HOW TO SPEARFISH | Taking Your First Shot & Target Practice

Want to learn how to spearfish? This is a beginners guide to learning spearfishing, focusing on taking your first shot and target practice in the ocean. If you've followed the series this far, you've come a long way and today we're going to be combining everything we've learnt by freediving down to the ocean floor and taking our first shot with our speargun.

Starting simple, today is all about getting used to your speargun and the gear, and target practice.

Hope you enjoyed episode 10 of Master The Hunt, our new educational series that will teach you everything you need to know from How to Snorkel, Advanced Freediving and Breath-hold techniques, all the way up to Advanced Spearfishing Tactics and Sustainable and Ethical Fishing guides.

Good luck in the water, have fun and stay safe!

Given it's 2021 we have to do the following...
Disclaimer: Snorkelling, Freediving, and Spearfishing are extreme sports, and the ocean can be dangerous. This virtual series provides general tips and techniques and it is not a certification. Snorkel, Freedive, and Spearfish at your own risk. Safety information presented throughout may be outdated by the time the series airs and by the time you watch this the video. You should update yourself on all techniques related to the sport and safety before attempting anything in the water.

Remember to always dive with a buddy and fish sustainably and ethically!

See You Underwater, and Happy Hunting

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*KEY POINTS*
0:14 _Holding the Rifle_
1. 0:19 - Hold like a pistol, not rifle. do NOT hold the barrel - hand will get caught in mono line. Don't keep close to your face unless you want a bruise + broken visor!

2. 0:56 Hold your speargun outstretched, with one hand. If supporting with second hand, put second hand on first hand.

1:23 _Target Practice_
After underwater target set up with weights at a distance of ~2m:

1. Breathe up, dive to sea floor. Prop yourself up on the sand/rock.
2. Relax, straighten your arm with speargun in dominant hand, look down barrel. Once relaxed and aligned with target, pull trigger.
3. 1:54 KEEP ARM STRAIGHT! Vital for accuracy.
4. Keep practicing. After practice, extend distance of underwater target to 4-6m.
5. Be sure to have float line + float attached to gun.

[timothyhutchins]

Nice. In Winter when the fish are asleep this is probably a good activity. It might also be a good time to get your weight right.

[rot_v]

Went out diving on New Year’s Day and used a speargun for the first time, managed to spear a nice size butterfish 🤤

[rubengrainger]

Hey mate, how do you slow your heart rate down without breathing? Ahaha. It’s a serious question