Cast and Spear: Daily Fishing & Spearfishing Tips

If you're a spearo then there's a high likelihood that you've listened to the Noob Spearo podcast. Shrek is the host and does a fantastic job interviewing legends in the community...but I've yet to hear someone do a deep dive and interview him.

So if you're a spearo, you're in for a treat. Get to meet the man behind your favorite 

In this episode we cover:

• Spearfishing as a form of active meditation by tapping into the parasympathetic nervous system
• Chat about dry aging fish
• A few of Shrek's influences
• Spearfishing and death - tips for diver safety
• Jon's near-death experience
• Why Shrek doesn't want everyone to spearfish

Thank you, Shrek for coming on the podcast and sharing your wisdom. If you liked this conversation, be sure to reach out to him on Instagram or Facebook @noobspearo.

Wishing you all a happy New Year and an amazing 2021!

-Jon


Special Deals:

• Use code "JonCastandSpear" at checkout when buying a pole spear at Gatku.com for a FREE dive knife, rubber band, and bottle opener keychain!

Every week I'm looking to provide a rundown of the local fishing conditions here in Southern California and into Central California and a bit into Baja.

Subscribe to my YouTube: http://bit.ly/subCastandSpear

We'll cover tides, wind, swells, water temperature, what's biting, and if it's worth going out. We also want to showcase the local fishing scene giving props to those fishermen/women and spearos who catch something they're excited about.

0:15 - Fishing Conditions for next week starting December 10, 2020

10:00 - Rock fishing tips for San Nicolas Island

Check out Coach's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQu42uQVrDLVcXrp_UYJXoQ 

HOW TO SUPPORT

1. Cast & Spear Shop: https://shop.castandspear.com/

2. Patreon: https://patreon.com/castandspear

MY FREE FISHING COURSES:

Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subCastandSpear

Every Friday I'm looking to provide a rundown of the local fishing conditions here in Southern California and into Central California and a bit into Baja.

We'll cover tides, wind, swells, water temperature, what's biting, and if it's worth going out. We also want to showcase the local fishing scene giving props to those fishermen/women and spearos who catch something they're excited about.

0:30 - Fishing Conditions for December 4-11, 2020

11:17 - How to Read a Tide Chart for Fishing

22:14 - Understanding wind for fishing

28:47 - Central and NorCal Fishing Report

31:30 - Party Boat Fish Counts

38:10 - Surfline Swell Forecast

54:18 - MONSTER Lingcod Caught by B8DHOOK This was a pilot episode. We'd love your feedback in the comments on how we can improve this format and make it exciting for you to listen and watch.

Check out Coach's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQu42uQVrDLVcXrp_UYJXoQ #fishingconditions #thisweekscatch #fishing

HOW TO SUPPORT

1. Cast & Spear Shop: https://shop.castandspear.com/

2. Patreon: https://patreon.com/castandspear

MY FREE FISHING COURSES:

As anglers and spears I think it's important for us to know a little bit about the fish we're targeting.

I'm starting to put together these easy to consume fish guides of the local species here in Southern California. Hopefully we can expand this into Baja and around the world.

if you have any recommendations I'd love to hear them on how I can make these better.

This is the audio from my YouTube video so if you want to see pictures just type in "cast and spear calico bass" and you should see it.

Tight lines everyone!

Ryan Huff was a spearo who went out with some buds for lobster but unfortunately didn't make it home. His wife Diane, has pledged to help us all become safer divers and has teamed up with the OC Spearos to create a fund to help divers get certified in freediving.

For more details: https://castandspear.com/oc-spearos-ryan-huff-memorial-fund/

Learn about Ryan Huff's life, how you can get a free certification course if you qualify, and lobster diving tips to stay safe during the lobster opener.

1:28 - Ryan Huff's intro into spearfishing

3:00 - How Ryan Huff passed away

5:45 - Diane's mission to keep Ryan's memory alive

8:45 - OC Spearo's goal to push spearfishing safety

11:00 - Raising $5000 for the Ryan Huff Memorial Scholarship Fund

16:40 - How to join the OC Spearos

17:00 - Why even seasoned spearos could benefit from a freediving course

24:44 - Common misconceptions of freediving courses

31:44 - Lobster diving safety tips

HOW TO SUPPORT

1. Charity Fund: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/oc-spearos-ryan-huff-memorial-scholarship

2. Charity shirts: 779spearco.com

3. OC Spearo Fund announcement: http://www.ocspearos.org/oc-spearos-ryan-huff-memorial-scholarship-fund

4. Join the OC Spearos: http://www.ocspearos.org/club-membership/

#lobsterdiving #freediving #ocspearos

MY FREE FISHING COURSES:

In today's episode we have Memo Arikok joining us from Turkey. He's an SSI freediving instructor and all around awesome spearfisherman.

In this episode we cover:

02:20 Having kids dive early
06:40 Recommendations about staying calm during a crisis 
09:30 How we should dive in a week
16:37 How freediving affected your fears  
20:17 Did you use any tool or books to understand the fear 
21:50 Risky behavior
26:30 What spearfishing means to you
33:20 Is there something you gift to the people 
37:20 Is there a piece of common knowledge or something in the industry that everybody believe that you think is totally wrong episode it?

Today we have Anthony Putrino an entrepreneur and spearo based in San Diego. We chat about how entrepreneurship has helped him with his spearfishing.

In this episode we cover:

• Hard-work & grit
• Self-reflection
• The benefits of spearfishing for the mind

I hope you enjoy this episode!

-Jon

P.S. If you're being hurt by this pandemic, please reach out, I'd be happy to brainstorm ways to help you.

Episode 2 of 7 of our Ultimate Spearfishing Gear Guide series on the Cast & Spear YouTube channel. We put this together for those interested in learning about the sport and what you need to get started.

In this episode we cover:

• Free spool reels
• Drag reels

Stay safe in the water!

-Jon

P.S. Here's the video of this podcast.

Today we have Petros from Spear America and Brad from the OC Spearos going over which spearguns work best for Southern California and Baja spearfishing.

In this episode we cover:

• Tube guns
• Wood spearguns

Stay safe in the water!

-Jon

P.S. Here's the video of this podcast.

Today we're trying something a little different and having a guest host, my friend Daniel, aka Coach. He's interviewing his friend Roman Castro who's created SpearoNation, Roman Castro Vlogs, and a bunch of other projects around fishing.

In this episode we cover:

• How Coach and Roman met
• Roman's philosophy around creating and building project around fishing on the internet
• His latest fishing competition called Bay Wars

I hope you enjoy this episode!

-Jon

P.S. If you're being hurt by this pandemic, please reach out, I'd be happy to brainstorm ways to help you.