kayak spear fishing report - secret spot - January 17, 2008

Mooch, are you going to be free-diving the bean this year? If so, I lost a few jigs and am hoping you can find them for me there this summer, 

J, my main goal is to spear that shark that attack my buddy Dan (shark attack Dan) 

Congrats on finally getting in the water Mooch - looks like you had a good time!   


Next time I'm up near Aquan, I'll lend you my extra UW camera to play around with.   

Way cool, Joel! You're one gutsy guy (NO pun intended)!

Janice aka "Big J"

Way cool, Joel! You're one gutsy guy (NO pun intended)!

Janice aka "Big J"

outch! ....but that was a good one

Great Report guys.  Mooch, CONGRATS!!  

Joel, you should kiss butt to Fuzz and Spinal Tap.  They have a wealth of knowledge, experience and are really cool about sharing some productive spots.  If you drive, we can get some scallops, just south of Carmel.  And by the way, if you hit the "secret spot" a little later in the summer, you might get some of these: 

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=47912
http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=48556

Stuart

Thanks Stu! I should have gotten into this spearo thing YEARS ago Never realized what a good wetsuit can do to combat the cold conditions of Nor Cal.

Regarding Fuzz and Spinal tap.........I might have to wait and grow some gills to hang out with these pros. For now, I'm happy and comfortable enough hunting the shallows and I LOVE the simplicity of the pole spear. My fishing rods are beginning to look like pole spears now

LET'S DIVE SOON!!!!

Nice report and fish. Guess there is no CNR in spear fishing.

scott

Regarding Fuzz and Spinal tap.........I might have to wait and grow some gills to hang out with these pros.

    Mooch, you're probably making Fuzz mad by mentioning me in the same sentence with his name when you talk about freediving abilities. 

I'm posting this picture not to show off or anything, but to show you that you already have all the "right equipment" for getting big fish.  Because if you look closely, you can see that my 200+lbs of sexy is primarily concentrated around my midsection as well.   

Nate

Spinal Tap, That's one nice fish to "not" show off with.  Where'd you spear that one at?  I'm hoping I'll get to take a picture to not show off soon too.

GB2, one of the great things about spearing, in my inexperienced opinion, is that you get to choose which fish ends up at the end of your spear...But I guess if you really wanted to CNR it's nothing a little neosporyn and a waterproof bandaid wouldn't cure     Only kidding of course.

I'm with Mooch, now that I've experienced it I wish I would have tried it out years ago.  Unfortunately it's making it hard for me to try chasing down some AOTY points.

Nice job boys, makes me want to jump in myself.  You guys will be snail slayers this April!

PLEASE don't use that particular pic....the "belly" you see is just trapped air in my wetsuit

Mooch-I have been on the mountain bike a lot lately.  Me and Leah are training for the Napa Valley Dirt Classic in April http://www.puc.edu/Pioneers/NVDC/ as part of our new pact to goof off together more frequently.  Leah did 10 miles of single track yesterday...I was sooooo stoked.  Besides having way mre fun together than I can remember I have been observing an interesting side benefit...I found that I starting to trap less "air" in my suit. 

Can't mention the other side benefit 

I'm posting this picture not to show off or anything, but to show you that you already have all the "right equipment" for getting big fish.  Because if you look closely, you can see that my 200+lbs of sexy is primarily concentrated around my midsection as well.   

Nate

Damn.... Nate.  That think is HUGE, and I'm not talking about your belly.
You're always welcome to show off big fish pics like that!

Leah did 10 miles of single track yesterday

 10 Miles of single track

 Could you post the thread you put up for that awhile ago?

 and is that track good for the beginners... ie, my 10 y/o boys

  Thanks........ Danglin

Oh yeah...that is a SICK WSB!!!

Danglin-the trail is moderate aerobically, but a few sections are super narrow with a BIG drop off.  If they walked these sections, they would be fine with the rest. You can see maps at www.mendotrails.org Bring your bike the weekend of the CSBA and I will give you a tour.  This is the trail...

Oh yeah...that is a SICK WSB!!!

Danglin-the trail is moderate aerobically, but a few sections are super narrow with a BIG drop off.  If they walked these sections, they would be fine with the rest. You can see maps at www.mendotrails.org Bring your bike the weekend of the CSBA and I will give you a tour. 

Wow... Sean.... you really are getting around on your 29'er.  I love that classic "Scwafish-style" video with cool sound track and all.  I don't know how I missed it before.

We should try to meet half way and hit up Annadale State Park in Santa Rosa for some sweet single track... but let me get back in shape first.  Right now, I'd be winded just riding from the parking lot to the trailhead.

Thanks,

 I've tried Annadale,  much rutty fireroads from what i saw...

  Thanks for the Link,  nothing like good single track

  Sorry for the Thread JacK  Mooch