While in La Paz, Homer, the property manager gave me these wheels and rigid floats to make a trailer. I added two ropes to keep the wheels straight without restraining their movement left and right. Check where I attached the ropes. this is key. They have to be far ahead of the wheels. I was… Read More »
I spent 7 days in a camper with Valentine Thomas and Mathieu Jutras Gingras, going around the province of Quebec. Here is the link to the first three minutes : Les pionniers de la pêche sous-marine au Québec from Marc Wattrelot on Vimeo. It’s an hour long and it’s available on the Season Chanel in… Read More »
Check out the scup.
Olivier and I showed up in his sickly green Volkswagen at the Massachusetts invitational spearfishing competition at King’s Beach… in Rhode Island. The sole purpose of the Mass invitational is to bring people beyond low impact Instagram freediving, and to somehow convince them of the wonders of facing other spearfishermen, on a level playing field,… Read More »
Alexandre Touchette interviewed me on a Wednesday evening in September. We had trouble finding the right fish for the cooking footage but we prevailed! It’s all in french but i know you guys love it 😉 http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2016/10/11/001-chasse-sous-marine-fleuve-saint-laurent-montreal.shtml
The first fresh water spearfishing world championships will be held in May next year in Las Vegas (lake Mead). We are looking for Canadians with competitive spearfishing experience to form teams. If you or someone you know wants to participate, get in contact with me at renepotvin@gmail.com The website of the event is www.freshwaterworlds.com
I wanted to archive my favorite training spot. This is a bridge spanning 500 meters, with a lifting section towards the end. It has 22 pilings (not 21 as I said in the video). Each piling is separated by about 25 meters, the depth starts at ten feet and settles at 45 after the ninth… Read More »
Camera placement is everything lol This is an teak speargun. I usually make Iroko spearguns but it is getting very difficult to find dry Iroko. The stock is wider than my usual model, it also had three band slots. In this test I used two 16 mm bands with a 7.5 mm shaft. It was… Read More »
People asked where I got tautogs in April in Rhodes Island. Well, they present special challenges since there are less of them, but also because they behave strangely… Unlike in the late season or winter, tautogs don’t necessarily hangout deep. The water conditions appear similar to those found in winter, so you would expect to… Read More »
We had a great time at this secret spot… shooting cod! There are many video on my youtube channel. You can navigate by entering my youtube channel. You should also subscribe!
