Spearfishing Kapiti Jan 2010. Tarakihi hunting in the haze with Q and a few finned friends

A good day hunting turkeys in some hazy viz. Guncam is a GoPro fisheye, and it probably struggled a bit with the low light conditions on a cloudy hazy day at 16m. Quentin trying out his new polespear which later proved very effective pinging a decent haul of butterfish. Q's boat - a 4.7 Surtees with some awesome toys onboard, and made in NZ.

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Sports

Tags:

• Spearfishing
• freediving
• shark
• skate
• tarakihi
• kapiti
• paraparaumu
• boat
• surtees
• hunting
• fishing
• diving

[Lambycapo]

Hey man nice spearing what is the best beginers gun on a tight budget ? Ive got my eyes on the freedivers protege.

[1freediver]

@Lambycapo Just had a look - yeah I buy a bunch of stuff from oceanhunter too. hum - seems ok. depends what and where you are spearing. I would go for the 100cm gun length to chase butters and tarakihi, and if you plan on pinging kingfish look for something around 120cm. Saying that - a lot of it is being relaxed and letting the fish come to you. :-)

[Simeliz]

A string ray , ahhh? Isn't it sometimes just freaky to get down there, what 'bout sharks?

[1freediver]

see that big fishy on the 2nd drop - that is a shark :-)

[Simeliz]

I'm pissed when diving in the lake in Lithuania. It's so dark and with a lot of grass. That's freaky, and what to talk about ocean. That is really scary., isn't it? And I thought that you dive with Oxygen Packs. Or what's the name of that. I mean not only with the mask.

[1freediver]

SCUBA. No we only spearfish by breathholding. I go for the odd scubadive every now and then but prefer the freedom of freediving.

[Simeliz]

I'm glad you don't smoke. We had an accident in Lithuania with one "diver", he wanted to make Lithuania Record, and when he dive down to water he didn't hold breath 1 minute, he was laughed by all Lithuania, and of course he was smoking. >.>

How long can you hold the breath? I'm sure you are good in it, every dive lets you improve yourself with breath holding. Am I right?