Author Archives: René Potvin

About René Potvin

Started freediving and spearfishing in 1986. I competed for the first time in 1994 at the Connecticut Open. I won the B division with a bunch of togs with Murphy's beat up 90 cm Viper. I later won the North Atlantic Championships in 2003, 2009 and 2010. I participated in the FIPSA Worlds in Cabo Frio in 2006; came in 13th. I also play underwater hockey with CAMO in Montreal and do a lot of underwater photography. In 2006 I started making spearguns. They are known as Renesub Spearguns. The website is renesub.com

Le documentaire complet de Marc Wattrelot! TV show, full version now available!

Marc a pris les choses en main! Nous avons enfin une version complète du documentaire dans lequel Mathieu Gingras, Valentine Thomas, et moi, partons en camper à travers le Québec. Un excellent travail de Marc Wattrelot! I spent 7 days in a camper with Valentine Thomas and Mathieu Jutras Gingras, going around the province of… Read More »

Remorque à kayak (in French)

Comme la plupart des chasseurs qui utilisent un kayak, je dois parfois faire plusieurs centaines de mètres pour accéder à l’eau. Même pour les grandes distances, je préfère le transporter sur mes épaules parce que c’est plus facile, et tellement viril! Quand même, l’an dernier j’ai dû me résoudre à trouver une autre façon de… Read More »

Baja winter fishing tips

I spent february and march fishing in Baha, these are by far the worse months, but don’t let this stop you from visiting… unless you want easy fishing or are only interested in pelagics… Winter is a time for shooting deep Cuberas, yellowtails and finding the tasty but smallish groupers (15 pounders). The Pacific side… Read More »