Just a little safety tip: Wear your lead on your back - should you black out, you will float on your back and not face down. I also recover 2-3 times your bottom time. THis recovery depends on the depth you are diving. Love your channel. Great tips that you put out there.

@Notahuman25

3 ай бұрын

Good idea mate

@dsavage8751

20 күн бұрын

Wear your lead? What’s that, the weights or?

@vanzijlp

20 күн бұрын

@@dsavage8751 weight belt 😊

I’ve been spearfishing for 20+years and from what I’ve seen, your doin pretty good mate. Keep up the good work 👍🏽

@TheOutFit

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate appreciate it!

I just noticed that this video is 2 years old. Even though, I'll add some advises/ tips/ opinions from a Mediterranean spearo down below for anyone passing by. 1. NEVER DIVE ALONE. It's the number 1 safety rule, so much for the inexperienced and experienced spearos. 2. Remove your snorkel from your mouth before descending. This will save your lungs from filling up with water in case of a blackout. 3. Learn to be as silent as possible. No excessive noices when swimming and especialy when you perform your duckdive. The silent and calmer your dive and stay on the bottom, the more curious the fish will be. They'll come close to check out what you are. Don't underestimate this tip. Could be considered number 1 if we would be talking about hunting alone. 4. Try out different techniques. Aspetto and agguato are very common. There is a multitude of videos on the internet about them. Aspetto, being the most beginner friendly. 5. When you load your double banded gun. Make sure you load the furthest band away, first. The closest band should be loaded lastly. This will put the bands in a more "natural" position and will give you better visibility when taking the shot.

Because this video is long guys, I have added time stamps in case you want to just flick to a particular section. Let me know if you found any of this useful. Cheers! Chris NB : I forgot to mention, make sure you take a freediving course before you begin spearfishing.

@Josh-gz5nb

3 жыл бұрын

Hi mate what gun is it? The ocean hunter SG? Does it retail for like $120?

@Jeep_Forces

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate nice Jeep

What a great tutorial, Thanks! it's nice seeing how much you both love and respect the environment as well as all it's resources, both in and out of the water. I once worked as a research technician for the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources. I have since retired, but while I was there I spent many many summers scuba diving the Great Lakes doing all sorts of different research projects. I freak'n loved it! I was never able to find a commercially manufactured float that I liked either so I made my own out of an old milk crate and a inner tube for a small tire. Just lash the tire to the outside of the crate, zip tie your Dive Flag to it n a rope with a weight to anchor it with or tie it to your belt n there ya go. I'd use it to put samples in, extra gear (gloves, snorkle, etc.), worked pretty good! I know your storage space is at a premium but you do use those collapsible crates for storage inside the General. ?? Just a thought. Hope yer hav'n a wonderful weekend! Take care n be safe out there!

@fishmut

3 жыл бұрын

Great tips there Nash , will take this on making a float like this . Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

@wowchad

Жыл бұрын

Were you lucky enough to have the funding for a dry suit? I’m up here now, just back from first spearfishing in Puerto Rico & I am fully hooked! Always heard how good diving up here in the Great Lakes is because the cold freshwater preserves everything so well, but I’ve moved on from cold & gray to warm & colorful 😊

Amazing job dude, there is a severe lack of information on spearfishing in Western Australia and love your enthusiasm. U have done an awesome job

this video is so thorough and well done, thank you!!

I am so proud of you man respecting the water and the life with in.

Amazing as usual ! Beginners can rely on you ! Great video once again !

Great content Chris Covered all bases, after 20 years of diving for crays and reef fish all I’ve ever needed is my trusty 1.1 Rob Allen

@harryesteves387

Жыл бұрын

Helloo, is that what is referred to as a 110? Is that 1.1meter from the muzzle to handle?

@michaelhermans4753

Жыл бұрын

@@harryesteves387 correct it has twin rubbers

Great information and points. Well done! Love it. Keep it going and give us another in a few months. Be great to hear about what new skills you have learned.

@ 19:20 - I realize this video is old, but as a long time spearo I'll just say that weighting for negative bouyancy is totally dependant on the depth you'll be fishing at. If you're fishing on a reef that descends down to 15-30m or along a drop-off shelf you'll want negative bouyancy a lot sooner after your dive so you use as little air as possible during your descent. If you're fishing the rocks in the shallows you'll want more weight to keep you down so you're not fighting to stay submerged. I also use ankle weights for these circumstances.

Great job Chris , very well put together vid as usual I'm sure Ange helped also , I've been keen to get back into this after a long while off and you have inspired me to do so , need allot of new gear so your thoughts are great on what to get , thanks for putting this up , the shark bit gets played in the media allot which concerned me but you seem to cope , cheers Andrew

Great video Chris, as beginner spearo I can relate to pretty much everything you said. Thumbs up for your channel :)

thank you so much for making this, it was really helpful!!

Damn dude! Love this bro! So good! Just started spearo and you have answered every question I have had so far! Best first spear Fisher vid for WA by far!!

@TheOutFit

3 жыл бұрын

Stoked! Cheers! Hopefully see you out there for a spear

Great video, here's a few tips to new spearos #1 don't lay your gun on the sand like that, it'll eventually cause the safety and or trigger systems to malfunction. #2 you don't need a massive gun like this specifically not as a beginner, unless you have a massive upper body and arms like this guy, Otherwise you will lose a lot more fish with a long gun, 90cm to 110cm is more than you'll need to start and grow into. Lots of really great info here Otherwise.

This was perfect! Thanks for the guidance, lots of helpful stuff here 👍👍👍

Good stuff mate,nice and simple but informative

Hey mate great vid, I’m only new to free diving have got my gear and will be getting in to the water soon. You have done well in your presentation and pointed out some great things thanks heaps for your the time you have taken out of your time to do this vid take care and stay safe 👌

Some great info in there. Thanks Spearbro!

About to move to Hawaii and this helps out a ton. Luckily there are people there that will be teaching me but this at least gets the ball rolling.

Thanks for posting brotha! Great video!

Nice video mate! Hard to find anything like this about spearfishing online so thank you! 🤙🏼

I really enjoyed this thankyou! I’m just getting into Freediving and Spearfishing. It was really good to hear from the perspective of someone who isn’t yet an expert. Thanks!

Thanks for the information, very helpful as i wish to take up spearfishing in the future.

Awesome video Chris! Thanks for sharing...but since I live in Alaska...I'll gladly leave the spearfishing to you! Cheers!

Just starting out and mate, I appreciate the video, have had a quick skin over your other content and dig it, got yourself a sub. Look forward to more

I’ve been looking for such video for two days. Man, you nailed it! Thank you for all the advice! You look great, btw. Be safe!

First video of your's I've come accross. Subbed :) Thank you for all the great tips and your honesty

Great video mate. I’m just about to begin spearfishing, waiting for a pole spear in the mail due to lockdown meaning I can’t shop anywhere. Can’t wait! Cheers

Love this mate Thanks for the help

Nice one mate, great vid 👍 Ive just picked up my first lot of gear last week. Wetsuit comes in 2 weeks. Can’t wait to get amongst it. 🤙

@TheOutFit

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You'll love it mate!

Great explanations and footage mate. Thanks for the tips. Cheers 🍺

Awesome video, I have just found your page. Cant wait to see more videos!

Thx for the info I'm getting into spear fishing and have been weary of what gear to buy so this really helped coming from someone else that just started p.s nice hat 👍

You do such a great revue Chris. Very honest and personal without sponsor bias. Keep up the great work you 'Pansy' Ha ha. Cheers, Marty from Perth

Excellent summary! Thanks from Brooklyn.

Good stuff, some things have certainly changed others not. Home made timber spear gun 20m of curtain cord trailng an empty 4lter oil container, piece of fencing wire/coat hange used as a fishkeeper 10inch below the oil container. Wool jumpers n Sox in the winter. Good fun

I agree with your motivation and views on spearfishing

New to your channel & Loving your content. I am planning a WA trip 2021 Covid allowing. I’m am finding your vids super informative! Thank you 🙏

Great attitude mate , loved it

Well done mate! Pretty bang on with everything. I think whoever sold you the gear might have pushed you into a few things not very practical for rock hopping and shore dives but mainly gun size. They get a bit hard to swing in the surge along the shorelines and a bit heavy on the inshore fish. A smaller gun will also beat a bit more hunting practice for different species into you as you won’t have the range of a larger gun. Also when you upgrade to a new suit consider an open cell 3-3.5mm 2 piece suit. You do have to lube them up to slip in but a lot warmer when properly fitted.

@TheOutFit

3 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, appreciate the advice. 100% agree with you on the shop-keeper - the gun is very unwieldy in close and totally impractical for what I asked him for. Ah well, now just need to find a big spanish mackeral.. Cheers!

Your vid is fxxkixx helpful. Thank you for the tips and stay sharp in WA

man, thanks a lot for all this information, I am new to spearfishing and I greatly appreciate it!

In regards to the mask, If you get pain like your eyes are getting sucked out, breathe through your nose to put more air behind the mask to combat the extra pressure from the water pressure increasing with the depth. the idea behind the small volume is that it takes less air to equalise the pressure between the mask and surrounding water. More efficient use of valuable air but not necessary. Also black silicone to stop light getting through sides.

Great help mate, thanks a lot. U gave me so much new information.

There should be more videos like this, thanks man. It is really hard to understand what you really need and what not. I would love a video about different spearguns and how far you can shot with them. For example the speargun company Riffe has listed every gun and their reach. Maybe some other views can share their experience with different guns.

For a beginner, your drops look pretty perfect to me,great work bro,great,👍💯💯🐟🥽🦀🦞🦈

I'm planning to start spearfishing this summer, although i'm in Northern Quebec, Canada... ...so nothing salty, all fresh water, mostly hunting for walleye, pike, muskie, bass. But so far, throughout my research to gear up, your video have been the most usefull in regards of what lenght and force of speargun i should go for aswell as the fin type. Much thanks for making this video.

Great Vid mate, we've been up Cape Leveque , Broome, and Exmouth all through Covid...Epic stuff, moving to Broome permanently as of next month now have a good boat from Perth to bring up.

excellent video just what i was looking for as an introduction..

Amazing as always

Omg this video is so helpful thanks keep doing these pls

Thank you very much for the lesson, I am still planning to start doing that. I think that's the reason why I came across your channel. Anything that you would like to teach me I will be really happy. I'm just a graduate high school student waiting to go to university. But now I am thinking of doing something like your hobby, as a fish hunter 😄

Dude thank you man. Just started and this video helped me out a lot 🙏🙏

Very good, helpful and considerate(for the most part) video.

Good video! You may like a fish stringer to attach your fish to your float. Also it is best to remove your snorkel before you dive.

Great job on the video man!! Just wanted to share how I was taught to load a double banded speargun. I use to load the way you did but was told by some speros that that puts uneven load on the bands. You want to load the first notch with the front band by passing it throught he first band then loading the first band to the notch at the very back of the shaft . That way it puts even load and keeps the band parallel as well! Happy hunting mate!

Wow what an awesome video. Cheers

Really great video, I wish I had seen it a year ago 🙂. It's worth mentioning you should spit your snorkel when you drive. If you black out it wont funnel water into your lungs. And you get good clear recovery breaths when you come back up. The dangers of black out grow as your dive ability does. It scares me far more then sharks!

@malthus101

3 жыл бұрын

what makes people black out? (in this sport)

@jsietsma

3 жыл бұрын

@@malthus101 shallow water black out. Lots of info online. Most common cause of death. I always dive with a buddy.

@kweenslandspearo1981

3 жыл бұрын

@@malthus101 quite simply hypoxia mate. The lack of enough oxygen in your system to sustain normal bodily functions.

@malthus101

3 жыл бұрын

@@kweenslandspearo1981 but can't you feel it coming on? Just like when your hold your breath and at some point you just can't any longer? (I'm no freediver)

@kweenslandspearo1981

3 жыл бұрын

@@malthus101 there are numerous reasons that an add up during a dive that can ultimately lead to hypoxic blackout. Fitness, dehydration, fatigue, illness, inexperience...the simple fact is that we all push ourselves to the limit.

One of the most helpful videos, thank you!

Yeh mate, great video. Keep it up bru.

Good stuff. I’m a few steps ahead of you, but not by much. You still have a few simple lessons to learn about your gear and how you set it up. Add a steel stringer to your bouy. Fish is on the back of your rig and don’t need to feed your line through the fish. It’s easier and safer.

Much respect to you from new zealand mate,keep it up,practice makes perfect

Great vid. Very informative. No1 instore had any knowledge on spear guns and what they do/how they work/differences. The eyes on the strap is awesome idea too especially if you're out solo

I have to agree with spearing, very sustainable, very targeted fishing! I’m a diver, if there’s any info I can pass on is to be careful with corals, some corals are poisonous to other corals, in short if touch one coral and then another that could poison that coral ! But I’m sure you would be aware of that !! Love the vids keep me coming.

@TheOutFit

3 жыл бұрын

Great to know! Thank you

@fishmut

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff Peter , tips like this is great to keep new spearoes from hurting them selves and the corals is fantastic , many a newbies might not realize these things . very good advice. cheers.

Hey mate! love the video! was just wondering where you got your gopro mount from as i need a new one and was after one for the stock of my gun like yours is set up but can't find many good ones! cheers in advance!

This is very helpful! Thank you!

Awesome tips, mate. Thank you

great video, thanks mate.

Nice job! Two comments, I prefer to keep the knife on my ankle. I don't want it on my belt as if you are in trouble and need to dump your belt for buency you still may need your knife. Second I NEVER go alone. It's not worth the risk and it much more fun to share the experience.

very good video! good informations that helped me well :-) Thanks 🙏

Nice work. Very useful!

Not a bad informational video.I've been spearfishing almost 5 years, when I started I went and bought all cheap gear I found out it was a bar mistake as it costed me more again to buy decent gear ,once I linked up to Facebook divers pages I got alot of advice, it's better to buy good gear from the start as cheap gear don't work properly and at times just break.Be safe spearos ALWAYS dive with a buddy, it's good to do a freediving course to learn more and if possible spearfishing clubs is a great way to go too. DONT dive solo guys

Thanks. Awesome beginner experience vid. That's a big gun for a beginner.

This video will get a ton on negative opinions and generally shitty comments from a lot of those individuals you mentioned early on in your video. I love that you filmed this video. Thank you, especially from a new spearo. Great to hear I'm not the only one who is experiencing these common hiccups. Cheers, and safe spearing!

In my experience,it is best to used an open heeled fins compared to closed heeled fins especially in a beach or shore entry diving where you need to walk going in and out of the water, but you need a dive boots for it.

@newvocabulary

2 жыл бұрын

Protip. Tabis. Tabis are as good as dive boots imho, and they're excellent at going over sea rocks, wherein that's what they're designed for.

I am fishing in Brazil. Awesome channel. Great Info!

What do you think is better tinted or clear lenses?

Thank you very much for this.

Hi guys, thanks for the video. I am actually vegan just because I dont want to support the industrial harvesting and abusing of animals (land or sea). Therefor I can fully support the idea of spearfishing and I am actually thinking about giving it a go myself. Keep up the good work. Great to see the channel grow. We start our travel around OZ next year! Might catch ya on the road :-)

@fishmut

3 жыл бұрын

If you become a spearo mate you will no longer be a vegan but instead a pescatarian who eats veg and fish. nothing wrong with that either but just pointing that out. don't be pressured by anyone just make your own choices and enjoy.

@kweenslandspearo1981

3 жыл бұрын

It's refreshing to see a vegan that can see someone taking ownership of their impact on the environment and acknowledging they are trying to make a difference.

@D.H.CE_FL

3 жыл бұрын

Just down the road, it sounds like we have a very similar story. I started eating seafood again so I'm no longer vegan, but it's good to see another vegan who isn't just hateful and judgemental.

Great Vid Chris

Wicked video - thanks dude :)

Thanks for the video. One thing, maybe someone has put it in the comments below, when you freedive (part of the spearfishing you’re doing) be sure to take the snorkel out of your mouth before you go down. It can help prevent shallow water blackouts.

Great thing about your channel is your not using a boat. I reckon a top 10 of the best spots you've done so far would be great. I'll definitely check it out.

Continiou the good work . Your good.

That salesman saw you coming,I purchased a 36in Biller for starters, but look like a very strong person. I am 64 and living life , I am also 100% disabled, can swim, better than walk. Thanks

Very excellent video you made here

Thanks very informative

My mate shoot me in the leg with a spear gun last Tuesday I have send him this video

@albusai

3 жыл бұрын

Did it go deep ?

@user-wd5mx9ec3p

3 жыл бұрын

@@albusai it went almost all the way through

@It-b-Blair

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wd5mx9ec3p hope you’re fully recovering! Thanks for the reality check too 😉

@wishbone5785

Жыл бұрын

That's why you should always spearfish alone contrary to all the expert opinions here. The biggest risk is other spearos nearby not sharks, boats or drowning etc. This lad is using a blue water speargun for spearing small table fish, its simply the wrong equipment. The best rig for his kind of food gathering is a 1m single rubber gun with pranger head. That is what the dude in the shop should have sold him. And the shark eyes sticker is pure nonsense, they don't work.

@billgardyne7328

Жыл бұрын

Ex friend?

nice lesson，thanks mate

Hey mate just wondering if you have used the speargun with a reel and would it be harder for a beginner to use a reel?

Watching from Germany! Let the international Band Wagon roll! Keep up the great work guys

Awesome vid mate and liking all your content. 1 thing i picked up on was the fact ur diving down with your snorkel still in your mouth, defs a no no with spearfishing because if you do black out your lungs will fill up with water straight away. Hope that tip helps and keep up the great work 🍻👌

Great advice, thanks. I have just bought some dive fins and a gun and am about to head out to the Seaworld Spit on the Gold Coast. I've found the other channels you mentioned and will check them next. Stay safe.

@michelle.coates

6 ай бұрын

Illegal to spear there 😠 Signage is clear.

@dimitrimatsacos7859

6 ай бұрын

@@michelle.coates I beg your pardon, one side is prohibited, and signage is very clear, but the other side is open to spear fishing.

good video thanks bro shoutout from nz

Just got most of my gear. Me and my buddy headed to key west tonight. Ill update with what i catch for my first go at it. Good info Mate ! Cheers.

@Richard-rp6ns

3 жыл бұрын

How was it im from Fl too I wanna get into it so bad

@davidtofast8351

3 жыл бұрын

@@Richard-rp6ns never made it to the keys stopped off in Jupiter.. water was super rough and wind as well. In a few weeks we have lobster season coming. Ill forsure be in the keys getting em

@Richard-rp6ns

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidtofast8351 that’s dope I never been but from all the KZread vids I’ve seen I wanna get into spear fishing so bad

@davidtofast8351

3 жыл бұрын

@@Richard-rp6ns what area you stay near. I have a great spot called peanut island in Jupiter. Its one of the best places to snorkel amd get the feel for it

@Richard-rp6ns

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidtofast8351 normally I’m in Fort Lauderdale but I’m up in Tampa right now for college I know the water here isn’t as nice

the buoy rolled when the pflag was in it because you must put a weight in the bottom pocket of the buoy. that will keep it up right

@h20bymotorcycle

3 жыл бұрын

Figured that same damn thing out on my second dive!!! It was hilarious watching my flag going under water as well!!! Pretty messy first dive.

love it😁