Spearfishing and Camping Catalina Island

My brother, my dad, and I set off to go camping and spearfishing on Catalina Island in California for a week in late May of 2024. We camped in two harbors camp ground and had a blast. We cooked everything we could catch and had a nice week of being out of service and unwinding. We had pretty comfortable weather and pretty good dive conditions. I hope you enjoy the video of our trip!
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Fishing Gear:
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00:00 - Intro
01:13 - Ferry Ride
02:53 - Second Dive
06:08 - Sheephead!
07:28 - Crab!
08:29 - Kayak Dive
10:14 - Calico!
13:39 - Hiking
13:55 - Outro

[@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.

[@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.

[@lanikai808]

Nice video - looks like a fantastic trip!

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

It was a ton of fun. Thanks for watching!

[@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!

[@sethpickford9048]

I expect my cut from all the money u make

[@TheWaterloggedWoodsman]

Congrats you’ve won $0😂

[@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]

@@jeremydrake101 cdfw.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c00c82e1f32a49e99c747e2411e3439e

[@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)

[@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.

[@MikeDruhan]

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