25 Spearfishing Tips to Make You a Better Spearo From our guests on THE SPEAR Podcast

Spearfishing Tips

1. Focus on enjoying the ocean and being comfortable in the water.

2. Be calm in the water and realize the effect that your own attitude

will have on the fish.

3. Get the right gun and rigging for the species of fish you are

hunting.

4. Spending time in the water and don’t worry about what moon

phase. That comes later.

5. For more down time, dive straight to your target depth.

6. Dive with as many people as you can. (Not at the same time)

Groups of two to four are good.

7. Identify your fears. You will overcome them and broaden your

hunting reach.

8. Be humble so you can see the opportunities when they present

themselves

9. Take it slow. Gradual consistent progress is better than pushing

hard and injuring/killing yourself.

10. Know the species, the size and the limits to all of the fish you are

hunting. If you don’t know what those are pass on the fish, go

home and do the research first.

11. Find somebody who you can learned from and can introduced

you into the sport. Somebody who you enjoy being around. They

don’t have to know they are teaching you.

12. No fish is worth your life.

13. Go out there and have fun. Be aware. Nothing makes you a good

diver like doing it.

14. Don’t be wasteful only shoot what you are going to eat

15. Go in with a specific target in mind. Learn about it before you get

in the water and don’t just shoot anything that moves

16. Practice out of the water too. Relax, calm your mind, and then

practice your breath holds.

17. Find your own dive spots. Don’t rely on reports or try to ask

everybody for a dive spot. Go dive and just plan on some days of

“I'm just gonna go and try to find a new rock”.

18. Join a dive club.

19. Get the right gear. It doesn’t mean the most expensive gun but it

does mean understanding the equipment and what you want you

want from it before you go out and waste money on something

that is mediocre.

20. Breathe up after each dive. Breathe normally and relax on the

surface for twice as long as your down time. A dive computer can

is the best way to keep track of your dive intervals.

21. Put in your time basically don’t go for the huge fish when you

starting out do a lot of shore dives before you go blue water.

22. Build your own speargun.

23. Dive without your gun sometimes.

24. Respect the sport and the people you dive with and respect in

this case means, respecting your catch, respecting your fish eating

what you shoot and respect the other people’s dive spot they

share with you.

25. Strive to be a master of your sport. Strive to master all parts of

the sport. The techniques, the gear, the language, the fish, the

charts, the gear, the etiquette, you get the picture. Part of being a

master is learning from other masters. So, you need to be humble

and open up to what other people have to say.

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