Spearfishing among mobula rays
Here was an epic day of spearfishing. The mobula rays were everywhere!
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Gulf grouper in the sea of Cortez
I got this in the sea of Cortez. It’s a gulf grouper, they get much bigger on the Pacific side but are not very common on the Cortez side. I still plan to dive the Pacific to get at least of the 90 pounders. I stoned it at 24 meters. It was fleeing from me… Read More »
Poor man’s dentex
Most days are slow days during winter in Baja. The fishing is difficult, deep and the water is cold. People showing up during the winter are shocked by how challenging it can be. I’ll shoot fish but I have to work for them. Fortunately, there are some fish that stick around. One of them is… Read More »
Otage au Mexique!
Je viens d’apprendre que je ne peux plus retourner au Canada! Ca tombe bien, je n’étais pas chaud à l’idée des couvre-feux et de l’interdiction de voyager. 🤣 A Baja, la vie normale suit son cour. Évidemment il y a des cas de covid mais personne ne panique. À La Paz, où je suis, ce… Read More »
45 pound yellowtail
Shot this yellowtail at 23 meters near La Paz. I was fishing with my 130 with two bands and a 7.5 mm tahitian shaft. After landing this fish I started using a slip tip. Given the power of those monsters, I didn’t trust my ability to always get a good shot. It took forever to… Read More »
Large leopard grouper makes a mess
So I was aiming for yellowtails. Since I had shot a 45 pounder recently, I used a slip tip on my 150 cm with 3 * 16 mm bands at 3.5 (very stiff considering the lenght). The shaft was a 7.5mm and the slip tip was a Spear Master (so was the shaft, I love… Read More »
Stabbing a yellowtail
This is my largest yellowtail yet. I couldn’t grab its tail, too large… so I improvised.
Zombies go spearfishing
We were a SAD crew… Sebastien had landed in La Paz early in the morning. When I picked him up, he bravely (or is it barely?) stood on the airport arrivals sidewalk after a soul destroying 15 hour red-eye flight from Montreal. Terry Lynn and myself had partied until daylight. It was a mix of… Read More »
How to lose a speargun
On a windy day of the first week of January, I dove for cabrillas on a dropoff. I saw some groupers but since I shot a few in the last week, I was not interested in anything smaller than a world record (31 pound for leopard grouper). It was nice to see all those fish… Read More »
Baja cabrillas in the muck
On january 2 the wind calmed down a little around La Paz. The only waves were confused remnants of the previous days. It was nice to paddle without constantly looking out for the next breaking wave that meant to take me out. The sun and comfortable seas did not mean the visibility had to be… Read More »