Back in Hawaiian waters

We made back from mexico ok had a neighborhood party and went straight back onto the ocean with Kirby and Brent.

I was looking forward to fishing and doing a little filming for an upcoming episode. Brent is a dentist and expert shell collector, and a fish magnet so I was even more excited.

I took a power nap and awoke to a bent pole which Kirby reeled in this nice Ono.

Came in by 3 pm, cut fish, wash boat and everyone was happy! Thanks Kirby and Brent for a fun day in Hawaiian waters. I'm getting another relapse of ahi fever?

Mexican Reef and Blue Water Photos

One of toughest fish to land, this Pargo was taken by Evan Leeson from Team "Habanero".  These fish are very skiddish and often found hiding in deep caves.  If you are willing to bend your shaft you shoot them in the hole and horse them out on a single dive.  If you give them any slack of your line you can kiss your gear goodbye.  

Luis from the Mexican Team "Chupacabras" showed us how to shoot Ono's using his sea sniper gun.  Able to dive down to 40 meters and hold his breath for 3 minutes on the bottom, not many fish he targeted had a chance to survive.  Gracias Amigos for all your help in surpassing our goal for sending Elizabeth to high school for a year.  

2014 Red Sea Baja Shootout Video

Team 100% luck put together this great video of our trip to Mexico.  Mike and Eric Uyehara got some cool shots!  Thanks guys for joining us this year and sharing your video.

Free Dive Day

On our last day in Mexico, the action slowed down so we decided to change the scenery and got to dive at a sea lion colony.

Pic with captain yoni, one of the best in the business.

Then we came in to do some fish printing which made everyone so happy!

The final products!

Also got to meet the legendary Bernie Finnerly who was staying at the resort and joined us on a dive. He is 76 years young.  

Thanks again to all our divers, sponsors, and staff at Palapas Ventana for another successful event!

Day 2 Red Sea Shootout

Day 2 of the Red Sea shootout all Pau, been a busy 2 days as we started our day at 530 am and down at 10:00 pm.

Our target fish was the largest needle fish and this has to be the biggest one I've ever seen, about 15 lbs.

Linda Fischer a software engineer did well with her partner Randy and got this nice mapa.

I got a pargo mullato on a drop.

Luis with his nice wahoo.

Congrats to jimmy and Evan for winning this years competition. 

We surpasses our goal by providing 2 years of high school for Antonia which made her so happy.

Thanks again to all our sponsors!

Prizes were awesome!

Day 1 tournament

Day 1 of the tournament started off at 7:00 am sharp.

Beach team (ish, tim, and Kim)

Dave got some nice parrots. 

His partner Jim got a giant trigger fish!

Team 100% luck are on the board.

Group photo. All in a days work. Nice catch divers.

Time to clean fish!

Pre-game event

Pre-tournament party begins as the

Teams prepare for a fun event.

Team spearfischer, Linda and Randy pull their lucky captain. 

Boats are ready to go!

Hawaii team standing by. Anybody feeling lucky?

Who let the dogs out? Whoof! Whoof!

Mexican team chupalupa ready to rock!

Local dancers putting on a show for the divers.

Good night from Mexico. Tomorrow let the games begin!