Posts by hank

  • Something to chear up those in the cold

    Quote from gerald

    Yeah
    , that's my sister, she wasn't flattered... ;)


    She'll probably kill you when she finds out you posted that pic. <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">

  • Something to chear up those in the cold

    Quote from gerald

    and the last


    The one with the lady on the surfboard really demonstrates how water enlarges our view of a subject. Look at how much bigger her board and .....ughhh....her legs look under water. <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">

  • First fish of 2012

    Hah. I never even really noticed the pink snorkel.
    Doc isn't one to fret over style or appearances.
    He makes his own guns. Kind of rough cut teak wood he gets. Uses a bent piece of steel as a shaft guide on top of the tip. Notched shafts. I got him a Rob Allen reel last Christmas. He mentioned that after getting dragged over the reef by the aj. He said, "shit....I forgot to bring it".
    He uses a stiff ss wire and makes a loop that he ties a soft nylon shooting line through (tied, not crimped), meaning he has to untie the line to disconnect his shooting line from the gun. My next technological challenge is to get him to use a pigtail swivel and mono shooting line.
    Honestly, he's been making his guns for so long, he's not even aware of what's out there tech wise. His nephew was the Riffe dealer here in Belize and GAVE Doc an Islander mid handle. He's never used it. haha. Prefers his own. He won't even consider shooting my Wong 55. Classic fellow. He knows how to hunt fish though.

  • First fish of 2012

    Jan 1, 2012. Doc, Mo, Timo, Maritsa and I went out to play in the shallows so the boys could get a shot at some small snappers. We found a big school of what they call Silk Snappers here. They are a bit long in shape for a snapper and have a spot like a Mutton.
    Shot a few hogfish and then moved to a spot where the dog snappers "come in to roost" in late afternoon. Like clockwork, they started showing up at about 3:30. But the waves were kind of big and it was stirring up the bottom making vis not so good. I got a couple and saw some nice ones.


    Then Doc, who was swimming with Mo sees this nice amber jack coming in really close to check out his stringer. Doc didn't have a reel or floatline so he was real careful in choosing his shot. He waited.....and waited and finally got a point blank shot. The fish was stunned and Doc tried to brain it but jacks.....seems they have 9 lives sometimes....it came back to life and dragged him under 3 times. Mo was yelling, "hang on Doc"....haha.
    What a day....raining as we launched the boat. Raining at our spot when we got out. And it POURED hard right when we were pulling the boat out of the water, getting me stuck in the mud a bit. It poured all night. What a start for the new Year. Good eating.


  • A few from Belize

    Oh, and all the fish in the last few posts were shot with Pursuit shafts. Wow, I can say that here. ....haha.


    And with tuned floppers, a technique that I learned here.


    I wish everyone calm seas and bigger and dumber fish for 2012. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • A few from Belize

    One of our favorite cuts. Man, clear water in the morning so we went outside. Sure enough there was the big school of dogs. I could see them shining off in the distance. So, I dropped down looking and swimming away from them and as I peeked back between my legs, there were 15 nice cuberas right behind me. SHIT !!. I slowly turned and there was one about 40 lbs. But then, "WHUP"!! they all spooked and moved off. It was my first dive of the day so I wasn't worth a shit and only stayed down for 50 seconds.
    Anyway, I got a dog about 15 minutes later and then the cubera. I was dropping down to the dogs and looked below me....and there he was at about 70 feet. Stoned him right on top of the head.
    Got the biggest dog inside the cut at a reliable hole. The vis was getting bad as the tide started dropping. I came from inside going out and snuck up on the hole from behind this rock. There he was just hanging out looking out into the channel. hah.
    The barracuda was following me around for a while. I laid down on the bottom in the channel and he came right up to me. Also got a couple yellow jacks, a decent yellow edge grouper, one hogfish...
    And Mo got a triggerfish and a snall hog. ya man. Dec 26.


  • First fish. ya man.

    This is my stepson, Modesto. He's 9. His biological father disappeared on a hunting trip when "Mo" was 1 and a half months old. But the hunter blood is in him. His dad used to go into the bush for a week at a time and hunt pig, deer and other local game. He'd dry the meat and sell it. A real Daniel Boone.
    I put a 9/16 band on the Riffe C3X with a 9/32 shaft. He was so stoked when he got the fish off our jetty. I think I was as stoked as him. My new buddy. haha. He goes out on the boat pretty often but how he's hooked and can't wait to shoot another fish. Merry Christmas. haha.