Hello all, a little about myself... I've been an avid spearo since 2000 and have been fortunate to spear in Hawaii, Japan, East Coast US, and Mexico. Five years ago I retired to my house in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, after 25 years in the US Marine Corps. I spend most days helping out a buddy who is a commercial spearfisherman, so weather-depending, I'm in the water 30-40 hours per week. Luckily for my buddy, I "work" for free. We freedive from a 25' panga and range out to about 35 miles from the island. He sells most fish through the fisherman's cooperative that he belongs to and we primarily focus on groupers, snappers, yellow jack, amberjack, cobia, mackerel, African pompano, wahoo, and triggerfish. At times, we'll focus on barracuda, permit, and horse-eye jack; those are not sold through the co-op. Most days average more than 200 lbs, with good days reaching 800 lbs. We normally hunt in 65-100' waters, and vis is usually exceptional. Needless to say, I feel quite lucky that I ended up in this situation; sometimes even a blind squirrel...
If anyone is coming to the Mayan Riviera area and would like some information, please don't hesitate to ask and I'll help out where I can. I prefer personal e-mail and my address is magnum_166@yahoo.com. Cheers!