Been going every day spearfishing for past week from in front of my house as both boats I have access to are down... Water is as flat as a pancake but vis has been awful as this pic shows from 20' on the surface
since the full moon well over a week ago, new moon this week should bring clearer water and better fishing I pray. Below is the view from my kitchen window which shows a bit of Young Island Resort Island(beetles stayed there a hundred years ago) to the left and in front of it is Rock Fort which got its name because the British dragged a bunch of cannon to the top of it to protect the mainland back in the age of sail, if you look carefully you can make out the vertical steps cut into the cliff, behind that is my favorite island Bequia(now there is a speros dream destination) but a tad far to swim :@.
So what I do current and Tide allowing is to start from the closest beach(villa beach) swimming towards Young Island dodging all the mooring balls and yachts in the cut between the island and the beach.
Dont laugh at the fins, all my gear is in Antigua and I have to do with what I can scrounge up while here in St Vincent, going from carbon to this has been a adjustment to say the least
Once around Young Island the bottom varies between coral on the shoreline and turtle grass meadows further out, in the meadows tons of rare and cool sea creatures can be found if the fishing is bad and your bored laying in the grass watching millions of bait fish feeding apparently with no predators to worry about! What I would not have given for a predator to show up ;)! Anyways my wife decided to spend her Sunday afternoon taking pictures and snorkeling around with her fish deprived husband in 10 foot visibility. Here are some of my pictures and hers.
Flying Gunard from above, the wings are a spectacle to see spread open, the pectoral fins are used as hands to stir up food.The three below were taken in 40' in the turtle grass
Gunard from head on
My favorite to check out are these urchins when sitting on the bottom, these pics dont do them justice
Magnificent Sea Urchins
Once I start approaching Rock Fort
I start getting excited as every time I run into massive schools of bait fish of all kinds... Big silver Robin, a bait fish we call jacks, ballyhoo, sprat and tons of needle fish all feeding on some form of plankton I guess...Sadly never seen a single predator fish but I get excited and expectant every time as I try everything from lying on the bottom looking up to swimming the outskirts of the schools :confused1:
But every time I emerge from the bottom with my gun still loaded.
When I am under the actual cliffs of Rock Fort and start the swim around it the bottom changes to a deeper profile 50'-70' with reef and massive boulders forming very fishy grounds with wicked ledges
But even in these grounds only tiny cero swim past and on, under and between these boulders are small snapper and Grouper
So another long fishless day in the water but still a huge grin for having seen cool stuff and shared the experience with my other half, shooting fish is only half the deal wouldn't you agree? ;):shark4: