What would make Your spearfishing experience better?

[FinnFin]

I am an entrepreneur with background in competitive freediving and military technical scuba diving. I have encountered several issues while diving that I think could be improved, and I am working on some innovations to address those.

However, I would like to hear the opinions also from other divers: what would make Your spear fishing experience better? Feel free to post both high-level aspirations (e.g. “I would like to have longer dive times”) or more specified issues (e.g. “My wet suit arm pit stitching tends to come loose”).

I do not want to steer or limit the responses by explaining yet the product innovations I am working on. Instead, I am eager to see how often and with what priority the problems I am working on are mentioned in your responses, and how I should prioritize certain development alternatives I have on the table. Also this way your responses could help other entrepreneurs and companies identify further innovation opportunities.

I have opened similar discussion threads in DeeperBlue’s scuba, spear and freedive forums, so please check also those in case you are involved in those different dive types.

 

[sharkey]

Simples, its all about access. Better access to different areas , better access to areas currently closed for no real or measurable conservation outcomes, & better access to quality fish through better fisheries management.

Improve access & everyones experience will be better.

 

[cyborgdroid]

Simplification of the regulations. It's hard to know all the regs. Alternatively, a chart specifying: these are all the fish that must be X length, these are all the ones that must be Y length, etc. These are all the fish that you can't spear, these are the ones with no regulations. All of this specifically for spearfishing. This is the opposite of how the info is arranged in the current charts. Also, how to easily identify these different fish.

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[Rock Shooter]

Simplification of the regulations. It's hard to know all the regs. Alternatively, a chart specifying: these are all the fish that must be X length, these are all the ones that must be Y length, etc. These are all the fish that you can't spear, these are the ones with no regulations. All of this specifically for spearfishing. This is the opposite of how the info is arranged in the current charts. Also, how to easily identify these different fish.

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And being able to spear in areas where we aren't allowed but line fishermen are... Get that

 

[hteas]

Have more time in the water ; )

 

[Mr. X]

Have more time in the water ; )

Yes and less traffic on the way down. How about some personal safety equipment, like emergency beacons, dye "flares"/emergency plastic streamer (to help helicopters locate you), automatic emergency buoancy device (ala Terry Maas design). Cheap, simple, clear dive watch with depth gauge. Inexpensive but good quality iki-jimi spike in small, simple, flat, effective sheath? Better, affordable inflatible floats.

 

[saltysunburns]

more fish..

 

[FinnFin]

Simples, its all about access. Better access to different areas , better access to areas currently closed for no real or measurable conservation outcomes, & better access to quality fish through better fisheries management.

Improve access & everyones experience will be better.

Hi Sharkey,

So by 'access' you mean regulations / permissions needed to dive in certain locations? Or do you mean getting to the location (driving by car, carrying stuff, boat ride...)?

 

[Rock Shooter]

A well developed bag would be great: small and compact but designed for like say gun pocket or someplace to hold gun. Like the beuchat bags but more sophisticated (if possible)

 

[Mr. X]

A well developed bag would be great: small and compact but designed for like say gun pocket or someplace to hold gun. Like the beuchat bags but more sophisticated (if possible)

And fins?

 

[Rock Shooter]

Definitely, maybe elastic drawstrings. A hard case for a mask (actually in the bag). Maybe even a 'secret' compartment for keys and phones?

 

[sharkey]

Hi Sharkey,

So by 'access' you mean regulations / permissions needed to dive in certain locations? Or do you mean getting to the location (driving by car, carrying stuff, boat ride...)?

Permission to access, the greatest problem we have now is gaining access to the resource. Travel has never been easier.

 

[Ognjen Vukovic]

gills?

 

[Mr. X]

Better sheaths for dive knives. It is quite easy to find a good spearo dagger these days but many of the sheaths are really awful & insecure IMHO. My favourite is the Rob Allen limpet sheath (Pelaj also make something similar), it is simple and flat and appears to be made of thick sticky tape - but it only works well with flat knives (e.g. one piece knives with no bolsters on the handle).

A good, robust, transparent (or nearly transparent) fin blade - like the old Omer Ice fin but with blades that don't snap.