Beautiful Weather and Cold Water- January 2014

We made it down to Puerto Penasco just as the sun had gone down on Friday the 24th and stayed tell Monday the 27th.  That first night it was cold and foggy, the wife was not excited but I was just happy it was not windy.  The moon was half way gone over the weekend.

The first group to get out in the water was Garrett and some friends early Saturday, then the wife and I were right behind them.  I was glad that I brought all my extra stuff because I believe there was 7 of us spearfishing at one time any only two of us that actually brought stuff down. The sun was out and the water was glass, you could see the bottom easy from the shore.  When you got in the water was a little chilly but not bad with a 5 mm suit.  The visibility was great probably about 25-30 ft over the rocks, all our fishing on this trip was just off the shore in Las Conchas.  Unfortunately the fish were hiding from the good weather and us!  Over the weekend we saw maybe a handful of Opaleye and some small Sand Bass.  The only thing I brought back up to the house was a ok size Opaleye and a silver and yellow fish with a black stripe behind his pectoral fin maybe a Burrito Grunt (I will continue to find out what it was).  I gave both of them to some Mexican fella who was selling wood sculptures, so I could not report how they tasted.

I did get to go one my first scuba diving adventure since getting certified last month.  The visibility was great but there was nothing to be seen and the deepest I could get from shore was 15 ft.

Better luck next trip.