Anyone spearing out of Sarrasota keep an eye out

Hey guys,
Just gonna pass along some info from spearboard. This guy deserves his guns back if found. Also this is a good learning post for those thinking about spearing ect.

Spearguns dropped @ Springs near the Sarasota D reefs - Spearboard.com - The World's Largest Spearfishing Diving Boating Social Media Forum

First of all I'm glad that everyone is safe and alive. I know this sounds harsh but....

Moral of the story. Only dive with people you know and trust. Test new divers in 50fsw before taking them deep.

No excuse for running out of air at 105fsw unless it was a blown hose, o ring, etc... Even then, you should have enough air (or training) to safely ascend to surface.
If he just plain ran out of air, why didn't he notice that his breathing got harder and not hear his tank ringing from low psi.

I no longer deco dive and stay to my psi limits because I blew a hose at 95fsw once. Luckily I had plenty of air, but it really opened up my eyes to the danger of deeper diving without redundant air.

That young man is going to have to claim bankruptcy if he didn't have DAN.

I hear ya Water Boy...Most of my spearfishing is done on Offshore oil rigs in the Gulf. If you have never dove or spearfished on an oil rig, it brings a whole new light to spearfishing. Basically you are diving a verticle reef. You rarely see the bottom and in a lot of cases the bottom may be at 300 ft deep or more. It brings in a lot more technical aspect to diving. For example ..having an awareness of overhead pipes, old fishing lines, paying more attention to your computer and or depth gauge. Then when you add spearfishing to the mix, some people get complacent about the main tasks of diving.

Unless I know for a fact you have spearfished before on a rig, If you are with me or my buddies, I will make you take a dry run dive on a trip before letting you take a speargun off the boat.