• Welcome to the DeeperBlue.com Forums, the largest online community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving and Spearfishing. To gain full access to the DeeperBlue.com Forums you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:

    • Join over 44,280+ fellow diving enthusiasts from around the world on this forum
    • Participate in and browse from over 516,210+ posts.
    • Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
    • Post your own photos or view from 7,441+ user submitted images.
    • All this and much more...

    You can gain access to all this absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today!

First spearing in the salty stuff

Thread Status: Hello , There was no answer in this thread for more than 60 days.
It can take a long time to get an up-to-date response or contact with relevant users.

unirdna

tropical wuss
Sep 16, 2002
1,016
220
153
50
My trip to the bahamas wasn't all sunsets and blackouts. I also got to do some spearing. Guns are illegal, so you gotta use slings or poles. I bought a JBL travel pole spear. Maintaining my usual form, I got it the day before I left, and had no time to practice :hmm . Nevertheless, I got the hang of it pretty quickly. We only needed a couple fish for dinner, and Conner (cdavis) was kind enough to let a few shots go by so that I could snag the food. Additionally, Connor cleaned and cooked. What a deal! I still have a lot to learn about sea hunting. Thank goodness I didn't have to face any sharks. That would be just too much for a guy's first time out ;).

Ted
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Oldsarge
I'm glad you had a good time Unirdna.I would like to take a trip to the bahamas ,that blue water has me home sick. If everything goes well with my home renovation I will be able to make it to
white lake,WI this winter.That fish on the left has a crazy mimatec pattern going on .
 
He got the hang of it all right. Picks a weapon that is not the most effective in that water, never shot a salt water fish, never had a pole gun in his hand, doesn't know how to do a "correct" approach on these species and he still slides right up to the fish and blows'em away. I was impressed. Shooting crappie must be real good preparation.

Connor
 
Nice polespearing, Ted! Bahamas diving is the best! Nassau grouper sandwich,
:p :p

Angelos
 
Hey, positive karma for showing what fish are really for!
 
DeeperBlue.com - The Worlds Largest Community Dedicated To Freediving, Scuba Diving and Spearfishing

ABOUT US

ISSN 1469-865X | Copyright © 1996 - 2024 deeperblue.net limited.

DeeperBlue.com is the World's Largest Community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving, Ocean Advocacy and Diving Travel.

We've been dedicated to bringing you the freshest news, features and discussions from around the underwater world since 1996.

ADVERT