Brand Spanking New Speargun Hunter Looking for Basic Info

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mksmith713

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• Oct 4, 2009

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I'm a brand new speargun hunter who has yet to take my new gun to the water.
Can anyone recommend a site to help me with basic information on the subject?
I don't even know spearfishers so I have no guidance at all.

 

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• Oct 4, 2009

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Try going to Spearboard.com, look into the east coast section and post that you are looking for certain info. There are many spearos on this site that will be glad to help you out. Good luck.

 

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• Oct 4, 2009

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Go see the Scuba Works guys right there in Jupiter, Stephen, John & Jonathon.

Read a lot of the threads right here. There's a new one from Net Doc, the Admin of SB.

Chad

 

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• Dec 12, 2009

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Be careful of bad advice and ask specific questions

 

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• Dec 12, 2009

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Spearboard is good but you can try and ask us some questions

 

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• Dec 12, 2009

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my best basic information is learn your fish species, how they can look underwater, how big they are compared to how big they look, and where to find them.

then learn your regulations.

from there, what are you looking to expand on?
what type of gun do you have? that will dictate some of the advice
Since spearfishing is sooo addicting im sure you will have no trouble finding some people that really enjoy passing on their experiences to you.

pm me if you have any questions and il try to answer as best as i can

 

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• Dec 13, 2009

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Charles Bart:

Be careful of bad advice and ask specific questions

Click to expand...

Great advice!

 

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• Dec 13, 2009

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Don't do it! You will be forever addicted and it will consume your being.

 

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• Dec 22, 2009

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I'm in the same situation as you. I ordered Bare Bones Of Spearfishing based on a thread here on the boards and found it very informational, especially as it relates to working the spear guns and choosing bands, etc.

 

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• Dec 22, 2009

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I second talking to the guys at Scuba Works. They are bigtime into spearing, they occasionally have clinics, and are more than happy to talk to you about spearing.