Dummies guide to Spearfishing - Part I

[seaman]

Hey man, eagerly looking forward to see the gun part of this thread . I know just the generals and no bashing at all. Well, let my guess you would say get something like a Rabi don´t you?

[deep thinker]

Hey miles great thread, also eagerly awaiting part 2.

[alexanderXP]

[quote=seaman]

Originally Posted by miles

Wetsuits

Wetsuits for spearfishing work on a simple concept. It allows a very small amount of water into your suit, allowing your body to heat up that small amount of water. Body heat is therefore retained, allowing the diver to stay in the water for much longer.

What do you think about the so called spearfishing camo suits?

Well.... I am more chilled about camo. But, still think its important. So, I ordered a US-desert T-shirt.... haha! And I will pull it over my wet-suit.... Great!

[Luis]

Miles!

Great post! Thanks a lot, mentors like you make this websites a great way to learn. And please keep up the great catches and the chronicles!

[mundial]

great guide
THX

[Morg]

Great thread ,

I learned a lot about spearing .

One thing that I have been curious about is what type of mask to get for both spear fishing and just freediving. Is what kind of silcone to get? Clear or Black? I found a old thread a week ago about it but I can't seem to find it again. Any thoughts on which is better?

[Oli]

Nice work Miles, what next!?

I found when I fired a gun, the spear shot in a very short arc downwards... haven't ever tried much - quite like to just watch the fish... but then I do get very hungry

Part two!?!?!??!?!

[miles]

Hiya

Dummies guide to Spearfishing - Part II can be found on Deeperblue's home page under the spearfishing section. Here's a quick link:
http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/720/41

Another great article is written by Rachel Barker, known as BATRAY on Deeperblue:
http://www.deeperblue.net/cats.php/40

Regards
miles

[Oli]

Thanks Miles!! Off to read now : )

Oli.

[costal livin]

Awesome thread Miles. I'm off to finish up my reading

[freediver7]

Great thread!!!!!

[georgenoom]

Hi I'm very new to all this, very experienced surfer but only just got my kit from an early Santa Claus.

I have a top of the range surfing wet suit 5x4x3mm, will this be suitable for spear fishing? It keeps me super warm in 7oC water for 3 hours surfing in Feb when it can be -4oC air temp, so I'm thinking it should be ok in British Spring and summer water temps.

[badlander]

You'll be okay for a couple of hours maybe,thats with a hood,gloves, socks etc but there really is no substitute for a 5mm two piece open cell diving suit.I was confident that i'd be warm as toast but it really is surpring how much heat you loose when remaining pretty still in the water is the name of the game.With a dive suit you simply won't get cold in the summer and thats a good thing when you're staying in for 6+ hours.
I made do with a Salomon 4-3 for a couple of years and it's probably gonna be fine,but for the price you can pick up a dive suit,it'll be well worth your while.

[Elvin]

I have a question about wet suits. Just read an article in an european magazine about wetsuites( ws) . They say there are wet suites that have the ability to ragain flotation more quickly as you ascend in the water column. They say wet suites with small "bubbles" in the wet suit material regain flotability more fast than wet suites with "big,more visible bubbles". I have noted a diference in my own wet suites. I have a vest and a shorthy ws. The vest makes me float almost as much as the shorthy ! (Both 3mm). I am interested in knowing how to diferentiate this caracteristics in ws because I think a ws that regains flotability faster helps for a better ascent. I like when I regain positive flotation and head fast to the surface without making to much efort

[freediver7]

The better quality wet suites have minuscule isolated bubbles imbedded in the rubber. The expansion and compression rates these bubbles are not affected by assent or descent but they are affected by pressure as a result of depth. Most wet suites are completely compressed at 30 meters.