lobster hunting and beach diving

[reelmagic]

Please excuse the rookie question but everyone seems helpful so I thought I would ask. I am new to SCUBA diving but not lobstering or snorkeling. I have dove from my boat in the keys to catch lobster and just grab my tickle stick, net, and catch bag and go over on to a "spot" and do my thing. My question is regarding beach diving while hunting lobster, how do you carry everything? Obvisoulsy I would be carrying the above mentioned items as well as towing a dive flag - that seems like a lot to deal with, but yet I've seen photos of folks carrying all that and a speargun with them! Is there tricks to carrying the necessary lobster equipment along with towing the dive flag? Is everything attached to the BC? Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[overkillphil]

Lot's of spearhunters from shore will use a boogie board attached with a line to themselves. You can mount your flag on it, and can clip your game bag to it as well. Most of them strap a 5lb weight to the bottom of it to keep it from flopping over. Here's a couple pics

 

[Chaos the Crazy]

That setup in the first 2 pics is pretty sweet!