Noob Spearo Podcast

Interview with Captain Dan Walsh Full shownotes here http://www.noobspearo.com/noob-spearo-podcast/captain-dan-walsh/ Interview with Dan Walsh Vintage spearfishing equipment, advice and stories about spearfishing pioneers, and insights into hunting Halibut aka barn door. Dan Walsh has spent 50+ years on the water spearfishing, scuba diving, captaining boats, chasing abalone and making TV shows about the ocean, Dan has no shortage of awesome stories. To compliment the chat I have included a tonne of info about him below. Enjoy this episode of the Noob Spearo Podcast:) About Dan Walsh Dan was captain of the "Sand Dollar" dive boat along with Bill Johnston when Terry Maas shot his big Bluefin at Guadalupe Island off Baja. Although it weighed in officially at 399.4 lb it was well over 400lb when he shot it, was on deck several days and got some weight loss due to dehydration. He also loves diving for Abalone and Lobster (his biggest was over 13lb!). In 1972 Dan became a Scuba Diving Instructor and 76 was the beginning of his boat Captaincy. Along the way he worked many well known dive shops including Scuba Sciences, San Diego Divers Supply, Aloha Dive Shop/Honolulu, Skin diving Hawaii, Kamehameha Divers/Kona. He also worked for AquaCraft/Bandito, Underwater Kinetics, Blue Water Wetsuits, Aleeda Wetsuits along with Captaining or crewing the Spirit of Adventure, Bottom Scratcher, Kona Princess, and Caribbean Explorer. You may have seen some of his film well known film and television work such as ESPN Diving with Christopher Reeve, PBS Nature/Antartica, and Shark Week. He is still involved producing shows for CBS, NBC sports, and others. Dan's Old guys mask clearing technique: "Most of the Bottom Scratchers used tobacco and smeared a cigarette inside and rinsed it out to keep the mask from fogging. I've never smoked and didn't think that method was for me. I just used spit." Spearfishing Tips: Get comfortable in the water Learn to breathe—buy Breathology, The Flow book for mental calmness, yoga breathing etc Don't rush things, take it easy as you learn and get more experienc. Get comfortable with your equipment + Get a really good mask! A Low volume mask that fits well. Best advice ever from Jack Prodonovich: you're supposed to be having fun, you don't need to try to prove anything. Just have fun. Travel tip: Have some sort of dive/travel/accident insurance. I have DAN Insurance which covers pretty much anything that I would need medically or emergency transit from an area. Captain Dan Walsh Interview Time Stamps. 06:00 Dan Walsh introduction and background. San Diego Bottom Scratchers stories and vintage spearfishing equipment. 12:25 Halibut hunting (Barn-door shooting) in Dan's local waters with his buddy George 22:00 How did you make the transition from shore diving to boats and eventually Captaining boats 32:00 What was one of your biggest obstacles starting out? Spearfishing equipment availability. #mentioned Freediving Course with Mark Lozano and Ted Hartys Easy Frenzal Equalizing Course 35:00 What has been one of the best days out you've had? East Bonitas Island chasing White Sea Bass 41:30 What is your favorite species to hunt and how do you hunt them effectively? Halibut aka Barn Door 47:50 What is the toughest situation in the ocean you've been in and what did you learn from it? 62:00 What is the funniest thing you've seen out spearfishing? 67:00 What is in your spearfishing divebag? 73:00 Spearo Q&A Australian Spearfishing Retail Stores Adreno – Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno – Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno – Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno – Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore – Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop – Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive – Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder – Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Spear West – 2/1 Baden Street, Osborne Park. Western Australia. 6017 Extreme Spearfishing – 1/539 Pitwater Road Brookevale, Sydney NSW 2100 USA Spearfishing Retail Stores The Dive Source – Florida 16 #2, 3721, St Augustine, Florida Oregon Freediving Company – Oregon City 919 7th St, Oregon Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology How to Spearfish Video Series with Aquatic Rehab TV: use the code NOOBPEARO to save! Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here Join the Noob Spearo Community on Facebook e spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!!

Interview with Rob Harrison | Spearfishing FUNdamentals The Veterans Vault section in this interview will serve as a blueprint for you if you are interested in starting and growing a spearfishing club. Rob Harrison was one of the core members responsible for driving extreme growth in the Auckland Freediving Club membership. Since then he has started a spearfishing training group called Spearfishing FUNdamentals. In this interview he discusses some of the core things clubs need to do to lay a foundation for growth such as having a powerful vision, establishing a cultural/social code, encouraging action oriented discussion and more. As usual there are tips to improve your hunting and freediving techniques along with a few laughs. Enjoy:) Listen & subscribe to the Noob Spearo Podcast A NSP listener (Vaughan Podbielski) reached out to me with this recommendation. "I take part in a spearfishing dedicated training group (pool fitness / Co2 etc and lake depth training), group called Spearfishing FUNdamentals. It's run by a good bugger named Rob Harrison. Rob is also an AIDA Master Instructor. I've just done my AIDA2 with him. Rob also used to be president of the Auckland Freediving Club but now focuses on spearfishing freediving. (also underwater hockey player for NZ)." Here is what Rob had to say about the club. "... we now have a good crew and take turns at writing up the plan and programs. We have done 12 week focused training plans and have had members progress from 10m to 30m divers as a result. The idea for group came about in my last year at the Auckland Freediving Club." Connect with the spearfishing FUNdamentals group on Facebook here Interview Time Stamps 3:00 Intro to Rob Harrison's background and stories starting out scuba diving and then freediving and spearfishing. 7:00 Early obstacles: Breath-hold and bottom time 8:45 Gary Conway early mentor and insights into exploring further species and using competitions to broaden your skills. 12:45 How did you develop your competition strategy? : Awesome tip "Ask the experienced guys after the competition finishes about specific species tactics. They are much more inclined to share rather than before or during. A few beers post comp will yield some awesome info." 17:00 Kings of the Coromandel Competition chat 21:18 Most memorable fish: 43kg (95lbs) Yellowtail Kingfish 26:00 Yellowtail Kingfish Eating Qualities + Robs Carpaccio Sashiimi Kingie Recipe 28:00 Spearfishing competition concept. Junior/Senior Partners 50% fish | 50% recipes 30:00 What is your favourite species to hunt and how do you hunt them effectively? Weedline Hunting: John Dory, Terakihi and Boarfish. Two strategies. Hanging off the weedline and making noise. Getting off the edge, laying facedown, throwing sand up and holding bottom time (keep your fins flat and still). 37:20 Veterans Vault: How to grow a spearfishing club and community How to grow a spearfishing club | Key Points Vision | Mission | Objectives are essential Contributing to social responsibility in a powerful way Develop the leaders and people in the club. Pay for their training. Minimum size of team leadership (5-8 is optimal) Let people use their initiative Have a social contract to build and self-enforce values in the community culture Retrospective club meetings involving BBQ. What are we doing well? What do we need to do more of? What do we need to stop are a few of the questions they asked each other at the meetings. Links to some of the items we discussed. Social contracts | Retrospectives | Spearfishing FUNdamentals on Facebook 63:40 What is one of the scariest moments you've had out spearfishing and what did you learn from it? 67:00 One of Rob's funniest experiences 70:00 What's in Robs' divebag 75:00 Spearo Q&A Most influential people in Robs spearfishing and freediving. Jonathan Sunnex (Freediving Instructor). Gary Conway and Craig Carter. During your 30+ years spearfishing slowng down is one of the biggest lesssona hes learned Dream future spearfishing destination is Ascension Island "A way to calm the mind, enjoy the outdoors and catch a feed in one sport" - Rob Harrison Connect with Rob Harrison Spearfishing Fundamentals Freediving course information These spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!! Australian Spearfishing Retail Stores Adreno – Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno – Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno – Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno – Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore – Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop – Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive – Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder – Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Spear West – 2/1 Baden Street, Osborne Park. Western Australia. 6017 Extreme Spearfishing – 1/539 Pitwater Road Brookevale, Sydney NSW 2100 USA Spearfishing Retail Stores The Dive Source – Florida 16 #2, 3721, St Augustine, Florida Oregon Freediving Company – Oregon City 919 7th St, Oregon Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology How to Spearfish Video Series with Aquatic Rehab TV: use the code NOOBPEARO to save! Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here Join the Noob Spearo Community on Facebook

Interview with Josh Pederson from ThisOceanLifeTV Josh joins me (Shrek) to give the lowdown about how to take a kid spearfishing but that's not all. He recounts a recent adventure bluewater hunting for the first time and shares some of the key takeaways from his trip. If you are into water sports along with your spearfishing then you need to meet Josh. He interviews watermen and women from multiple pursuits like SUP riding long distance, surfers, and more on his show called ThisOceanLifeTV Podcast – check it out….right after you listen to this interview! Time Stamps 10:40 All about Josh's show ThisOceanLifeTV Podcast 17:00 The love affair with all things water begins 21:00 Recent bluewater trip chasing Bluefin Tuna. Key takeaways and the anticipation. 37:10 The challenge of spearfishing with a focus on central California. Species, water temps and seasonal variations. Crucial RESOURCE mentioned: Sea Foragers Guide to the Northern California Coast 45:00 How do you deal with Leg Cramp? Endurolyte type tablet on Amazon here. Building leg strength in the gym also helps reduce cramp spearfishing according to Josh. 52:00 Hunting Cabezon tips. Often searching shallow yields the best fish. So wear a little extra weight and stay just outside the breaking surf zone. Josh recommends using a pole spear and keeping your body super compact. 57:45 Toughest situation in the ocean for Josh was paddling out into huge surf and not having a large enough surfboard and more importantly multiple exit points. His advice is spending more time planning and checking your ego at the door. 64:00 VETERANS VAULT: How to take a kid spearfishing First up: What is like a good rule of thumb for minimum age/capability etc? What crucial things do they need to know before they hit the water? What rules do you give them to keep them safe? What do you let them do? What kind of location is ideal for taking kids out? How do you get them to shoot that first fish? Do you need to help them frame the experience? What kind of things are important to teach them about spearfishing with regards to hunting ethics, valuing the ocean, respect etc 93:00 What is your funniest moment out spearfishing? 97:00 Spearo Q&A Spearfishing is an intimate connection with the ocean. Dave Bennei is Joshs favorite person to go spearfishing with. The White Sea Bass is a future goal fish. So check out Joshs Podcast at https://thisoceanlifetv.podbean.com/ Josh on Instagram | Facebook These spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!! Australian Spearfishing Retail Stores Adreno – Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno – Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno – Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno – Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore – Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop – Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive – Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder – Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Spear West – 2/1 Baden Street, Osborne Park. Western Australia. 6017 Extreme Spearfishing – 1/539 Pitwater Road Brookevale, Sydney NSW 2100 USA Spearfishing Retail Stores The Dive Source – Florida 16 #2, 3721, St Augustine, Florida Oregon Freediving Company – Oregon City 919 7th St, Oregon Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology How to Spearfish Video Series with Aquatic Rehab TV: use the code NOOBPEARO to save! Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here Join the Noob Spearo Community on Facebook

Interview with Sam Blount from Frontline Freediving Sam Blount from Frontline freediving in Wilmington, North Carolina joins us to share some very practical information for all spearos. Specifically we take a look at the 4 most serious types of injuries and accidents that can happen to spearos and then we scenario plan exactly how Sam would deal with each of these events. Sam's a former marine and has designed a trauma kit specifically for spearfishing so this episode covers a tonne of first responder information. As well as first aid we learn a whole lot about African Pompano and Hogfish as well as practical info for getting serious about underwater photography. On a personal level, this episode made me think about how I would respond in some tough situations and also fired me up to hunt AP's. Let us know what you think in the comments or join the conversation on Facebook here. Interview Time Stamps 8:00 Sam Introduction and a catchup about current spearfishing conditions in North Carolina 11:00 How Sam started spearfishing, Terry Maas Book 13:00 African Pompano (AP). Spearfishing, behaviour, food and the story of his first capture 18:00 North Carolina bottom, benthos and the local spearfishing experience 20:00 Hogfish research takeaways 22:30 Early obstacles spearfishing. Mark Winterburg and Brian Davis were two early mentors. Equalizing issues spearfishing. 26:45 What obstacle or issue are you working on right now? 28:00 What has been your most memorable catch spearfishing? 36:00 What is your favourite species to hunt and what technique do you use to hunt them effectively? 41:50 What is the scariest moment you've had in the ocean? 48:40 Veterans Vault: Frontline First Aid for Spearfishing (Spearfishing Trauma Kit Here) What are the three major injuries that can happen spearfishing? What is the treatment/process for each spearfishing related accident? What equipment to you need? What gear do you have in the Frontline First Aid Trauma/Response Kit? What to do in the event of shark bites, massive trauma (boat prop damage etc), burns, broken bones, puncture and stab wounds. How do you get an injured diver onto a boat? In the event of an unconscious diver get them to the surface, protect their airway, on the surface get their mask of their face and blow, tap, touch and check response, listen to the episode for more information from Sam After a blackout or samba the spearfisher should stop diving for the day and be under observation 77:00 What is one of the funniest moments you've had out spearfishing? 79:45 Do you recommend new spearos get a reelgun? 86:40 What's in your spearfishing dive bag? 88:50 What's your photography rig? Sony A6000/A6300 rig for starting Basic settings for spearfishing include 250 ss/500ss for faster moving animals like dolphins/ F8/ ISO below 800 (as low as you can go) What are some nice basic shots for guys starting out? Start sooner and get more footage Lightroom and Adobe 96:45 Spearo Q&A Who has been the most influential people in your spearfishing? What has been the best advice you've been given? 97:40 Where can people find you Sam? Instagram | Facebook | frontlinefreediving.com Check out the trauma kit discussed here Upcoming frontline freediving courses These spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!! (does your retailer have it!) Adreno – Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno – Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno – Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno – Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore – Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop – Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive – Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder – Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Spear West - 2/1 Baden Street, Osborne Park. Western Australia. 6017 Extreme Spearfishing - 1/539 Pitwater Road Brookevale, Sydney NSW 2100 Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology How to Spearfish Video Series with Aquatic Rehab TV: use the code NOOBPEARO to save! Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here Join the Noob Spearo Community on Facebook

This epiode is a bit different. The first 30 minutes are all about improving your breath-hold using dry training. The second half of the show is a Cris Dillon Spearjunkies Update. These guys are travelling the world seeking 12 species that many of us can only dream about encountering. If you have trouble getting in the water at least a few times a week, then you will take some practical information out of the dry training section to improve your breath-hold. We can all do with more stoke factor and Cris from the Spearjunkies crew never fails to deliver with his stories, this time from adventures in Madagascar and Panama. Listen in! Interview Time Stamps (Full Dry Training Guide for Spearfishing here) 4:00 Dry Training for Spearfishing 5:00 Why would people consider dry training for improving their spearfishing performance 5:50 Can you increase your breath-hold using dry training? 7:10 Technique: The Turtle Walk. What is it and how do you do it? 9:45 The Couch Potato. Using advert breaks to train your breath-hold. Deep Spearfishing's 'Dive, Hold, Shoot series' 11:45 The Full Breath 13:30 What are CO2 tables and how do you use them? 16:30 What are O2 tables and how do you use them? 17:40 What is VO2 max training and how is relevant for spearfishing? 19:45 What are some good tools, apps and books for learning more about dry training for spearfishing? 23:40 What are some useful courses and programs to get some specific outcomes for spearfishing (Use code NOOBSPEARO to save) 10 Meter (30 Feet) Freediver 5 Minute Freediver How to improve your breath hold for spearfishing Video by Aquatic Rehab Full Dry Training For Spearfishing Guide Available Here 30:00 Where did you go in Panama? What were the target species and who did you go with? (Enrique Untiedt PanamaSpearfishing guide) Cubera Amberjack Tarpon Roosterfish 42:20 Where did you go in Madagascar? What were the target species? How did you guys go? Dogtooth Tuna Giant Trevally Sailfish (See the sailfish attack video here) What have you learned with regards to travelling with spearfishing equipment? What to pack? How many spearguns should you take? 55:30 What are the next trips you've got planned this year? Latham Islands off the coast of Tanzania Tonga New Zealand – 3 Kings Islands Follow the boys on Instagram here These spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!! (does your retailer have it!) Adreno – Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno – Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno – Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno – Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore – Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop – Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive – Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder – Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here Join the Noob Spearo Community on Facebook

Interview with Wayne Judge Wayne is an absolute gun at coaching spearos to improve their spearfishing. This episode has some excellent takeaways for guys wanting to improve their breath-hold, finning technique and become more effective in the water. He achieves these results by getting people into regular pool training using targeted exercises in a 12 week program. This episode we also dig into hunting Dogtooth Tuna. Despite Wayne being self-deprecating with regards to his hunting ability, we get a tonne of actionable intel from him in order to hunt Dogtooth Tuna successfully. Do not miss this episode - subscribe to the Noob Spearo Podcast via the links below. Listen in for some Wayne Judge spearfishing training tips! Interview Time Stamps 7:00 Wayne Judge's spearfishing origins | Sydney spearfishing and the North Shore Underwater Crew 13:00 Wayne shares the story of the one that got away 14:45 Memorable spearfishing experience starting spearfishing with his son Ant Judge (Ants interview here) 16:30 Advice for guys getting started spearfishing in South East Queensland 17:30 What is your favorite species to hunt spearfishing? Dogtooth Tuna 17:45 What are some tips for hunting Dogtooth Tuna 23:00 What is the toughest situation you've had in the ocean? 27:40 Veterans Vault - Wayne Judge Spearfishing Training - in the pool What are you most proud of as a freediving coach? How do you train for spearfishing? Why can't guys just spearfish more? What does your training program look like? What progress can people expect from doing a 12 week program? What is CO2 training? What is O2 training? Can you give us a specific example of one pool training method for spearfishing? What are the problems you see consistently with spearos? Audience questions. How important are surface intervals? What is your opinion on purge valves? 68:00 What is the funniest thing you have experienced out in the ocean? Find Wayne Judge on Instagram here Find Brisbane Bullsharks here These spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!! (let your retailer know that they should stock it!) Adreno - Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno - Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno - Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno - Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore - Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop - Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive - Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder - Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie....this interview is terrible. Turbo and Nikki gang up on me and talk Strayan non-stop....nah jokes. This is a very good interview with a super knowledgeable and a really good communicator. Nikki Watt is the womans spearfishing world record and Australian record holder for Black Marlin and in this interview she shares the story of their epic one hour batttle. Nikki's observational skills come through loud and clear in this chat and I learned several things about hunting dogtooth tuna and spearfishing equipment. This was a bloody fun interview but let us know what you think in the comments or even better leave us an honest review! Nikki Watt Interview Time Stamps 2:00 Introduction and greeting 5:30 Nikki's spearfishing beginnings and background 7:45 First fish on the spear 8:50 Early issues - equalizing problems spearfishing 12:35 Early equipment lessons and a funny story about using a fuel line for a snorkel 14:50 Did you have a spearfishing mentor? Unique female struggles 21:40 Memorable fish - 154.9kg Black Marlin the womans world record! 28:25 What is your favourite fish to hunt and what spearfishing hunting techniques do you use? 33:50 What is the toughest situation you have experienced in the ocean? 40:00 Veterans Vault - Hunting Pelagic Fish such as Spanish Mackerel, Dogtooth Tuna and Wahoo 53:30 Funniest times spearfishing 54:45 Do you have any advice for women getting into spearfishing? 57:00 What is in your divebag? 61:00 Who is the best person to go spearfishing with and why? 62:55 What spearfishing destination would you like to conquer next? 63:30 What is the single best piece of advice you've ever been given for spearfishing? 63:55 Who has been the most influential person in your spearfishing? Find Nikki on Instagram here @wattbry_ THESE SPEARFISHING RETAILERS NOW HAVE 99 TIPS TO GET BETTER AT SPEARFISHING IN STOCK:) Actionable info to improve your spearfishing! Adreno - Brisbane. 56 Deshon St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102 Adreno - Melbourne. 1184 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham VIC 3192 Adreno - Sydney. 1/678-682 Botany Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015 Adreno - Perth. 2C / 376 South St, O'Connor, WA, 6163 Spearfishing Superstore - Cairns. 303-305 Draper St, Parramatta Park QLD 4870 The Dive Shop - Port Lincoln. 4 S Quay Blvd, Port Lincoln SA 5606 Frogdive - Willoughby. 539 Willoughby Rd, NSW 2068 Spear and Fish Downunder - Newcastle. 990 Hunter street. Newcastle, NSW 2302 Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here

Interview with Josh Humbert Kamoka Pearls, hyperventilation, visualization for spearfishing and even a severe code brown story! This interview with Josh Humbert has a hell of a lot of nuggets in it and not just brown ones. We discuss his early beginnings in the ocean and encountering a complete lack of information which resulted in a near miss that helped him to take his approach to freediving and spearfishing a little differently. I seriously encourage you to listen into an experienced waterman share some hard won tips and insights in this Noob Spearo Podcast interview. Spearfishing News and Updates Spearfishing NSW LOCKOUT: Read more about it here STOP the Lockout Group on Facebook here Kamoka Pearls Discount Code - perfect gift for the woman in your life. Use the code noob15 to save 15% How to cook Squid and Abalone - Underwater Ally Video Guide North Shore Underwater Club - Sydney Spearfishing Club for New Divers Do the right thing - learn your local rules | Miami Herald story here Near miss - blackout rescue and resuscitation | Palm Beach Post story here Man shoots himself in the foot - Speargun safety | Story here Free Audiobook - 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing audio guide here! Spearo Log is available on Amazon! 99 Tips Softcover is available on Amazon! Indiegogo still have the hardcover/spearo log combo here but if you want to avoid postage! These spearfishing retailers now have 99 Tips in stock!! (let your retailer know that they should stock it!) Adreno Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and now Perth Spearfishing Superstore Cairns Dive Shop Port Lincoln Josh Humbert Interview Timestamps 13:00 Josh's background and early beginnings in the ocean and spearfishing. He caught his first fish at 2 years old! 22:00 Early obstacles - lack of information. Hyperventilating and a near miss 29:45 Most memorable fish 33:05 Portland spearfishing - species, prevailing conditions, issues, and places to go Hunting technique - bottom time approach on Jacks 49:25 Scariest moment 55:40 Veterans Vault - Visualization for Spearfishing What is Visualization? How does it apply to spearfishing? What are some of the benefits of visualization? How do you do it effectively? What does your visualization process look like? How long do you spend doing this? 66:10 What is funniest moment you've had out spearfishing? 70:50 What is in your spearfishing divebag? 72:30 Spearo Q&A - Turbo's Turds What does the spearfishing mean to you in one sentence? If you had to start spearfishing all over again, what would you do differently? What is the spearfishing destination that you haven't visited that you would like to? If guys are going to dive Tahiti where should they go? Connect with Josh On Instagram | Twitter Kamoka Pearls use the code noob15 to save 15% Josh's Underwater and surf photography portfolio Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trialhere. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world. Email [email protected] for a super deal for downunder spearos (Australia/New Zealand/South Africa) Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here

12 Tips to Improve Your Spearfishing Extracts from the full audiobook 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing Concise actionable information to improve your spearfishing in an audio format. This episode has a 12 tip selection from the audio book 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing. If you would like to get hold of the full free version check it out here http://www.audibletrial.com/noobspearo (and support the Noob Spearo Podcast;) Learn spearfishing at noobspearo.com Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trial. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free here Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here

Sustainable Spearfishing Interview with Andrew Lewin from Speak Up For The Blue Podcast This episode is a chat about the concept of sustainability and how we can each get involved in looking after the marine environment. Speak Up For The Blue Podcast Host and self proclaimed Oceanpreneur Andrew Lewin joins me in a wide ranging conversation about spearfishing, sustainability and being more aware of ocean conservation efforts in general. If you spend time in the ocean, there are a few interesting discussion points in this interview including fisheries management, parrot fish impacts on reefs, previous research on the Mississippi plume that Andrew was involved in, spearfishing groups that remove invasive species and cutting through the noise around the word 'sustainable'. I thoroughly enjoyed myself but please share your thoughts about the episode with me on the Noob Spearo Facebook Community Group here. Connect with Andrew and Speak Up For The Blue Site | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube Sustainable Spearfishing Interview Highlights 7:00 Andrew Lewin introduction and background 12:00 Parrot fish Discussion 24:00 Studying the Mississippi River Plume in the Gulf of Mexico 29:00 What is your perspective of spearfishing and spearo's? 32:40 What fisheries management strategies are effective and which are not? 43:00 Dynamite fishing and cyanide. Discussion about pressures on fisheries around the world. 45+ How spearo's can contribute to marine conservation Other Links and Articles Mentioned 99 Tips To Get Better At Spearfishing Amazon (no pics) | Indiegogo On Demand IN THE NEWS. Spearo's rescued: a couple of blokes in the UK became stuck on some rocks at Wembury point due to a big rushing tide. They were successfully rescued by the Plymouth Coastguard RNLI. This one highlights the trouble you can get yourself into with current and tide. If you are diving a new spot find out from the locals about current and check the tide times and the size of the tide. If you have a large volume of water moving between tides it means that you will have a lot of run which isnt much fun! Full article here This article is a look at how the abalone fishery closure has increased the number of guys learning spearfishing. He also highlights the present concerns about overabundance of purple urchins. Now Urchins or (Kina in New Zealand, Uni in Japan) are a delicacy but they require a gentle introduction as the taste is quite strong. So here are some basics for having a try yourself. Turn the urchin upside down and stick your knife in the hole and work it backwards and forwards using force rather than the blade (or you can break it open with the backend of you knife) Give it a rinse in salty water (on the day is best) and this will get rid of most of the crap) Get a teaspoon in there and scoop out the orange row and put in in a separate container. You can eat it exactly like that with no cooking or anything but its a string taste. Personally I like them most of the time although they do seem to change taste with water temp and i dont know what else. If you want to try it like that maybe you could have it with lemon and soy or even better keep it and try out this recipe 'CHILLED SEA URCHIN AND FARRO PASTA - its super simple. Pretty much just cook the pasta and then add the urchin, sauce and some herbs together in a bowl then cook and combine. It looks delicious and you are helping the environment over there by utilizing this resource and correcting an imbalance in the local ecosystem there in California. Sea Urchin in general are a highly sustainable seafood but ask local people in your area first if you are not sure. Recent research published in International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICES MArine Science Journal covers an interesting topic.Spearfishing modulates flight initiation distance of fishes: the effects of protection, individual size, and bearing a speargun I think this article is interesting because it highlights a number of important factors. Spearfishing changes your body language. Holding a speargun changes the way fish perceive you. Is that because they can visually distinguish you have a weapon? Check out this article i will link up to think about it further. Also fish populations behavior changes when faced with regular spearfishing pressure. Now if you have been spearfishing one area for a long time and experience the summertime spearo phenomenon this is not news to you. This is why experienced guys head deeper and wider - they want to avoid spots that face regular spearo invasion. This also means that many fish populations can protect their numbers to an extent when faced with spearfishing pressure. However I read this article by Lebanese spearos who have smashed their local waters and simply changed tactics to capture more fish. In this article they directly talk about changing local spearos and other fisherman's attitudes towards fishing practices but its not easy as their livelihoods depend on it. In this article they mention that in 2006 with local Hezbollah conflict the waters were not fished for one month and in that small amount of time they saw some recovery in fish populations. After reading this article it makes me feel grateful to fish Australian and New Zealand waters where fishing pressures are nowhere near as bad as the MED however we also want to stay proactive about keeping them good and even improving certain fish populations Noob Spearo Partners + some spearfishing discounts Adreno Spearfishing – Buy your spearfishing equipment here. Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout. HECS – Top of the line spearfishing suits incorporating uniquely patented technology to help you get closer to marine life. Listen to our full Q&A with Warren Bird to learn more about the latest in spearfishing innovation. Audible.com Get a free audiobook along with a 30 day trial. Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing or James Nestors 'Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves' free here Spearing Magazine Subscribe to the best spearfishing magazine in the world Penetrator Fins Use the code noobspearo to save $20 on the full Penetrator Spearfishing Fin Range here. Check out the latest in spearfishing fin technology HowToFreedive.com Use the code noobspearo to save 20% Sign up for 'The Floater' – Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here