Choosing Spots, Identifying Dangers, Reading Conditions, Making Plans and Hunting Successfully - a comprehensive guide to freedive spearfishing from shore.

A diver trained by a professional agency will be more capable of assessing a hypoxic event and responding accordingly. We believe all divers should enroll in a freediving course to better understand the information discussed in this article in more detail with the opportunity to practice them under the watchful eye of a trained instructor.

The ability to read fish behavior and interact with fish in an unthreatening manner is the hallmark of a great underwater hunter and a skill that will put many more fish on your stringer.

Each type of spearfishing has its own nuances, and requires a special set of skills, techniques and equipment to be successful. In this article we will give you a basic rundown of both disciplines so that you can be prepared to hunt in any environment.

After you delve into the world of apnea (breath hold) diving, learn about various diving styles, and adapt certain techniques, there will come a point where your progress in freediving will plateau if you don’t continue to tune into your apneic diving skills.

What causes good or bad visibility? Can I predict it? How do I go about finding fish? Inquire within.

Hole hunting is the process of diving to the bottom and methodically investigating these cracks, crevices and caves looking for fish. It requires patience, endurance, and some specialized gear, but the payoffs can be incredible.

Our good friend Matt Bond gifted us a hefty portion of his foraged black trumpet mushrooms. We wanted to treat that gift with the respect it deserved so we manifested a delicious, calorie and dairy rich recipe fit for a king!

Out of the haze, one hand trying hard to hold onto his floatline, the other clutching his Alemanni double roller. He got to the surface and proceeded to yank on his floatline in a game of tug-o-war with what was no-doubt some ungodly sea monster.

To my surprise there he was again. And he was coming right at me! I stood my ground and when he got within arms reach I reached out and poked him with my spear. Big mistake.

Two personal bests were had this day and a bit of a scare from a near by fin that cruised by!

The bigger of the two lings was found in less than 10' of water sitting right out in the open! The reason this meaty ling was even spotted was due to showing new divers we met at the parking lot how to hunt for scallops! This seems to say that a little pay it forward can yield a payment in itself!

A dive recap: Last minute, friend coming through in a big way, lessons learned and a big take home prize.

After the swells kept us out of the water for over a month, it was a prime time to be reminded that the ocean is one powerful lady that deserves constant respect.

“…And that’s how we found each of the other’s first lingcod.”