Spearfishing and Camping Catalina Island

[@IggyEGuana]

Awesome trip! Wish I would've seen this video a week earlier whoops. I was just at Two Harbors last weekend spearfishing for my first time. I stuck to that rocky area you pointed out near the beginning. Got a kelp rass and a opeleye. They came together to make some great tacos. Thanks for this video! Now I have some goals for next trip.

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

At least some fish came back for dinner! I try not to dive the same place twice on any trip I take if I can. The exploration is half the experience for me. Good luck on your next trip! You might even get a lucky yellowtail or sea bass.

[@DNAofDoggie]

What a lovely family, great video and adventure.

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

It’s definitely nice to do trips like these with my family. Don’t get to do these things as often anymore.

[@lanikai808]

Nice video - looks like a fantastic trip!

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

It was a ton of fun. Thanks for watching!

[@michellekim617]

Cool video- makes me wanna finally make that trip to Catalina happen!

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

You should! It’s super easy. Let me know if you have any planning questions.

[@spawnrcandbikes]

cool trip guys....i was planning to spearfish outta 2 harbors but may just freedive and take some video footage...looks clear.......what thickness wetsuit u guys wear? im bringing my 2mm...btw those spiney lobsters...👍

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

@@spawnrcandbikes we were wearing 5mm wetsuits and were comfortable. I’d bet you’d be pretty cold pretty quick in less than a 3mm and even that wouldn’t keep you in the water long.

[@spawnrcandbikes]

@@TheWaterloggedWoodsman thanks..guess ill bring my 5mm and 3mm

[@Hero_Spearo]

Great video man! 🤙 It definitely makes my videos feel inferior… 😅

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

@@Hero_Spearo thanks! We all start somewhere. I just try to change a little bit and learn a little bit with each video. I still have a long way to go as well!

[@jeremydrake101]

You sure you didn't spear in an MPA?

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

@@jeremydrake101 yes look at the California arcgis site of mpas. The reef is outside the mpa. If you dive bird rock though out past the reef it is in an MPA.

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

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[@jeremydrake101]

@@TheWaterloggedWoodsman I know that bird rock is good... where were yall in the cove? (I'm not judging I'm look for places to hunt haha)

[@sethpickford9048]

I expect my cut from all the money u make

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

Congrats you’ve won $0😂

[@andybartush185]

Great video editing but damn bro making yourself look bad with those baby fish. Leave all those to get bigger. And you don't know what a white sea bass looks like?! Look it up Also fyi You were on the border of a marine conservation area.. .

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

Thanks for watching the video. All fish taken were legal sized according to California regulations with room to spare. Plus anything bigger would be more than we could eat anyway. And all places I dove were legal. I know that the reef is close to an mpa, but it isn’t one. Everyone has their own responsibility to make sure they’re not crossing into no take zones.

[@1surfpesca_]

Those sargos and sheep head were good eating size… really no worries here. If he kept a juvy white or calico sea bass I get it but those fish he kept look legal and good eating size brotha

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

@@1surfpesca_ yeah I purposely didn’t shoot any calicos that weren’t obviously above limit. It’s too easy to misjudge fish underwater. It’s gotta be tough for new divers to make that 14inch judgement when they’re starting out in socal. I only really know cause I measure a lot of my rockfish up here in central California that don’t have a size limit just to see and have reference.

[@Califorage]

You’re making yourself look bad being a know it all. 😂 @andybartush185