New Hunter/Freediver/Scuba Instructor in Nassau

[Nassau Hunter]

Hi All,

I hope to pick up some knowledge about Freediving/Hunting from this site. I'll get plenty of experience as I'm living just a few steps from the sea.

Here (Nassau) we can only use polespears/Hawaiian slings, and not within 1 mile of New Providence Island. I just got 2 polespears and hope to go get some dinner soon.

My plan is to cruise out to the 1 mile mark on a Seadoo seascooter pulling a float, then tie off the float on a rock and hunt around there. I've never tried hunting before.

I'm currently training by swimming in the sea and pool, Holding my breath, running, and lifting weights. I hope to lose some body fat so I'll sink better, until then should I wear weights while freediving?

I also just quit smoking, with this as my motivation, any tips on lung strengthening? Maybe some herbs or something?

 

[Amphibious]

Welcome to the Fold

 

[Nassau Hunter]

Thanks Amphibious

 

[Adrian]

Hi Nassau Hunter and welcome to DB.
For weights normally one uses enough weight to be neutral at around 10 meters. Depends on your working depth though, if you are hunting in shallower water you may want to use more weight as you don't want to be thrashing around trying to keep down, and you might want to be able to do some aspettos (use the search function if you are not familiar with that term ) dpending on the species you are after. General safety considerations, in sharky areas never wear your fish stringer on your waist, tie it to your float, and always dive with a buddy. We have already lost two spearos here in Spain in the last couple of months, and one of them was with a buddy, until the last couple of dives. He blacked out wrestling with a grouper that had holed up at 20 meters. They found the gun with the grouper and a couple of days later they found his body.

As a scuba instructor you know the importance of safety, it's the same for freediving. One can black out without feeling a need to breathe. There are lots of good threads for prepearing your dives, (do search on "warm up"), learn frenzel equalizing as it's much more effective than the regular Valsava technique and when you can take a freediving clinic - it will really ground you in technique and safety and you'll improve your skills.

Adrian

 

[Nassau Hunter]

Excellent my friend, thank you Adrian.

Any spearos here in Nassau to show me the ropes?