La Paz Baja Mexico

Finally after months of planning and countless Emails Everything is organized and I am counting down the days. I am off to La Paz again only this time to take part in the IBSRC 2007 Blue Water Meet.
The meet brings together some of the best Blue Water Spearfishers both male and female from around the world for a week of competition. There is no distinction between male and female compeditors as sex is not deemed a factor that can affect the outcome of the meet.
The rules are relatively simple with compeditors being able to weigh in only Pelagic Game fish from a predetermined list. But it dosent stop there with compeditors allowed only 5 fish each of a different species per day and only 2 fish of each species can be weighed in during the week.
Those fish must be nominated at the end of each day prior to the weigh in. Once a fish is weighed theres no going back and getting a bigger one, they are scored by weight at 1 point per pound up to a maximum of 100lb.
This makes for a very challenging competition and is just as much a matter of strategy as it is skill. This years meet is to be held at the village of La Ventana located about 1 hours drive Southeast of La Paz.
We will be staying at the Palapas Ventana overlooking Ceralvo Island and diving the surrounding waters.

One of the houses we will be staying in.

These waters are renowned for the size and number of gamefish they produce each year. Many of the current and past World Record fish came from this very location. With the Marlin capital of the World Cabo San Lucas a little further arround the coast we could not be in a better place for some great Pelagic action.