Posts by ddonnell

Quote from Spearonick

Dang Davis when do I get to come down with you and plug some cave fish. Cortlen can never stop ranting about the trip you took him on and those bay bass you guys caught. Sounds like a magical time and I love the video. How did you mount the camera on your head?

Yea, one of these days I need to get you down there. I used the go pro head mount. Worked great, except it misses quite a bit of the action when in caves and makes a ton of noise when it hits the cave walls. Might get a gun mount for the hole gun I plan on getting. I think the best part of the trip is just getting too drunk and BS-ing with each other. I have some pics..

The gun that Nick built is very solid and beautiful. One of the top ten home builds I have seen. Sweet little midhandle!

Well done guys. You're all going to be eating well!

Its much better here Nick. You forgot to mention that you like them Wong. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">

BTW-You should have hid that CC post on facebook from Ryan Murphy..

Quote from Marco

Nice fish. So, what's the deal with mercury? Is a lie? Someone who explains it...

As fish grow here in our polluted waters, they acquire mercury in their muscles by eating smaller fish contaminated with mercury. As fish grow, the mercury doesn't get excreted, so it piles up. So in essence a smaller fish would acquire less mercury than a larger fish because it has eaten less contaminated fish.

Beat the sun yesterday and was rewarded well. Didn't come home with anything but mental pictures and memories. Got schooled by 100 - 200 wsb all in the 20" range less than 3 feet away from me, with one maybe legal, but I didn't want anything to do with 'maybe' anymore.

Vis - 10' mas o menos
Wind- nada
Swell- 2-3' occ 4 '

Just hit central Laguna. Worked it hard for 3 hrs with nothing to show besides sand in my ears. Got in at Moss and worked north to Main beach and back south

Vis- 10-12' blue, but alot of particulate in the water
Waves- 2-3ft with some surface chop from the wind
Wind- 5-10knts
Current- Stiff from the south
Life- Tons of bait out in the water, a lot of really nice sized calicos in the 5lb+ range

Only saw two very small wsb in the 15" range in shallow, heard some croaks, but very faint.

Headed out again tomorrow before Mother's Day festivities..

Hahaha true about the mercury..

I didn't get a weight, but it was pretty solid. I was guessing in the 10# range.

It was less than a 5 minute filet.. so NICE!

Hang on, I'll satisfy the picture needs..

Sorry only pic I got was a cell phone

Just got out of the water. They are out there, go get them.

Went out for a afternoon shore dive with a buddy. We were greeted with calm seas and 10-15' of vis. Water temp was low to mid 60s. Lots of dines out there with mackeral being the main culprit of action. Blake got his PB calico at around 5lbs and I got a PW (personal worst) WSB at two inches over legal. Looked much bigger underwater, but now I know. Saw a few more at around the same size as my WSB, but no biggies. Good luck if you go.

And no pictures. I am too ashamed of the baby killer I am at this point...

Quote from LunkerBuster

that is a great report...thanks for sharing. also I really like your fillet rig and the fact that it is done in the water.

if you have any, I'd love to see what your house looks like to complete my fantasy life through your report.

dead fish get me through the tough day at the office

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Absolutely!

First one is the house from the outside
Second one is the view from the front porch.

Inside basically consists of a 10'x10' storage room for outboards and spare tires and what else can't stay outside. There is an open kitchen with a bar, table on the inside, a couple of beds in the corners, and a bathroom shower behind the house (not connected, came later).

The house is bare bones, and up until last easter, no electrial lights ( we now have one in the bathroom). We run a propane stove and fridge.

I'll try and dig up a few more pics later, but right now I'm off diving...

Edit: just noticed the pic of the house is pretty old, the bricks now wrap around the house to the left. Better pictures soon..

Quote from spearstuff

I saw that gulfy very clearly. Man I love hole diving. Can't get enough of it nowadays.

Its by far my favorite form of hunting. Not as stealthy and fun as kelp, but much harder than anyone would think. I need to get a 90cm with a 20mm band to take my revenge...

And I think I already told you Daniel, but the gulf my dad is holding up is all thanks to me....

I shot a burrito in a cave (same one that I shot the burrito in in the video, different time), not seeing that gulf tucked back and behind the rock, close to the location where I shot the burrito in the video. Now I have a few solid caves of my own that have held consistently for the past few trips, so things are getting a bit easier.

Quote from underway

Thanks for the update. I am driving down for a two month trip starting on saturday.I will be based out of Loretto. Is the pavement any closer to Gonzaga than it was last year and What kind of water temps. did you have?

Via Loreto and coming in from the south- there is no more that I have heard of, but out of Puertecitos from the north, there was six more miles leaving 16 or 17 miles left into Gonzaga. H2O temps were in the mid 60's, but that was a month ago. Leaving to go back in exactly a month and temps are expected to be in the mid 70s.

Some pictures

Over spring break, my dad and I went down to our house in Gonzaga, which for those of you who don't know, it is approximately 4 hours south of San Felipe. We have a decent house if you want to call it that, but it is more like a shack. My family has been going down there for 40 years already and I am the third generation of divers to harvest from the local waters.

We had an absolutely amazing trip down there. Cold beer, no wind, no big projects to do on the house, and most of all, fresh fish. The visibility could have been way better, but you take what you can get, and we made do.

So I borrowed a buddy's go pro for the trip to try and get some footage. The card filled up pretty quick, so I didn't get too much good stuff. In the video there are a total of two different spots on two different days. The clip with the bad vis shows a baby cabrilla about 3" in length, you might have to full screen it to see it better, but the visual memory far outweighs what I got on film. I actually saw him twice that dive over a span of about an hour. The clip where I am in very shallow I spooked out a 20-30 pound gulf grouper trying to get a shot in tight quarters, again didn't really come through unless you look for it hard and you can actually see his tail swaying back and forth in the cave. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OgGdD302Lg

Remember to switch to 720!

:nono:

Pretty stoked!

Quick release all the way. Might not be the most comfortable or adjustable, but the sure do release quick...

Just in case.

Quote from Matt

I am pretty sure most of the guys down here use a trap bouy and cheap line. I have a 130 railgun a 75' float line 10ft bungie and a RA 11L Hard Float. I am quite sure that setup should land one without much trouble although I do know for a fact that a slip tip is a good investment.

Whats the main size of fish you target? That sounds just about what I may get except with more bouys to back it up. I already have planned to order a 130-140 with a flopper and two extra shafts and slip tips.