Everyone,
I just got back last night from a very cool 4 day trip to Puerto Rico. My friend’s company took the whole company (plus a guest each) over there for their 25 year anniversary celebration. Since it was an island where spearfishing could be had, my friend opted to take a spearfishing buddy rather than a female companion. Who am I to turn down a free trip, my only stipulation was that he better make sure to request 2 beds! Anyway, we went and it was a great time. I shot my first tuna and my buddy got a very nice wahoo. I'm not much into the bluewater thing but let me tell you what, it’s some pretty exciting stuff! We hunted a pinnacle that came up from 3,000 feet to 250 feet. It was an awesome experience!!!!! Vis was an easy 100+ feet. We saw plenty of tuna, wahoo, jacks, cudas, rainbow runners, and of course sharks. We did drifts across the pinnacle chumming as we went. Although the tuna I shot was only a blackfin there were a couple of yellowfins around. My friend missed an 80+ pounder and I saw one sink back to the depths that was thicker across its back than any shark I saw all day. I can’t complain about not getting a wahoo myself as I had my chance but unfortunately lost it on its initial run. We also saw a wahoo that was an easy 80+ lbs. Unfortunately, it passed by just as I surfaced from a 2:00 minute dive and was unable to re-submerge to go after it. I had an excellent time and will definitely do it again sometime soon. Here are a couple pics for everyone to check out. My friend with the wahoo is Pat Johnson from VA and our most very gracious host was Roberto Reyes and his 2 friends who accompanied us on the dive trip were Mike and Jorge.
Scott
I just got back last night from a very cool 4 day trip to Puerto Rico. My friend’s company took the whole company (plus a guest each) over there for their 25 year anniversary celebration. Since it was an island where spearfishing could be had, my friend opted to take a spearfishing buddy rather than a female companion. Who am I to turn down a free trip, my only stipulation was that he better make sure to request 2 beds! Anyway, we went and it was a great time. I shot my first tuna and my buddy got a very nice wahoo. I'm not much into the bluewater thing but let me tell you what, it’s some pretty exciting stuff! We hunted a pinnacle that came up from 3,000 feet to 250 feet. It was an awesome experience!!!!! Vis was an easy 100+ feet. We saw plenty of tuna, wahoo, jacks, cudas, rainbow runners, and of course sharks. We did drifts across the pinnacle chumming as we went. Although the tuna I shot was only a blackfin there were a couple of yellowfins around. My friend missed an 80+ pounder and I saw one sink back to the depths that was thicker across its back than any shark I saw all day. I can’t complain about not getting a wahoo myself as I had my chance but unfortunately lost it on its initial run. We also saw a wahoo that was an easy 80+ lbs. Unfortunately, it passed by just as I surfaced from a 2:00 minute dive and was unable to re-submerge to go after it. I had an excellent time and will definitely do it again sometime soon. Here are a couple pics for everyone to check out. My friend with the wahoo is Pat Johnson from VA and our most very gracious host was Roberto Reyes and his 2 friends who accompanied us on the dive trip were Mike and Jorge.
Scott