r/Spearfishing

Bought my first speargun a few years back, only used to polespearhunt when I was younger but had no experience with spearguns.

Last time I went spearfishing on vacation and caught my first big fish and he bended my shaft. Luckily I was able to finda guy who helped me straighten it and only lost about 2 days.

So now I'm on the look for a backup gun to carry with me on my float.

I currently have a 90cm Rob allen cobia and mainly dive from shore I don't have any experience with other guns.

Should I just get another one like that same size and everything, so I can swap parts and have less spare parts like rubber and shafts or would you guys get another size or brand?

I usually struggle with the shipping since I have to order from Mexico so I'm plannig to order spare rubbers and a shaft just in case for next time.

Thanks in advance!

I dive predominantly in Mexico and the captains are more or less hungover. I’ve found some good ones but anything can happen out there. Especially an hour away from land then another hour to the hospital who may or may not accept you.

I’d like to build out a safety kit, the premade ones i found online seem insufficient as they’re mostly bandaids for paper cuts.

Anyone with experience bandaging people have any suggestions on what to include? Think.. a prop turns someone’s foot into ground beef, or a shark attack to something simple like a trigger fish bite or jelly fish sting. Any help would be much appreciated!!

Garmin makes solid watches for freediving (e.g. MK3, Fenix 8 are good). But, there are some things that I just can't believe are still issues. Here is my list.

• Alarms on MK3 and Fenix 8 are basically unusable. I never hear them
• I use my watch in the U.S. for running and have it set to imperial units. But for freediving, I want meters so I have to keep switching units and restarting the app
• We now have good algorithms for determining a safe surface interval (e.g. AIDA and Molchanovs have published formulas). But they're difficult to calculate and the watch should do it for us.

What else annoys you?

Hi everyone.

I’m looking for advice/inspiration on open cell modifications.

Specifically adding elbow padding to an open cell suit.

I mostly spear on the east coast of Aus and make a lot of rocky entrances and exits

I have some nice Wettie 5 and 7mm suits that are well padded but my Torelli gear only has knee pads

Wondering if anyone has modified their open cells to add Kevlar or something tough in high contact areas

I can also imagine it might be a bad idea - keen to hear your thoughts!

Hi yall,

I am new to this and have tried spearfishing for a week now. By now I only got one fish.

When I went to the fishing goods store the staff told me to get the 45cm speargun as it is beginner friendly.

I had a relatively hard time with it and wanted to ask for any tips on how to utilize the speargun effectively? Where I swim (mediterranean sea) there is a lot of seaweed and flat mossy rocks so no caves or wide visible open areas with big fish, the size of the fish ranges from egg sized to adult hand size.

Like how do I aim, how to behave and how to get close without the fish swimming away etc. I am free diving/snorkeling with regular fins

I would really like to utilize the spear gun i already got instead of having to buy a new one so any help is appreciated :)

Anyone got an average spot north side of Nelson Bay for a solo dive? Staying at Jimmy's for a couple of nights this week. Not looking for you to reveal your secrets. Just out for the standard reef species or flatties.

Also if you're around 19th afternoon to 21st morning I'm happy to buddy up. Can drive up to Seals on the 20th.

DM me to follow sub rules please. Happy to share some of my spots around Sydney in return.

Just curious what your favorite websites/apps are for checking conditions. I feel like I’ve tried a lot but none seem all that reliable.

Had a great dive last weekend. The water was very warm in the mid 70s. Saw lots of life and landed my first yellowtail! I shot a big yellowtail too but it tore off in just a couple seconds. I was trying to play it easy as I couldn’t see exactly where I hit it but it tore off just before spooling my reel, those things are FAST. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a big one so I think I misjudged the distance and hit it low. Hopefully it recovers, I’m pretty selective and don’t take shots unless I think it’s a good one. First time I’ve seen grouper and triggerfish too. I dove the next day and it was almost 10 degrees cooler in the water and murkier. Totally surprised me, I heard people talking about an upwelling.

Hey everyone!
I really want to get into spearfishing but don’t really know where to start.
I’m based near Munich, Germany, and recently started freediving at a local club where I train every week. I’d now love to combine that with spearfishing and learn the basics properly and safely.
Do you have any recommendations for good areas to start, maybe in Croatia or Italy, or maybe an instructor/guide who could teach me the basics?
Really looking forward to your replies and any advice!