Spearfishing

[bhofmann]

I'm fully expecting to be told to leave the group by posting about this , but since fishing, hunting, and the laws that apply are discussed here as well, I thought I might ask about hunting under water....

I was wondering whether there are any people in the South West (or elsewhere in the UK) that hunt fish under water. I used to do this a very long time ago (20 years ago) in a different country (Cape Town, South Africa) and fancy trying it here in the UK. A problem is that I have no dive buddy and nobody I know who does this sort of thing. There's an old saying "dive alone, die alone" and I don't fancy the latter.

Could any of you more experienced people give me some advice as to where to find like minded people or a dive buddy?

 

[Dave Budd]

the only person I know is a guy called Fraser Christian who runs catch and cook courses and a bit of coastal survival stuff in Lyme Regis. He was asking me about making some fishing spears a while back, but hasn't come by yet. http://catchandcook.co.uk/

 

[FGYT]

dunno why it should be a problem Spearfishing in sea water is legal in UK including on Scuba tho lots will tell you its not and when finally accepting take a moral higher ground to look down on it etc

heres a Forum its world wide but a fair few UK spearos on here
http://forums.deeperblue.com/

ATB

Duncan

 

[_scorpio_]

i dont dive but i'm planning to have a go at making and using a couple of different spear designs. i think just a sharpened stick with a barb would work well for flatfish in a shallow bit of water. i will be using them from the riverbank and off canoes so sorry i cant go with you

 

[FGYT]

This is my Flat fish stick for diving difficulkt to see but hte tape has markings for min size (which is still tiny )

 

[Dazz007]

Hi buddy I know its a bit of a long shot but are you still spearfishing