December 1st, 2018 Weather Underground was predicting 10 km/h winds from the NW, so I drove to Ventanas in the hope of getting one of the few flat-water days of the area. I don’t particularly like Ventanas or Sargento, it’s too shallow and the spots are way sandy, but I do visit once in a… Read More »
Monday (November 19, 2018) I went fishing south of La Paz. I was looking for the usual suspects: snappers and the odd pelagic. I dove late in the day since I had (online) work to do in the morning. I do like diving later, if only because the local commercial fishermen have already taken their… Read More »
I’m back in La Paz. Same address, different apartment. They rented my penthouse to someone else the bastards. The scene in the water is quite different from February and March. For one, the water is super warm at 27C (81F). On the other hand, it’s been just as windy, which is not entirely normal for… Read More »
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 »
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
