. Dog snappers seem to like to hide in the holes in these places. I still can't figure this out. I see schools of dogs out on the drop offs in the bigger cuts. Very different behavior. I guess they all must go in and hide at night though otherwise they would be easy pickings for sharks?
It's fun though laying on the bottom in only 20 feet of water in between the spurs of coral.
There was a huge school of horse eye jacks that came in. 8-15 lbs or so. Must have been 500 of them. I dove to the bottom and moved real slow up to them and then surfaced from behind a spur. They were all around me and I could almost touch them Mo got all excited and came sprinting up behind me and spooked them .haha. But I didn't shoot any. I told Mo not to. He would have lost his gun.
Doc cleaned up as usual with snapper, trunk fish, trigger fish....Good eating.

I was thinking how I haven't been out hunting the deeper snappers since last December. It got to where that's all Jake and I wanted to do. But yesterday I realized why I really started getting into this. Watching the boys and playing in the shallows and still getting some nice fish. It's all about just being out there with good people and kids and having fun. ya man.

The colors of the sailfish are so vivid, it looks fake. Don't get me wrong....I don't think it's fake but WOW. I'd love to see one in the water.

Nice.
I've bent a shaft or two on cuberas. The curtain rods in my gear cave are all bent shafts that I couldn't straighten.

Everyone has opinions and experiences with engines so I figure I'll throw my 3 cents in.

My boss had two HPDI Yamaha 250s bought in 02. He had a lot of problems with both but I believe it was the computer....or EMM that was bad.
I think there is no all around one good brand. Each brand has its really reliable models and each has its lemons.
I had a 90 ETEC for 5 years with no problems until July. Then the EMM went bad ($2000) and the oil pump ($1000). Also put in a new water pump.

Here in Belize the Enduro, or carbureted 2 strokes are king. 40, 60, 75, 115, 150 and 200s are very popular due to reliability. They do suck a bit more gas though.
MARELCO - YAMAHA - OUTBOARD ENGINE - 2 STROKE - ENDURO SERIES

I've switched back to them now also. I have twin 40s. I've had a 60 and a 150 and never had any problems with any of them.

Thanks Dan and Marco.

I have talked to Belizespearo's dad. He's a Filipino and BSpearo was born there too. So was my son. The lady I referred to, Ms Emma, is from Bacolod, Negros, which is where I sold a lot of tiger prawn fry back in the 80s and 90s.
His dad has a very nice boat. We talked about doing some blue water hunting a couple years ago because he knows where some wahoo are.
The brotherhood of Speardiver lives on. ya man.

Thanks. Love the videos. It's like being there.

Yeah, we have met. I'll pm you my cell. We gotta get your dad to take us east of Glover's for wahoo.
Dan, why can't I pm him? Do your damn job....haha.

Jonathan, didn't we meet at Emma's near Haney Shrimp Farm one day? Your dad has a charter fishing boat. Filipino? Jorge and I were having a taste test with Cubera snapper and black grouper. About two years ago?

I go from Rendezvous Caye, east of Manatee and Gales Point down to Gran Channel. Also do Turneffe.

Jorge has gone to Viet Nam and has a new baby girl. My son Jake is in Manila but coming back in June. Ya man, I'm always looking for a good buddy. I go with Doc Usher and Andre DuQuesnay a lot.

Tone came and went. We had really bad weather while he was here. Too rough to cross to the best spots. He had his heart set on some big snapper but it wasn't to be. We had to dive inside the reef. Rain and wind. All this year has been shitty....at least on the days I can go.

Nice video. I really have to work on learning how to use my GoPro. SpearstudTX gave me one when he was here in Nov.

Here's a funny turn of events. I have been in contact with the guy who was told to contact me on SB. His email address was on his post.
As it turns out, I won't be able to hook up with him to dive because he's coming in on a cruise ship and we're time and distance limited. But in emails exchanged, I found he works for a seafood trading company in the US.....and we just happen to be looking for buyers in the US for our shrimp. We're working on that possibility now.
So....I guess I have Tony to thank? haha THANKS, Tony. But don't hold your breath waiting for any finder's fee check in the mail.

Nice fish.
Hard hunting in those conditions unless you have a vector which puts you right on your spot...??
But you can surprise the hell out of the snappers on the bottom by popping out of the dark cloud above them. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

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Thats alot of turtles.. Any info were this picture was taken?

The Mediterranean? Looks like caucasian guys on board. But I can't tell by the style of boat. It's not SE Asian. I know Malay and Filipino boat styles.

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No real downside. All great experiences.
I got out surfing about dozen times at most this last year, and each and every time was a positive experience, and brought me happiness, adrenaline, and peace of mind. It's the missing everything else, letting people down, and missing work to chase swell every week that started to eat at me. It is just sooo disappointing to sacrifice so much time and energy, to show up most of the time and see no good surf. I'd come home so pissed if it wasn't epic. Kinda made me angry, often. My good friend gave me a nick name "the mad surfer".

I remember days like that. "might as well get drunk".....
It can get that way spearfishing if I'm not careful. I get used to seeing big schools of snapper and if I don't, it's a bad day? Not at all. Just being in the water is awesome and I have to remember that. Plus, you just never know what might show up out on the barrier reef.

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Surfing ruined my life at times also. It's pretty easy to become completely narrow focused, chasing every swell, suddenly leaving work when the wind changes. Being obsessed with new equipment. Endlessly planning and mind surfing international surf trips to try and find that wave of a lifetime. Burning tanks of gas just to reach a far off beach, only to turn around and surf your home break before the tide comes up. Paddling out in the dark just before sunrise just to be first out at Malibu, only to find 3 dozen guys already shoulder hoping in the dark? Checking surfline 12 times before lunch, even though you won't have time to surf for 2 weeks. Waiting in the parking lot line at San-O for 2 hours, only to find out it's too small for your 9'8", and should have brought your 10'2".

Wait, that sounds just like spearfishing!

So what was the downside of all this?
My first wife once asked me, "If I said you had to give up surfing or me, which would it be"? Well, given that she's my ex, I'm pretty sure you can guess my answer. But anyone who would make someone give up what they love "to prove your love for them" is full of shit. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">