Well I have been waiting to post this report untill Icarus gets back from his vacation but I couldnt wait.
Here goes the report
Temp Air 75-82
Temp water 67
vis 5-15feet
current slack
wind 20-40mph from the south.
The first day of arrival we where greated by a wind storm. We stayed in my house that night and listend to the wind wrap around the structure. The next morning we got up and ate. We launched the boat in the water only to find out that a water pump that we had thought we repaired, was not. If shot water all over the engine copartment.
I was bummed, A deeperblue mentor on my trip and my boat was acting poorly. We used our back up boat which was a 24ft panga with a 60hp yamaha on back. We tried to make a push for the islands but the wind and chop was very bad. Icarus made a comment to me about the most important part of the dive being getting back alive to shore. We stopped short of the islands and I put us in a somewhat sheltered cove along shore.
Icarus and my partner jumped in the water. I was worried about getting fish in such conditions. The vis was max 8 feet in this spot. Soon after getting in the water my partner eric yells, "I just spooked a big one in real shallow!!" I knew the fish where there but getting one would be a trick.
I got in the water last. I swam over to where Icarus was working an underwater pinnicle just off the beach. I swam over to him and yelled if he saw anything. He just nodded and put up his finger telling me "one".
I continued to hunt, being frustrated by bolting groupers in the murk.
towards the middle of the dive I swim over to Icarus to check his luck. He swims by with a huge Lepoard grouper!!
How he got it I still have no idea. those fish are very spooky and to sneak up on one in the murk and get a shot was next to impossible. I was stoked and relieved that Icarus had nailed a nice one!
As for me and Eric, well we had to just take our licks and bow down to the non-local that showed us how it should be done.
the next day was better. After breakfast we hopped in my boat which we had fixed that night. We headed out to the islands. Hugging the shore close we made a push through some stiff wind to the big island of Salvatierra. We pulled into one of my favorite coves and started our dive. There where alot of fish out that day. I still shot no big ones but we still managed to get some nice stirngers of yellow snapper. I also got a big lobster.
that night we went back to San Felipe where my friends at the Baja Mar prepared a great dinner.
For an appitezer we had fish bone soup made from our catch followed by a chef signature dish of Philidelphia cream fish medallion with a half lobster tail prepared with red spicy sauce! If was fantastic, I can eat that every night. Along with a mango margarita and the trip was complete.
I had a great time with Icarus and learned alot from him. Ask him about his all clear float line. Its super cool.
Here are the pics of our trip. Maybe when Icarus gets back into town he can add some stuff.
Thanks for comming down Icarus and showing me some stuff!
GTB
www.gonetobaja.com
www.spearfishingvideos.com
www.sea-wolves.com
Here goes the report
Temp Air 75-82
Temp water 67
vis 5-15feet
current slack
wind 20-40mph from the south.
The first day of arrival we where greated by a wind storm. We stayed in my house that night and listend to the wind wrap around the structure. The next morning we got up and ate. We launched the boat in the water only to find out that a water pump that we had thought we repaired, was not. If shot water all over the engine copartment.
I was bummed, A deeperblue mentor on my trip and my boat was acting poorly. We used our back up boat which was a 24ft panga with a 60hp yamaha on back. We tried to make a push for the islands but the wind and chop was very bad. Icarus made a comment to me about the most important part of the dive being getting back alive to shore. We stopped short of the islands and I put us in a somewhat sheltered cove along shore.
Icarus and my partner jumped in the water. I was worried about getting fish in such conditions. The vis was max 8 feet in this spot. Soon after getting in the water my partner eric yells, "I just spooked a big one in real shallow!!" I knew the fish where there but getting one would be a trick.
I got in the water last. I swam over to where Icarus was working an underwater pinnicle just off the beach. I swam over to him and yelled if he saw anything. He just nodded and put up his finger telling me "one".
I continued to hunt, being frustrated by bolting groupers in the murk.
towards the middle of the dive I swim over to Icarus to check his luck. He swims by with a huge Lepoard grouper!!
How he got it I still have no idea. those fish are very spooky and to sneak up on one in the murk and get a shot was next to impossible. I was stoked and relieved that Icarus had nailed a nice one!
As for me and Eric, well we had to just take our licks and bow down to the non-local that showed us how it should be done.
the next day was better. After breakfast we hopped in my boat which we had fixed that night. We headed out to the islands. Hugging the shore close we made a push through some stiff wind to the big island of Salvatierra. We pulled into one of my favorite coves and started our dive. There where alot of fish out that day. I still shot no big ones but we still managed to get some nice stirngers of yellow snapper. I also got a big lobster.
that night we went back to San Felipe where my friends at the Baja Mar prepared a great dinner.
For an appitezer we had fish bone soup made from our catch followed by a chef signature dish of Philidelphia cream fish medallion with a half lobster tail prepared with red spicy sauce! If was fantastic, I can eat that every night. Along with a mango margarita and the trip was complete.
I had a great time with Icarus and learned alot from him. Ask him about his all clear float line. Its super cool.
Here are the pics of our trip. Maybe when Icarus gets back into town he can add some stuff.
Thanks for comming down Icarus and showing me some stuff!
GTB
www.gonetobaja.com
www.spearfishingvideos.com
www.sea-wolves.com
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