Spearfishing in Mendocino County, California

A quick compilation I threw together of spearfishing in Mendocino county the weekend of the the TritonX tournament - September 2010.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• lingcod
• rockfish
• TritonX
• Mendocino
• Caspar
• spearfishing
• freediving
• diving

[aLilBitOEverything]

Nice ling! Are there alot of lingcod farther up north? I go out to santa cruz island and i have only seen like 2.

[ApneaHunter]

@aLilBitOEverything I'm not sure if there are necessarily more of them, but the lings definitely come in shallower in northern CA vs southern CA. In So-Cal its rare to see them in less than 50 feet of water, but up here I've shot quite a few in less than 15 feet. I think it's a temperature thing- it gets too warm for them in the shallows in so-cal.

[Battlelurker]

Is this shot with the stock gopro hd housing/lens? or do you have a after market one?

[ApneaHunter]

@Battlelurker I use the "Eye of Mine" modified housing, but my understanding is that GoPro will be coming out with their own fix for the focus issue soon.

[denmark722]

Why would anyone want to display their driving spears into fish while watching them wriggle to their deaths? And the music is just another gross testament to the lack of respect you show to the life of your catch. Do you spin small animals around by their tails as well? I have no qualms with the catching and eating of seafood, but at least show a little decorum to the life you take so belligerently.

[ApneaHunter]

@denmark722 denmark, I assure you that no group treats their catch with as much respect as freedive spearfisherman. Spearfishing is a highly selective and sustainable means of harvest. I take no sadistic pleasure of any sort in the death of fish. All game was dispatched as quickly as physically possible. You might not like watching fish die, but every time you buy salmon at Safeway, a fish died much more cruelly than those in my video. Please take your preaching elsewhere.

[ApneaHunter]

@dustyyoungblood I'm not sure... maybe 2 feet or so. Kelp rockfish will often do what this one did where they turn and stare at you, so my buddy and I planned to drop down on this one and then I'd approach it until it stopped to stare at me, then he'd shoot it while it was looking at me. The sequence of events went almost as we planned, but not quite. I'm glad you like it.

[nkesbe]

Is nelson using a rob allen with a single 16mm band and 6.6mm shaft in this vid?

[comptcheredneck420]

where u guys at in mendo

[Mzahaka1313]

@ApneaHunter And soon isnt 9 months, but i hope it will come cz i eyeofmine doesnt ship to cyprus

[xolarwind]

You did a great job spearfishing holding your breath, that's really the sportmans' way to do it. I cant stand guys hunting with Scuba.... I did a lot of spearfishing in South America and miss it, the water in CA is very cold... My Mares air speargun has been waiting for me for years... ignore coments that dont come from vegetarians, they let others do the killing for them.... and the Buddha said... "I eat vegetables coz I cant hear them scream when I cut them " :-)

[nkesbe]

How does that guy like his Pursuit wetsuit?

[huesodorado]

@denmark722 "i would surely never have made such an insulting blanket statement had i known there were other educated people in the world!"

[Battlelurker]

@ApneaHunter Ya Ive heard good things about that housing. How do you like it? Also i wonder how long gopros fix will take