Lake Michigan Spearfishing Sheboygan

MUSIC: "Wherever I May Roam" by METALLICA. Spearfishing and some regular fishing in Lake Michigan off of Sheboygan, WI. HAD A BLAST!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Spearfishing
• Carp
• Sheboygan
• Freediving
• fishing
• diving
• lake
• michigan

[bimbus111]

For spearfishing while scuba diving in MI, do you need the PADI Underwater Hunter Cert. or just a permit? Or both? (I'm 16, doing Rescue Diver soon w/ about 42 dives)

[whopperhead]

@bimbus111 - I'm not up on the MI laws. I DO know that you can only shoot Carp and maybe Freshwater Drum (but don't quote me on that). I'm unaware of a special Underwater Hunter Certification. I think all you need is a Fishing License - but you should check with the MI DNR (or whoever regulates fishing in your state). You should consider Freediving. It's cheaper, more natural and safer. I can dive deeper than most on scuba. We have a class in WI in July 2012. send me a mess.

[Lambycapo]

I weight 125 lbs and i only dive fairly shallow water so how much weight would you recommend for me?

[whopperhead]

@Lambycapo - Maybe 10 lbs if your using a 5mil- If your using a 3mil or no- Prob 6-8 ft. If you are staying shallow. Just have to try different weights to see whats going to work best.

[Lambycapo]

Im a beginner spear fisherman from australia and i was just wondering how do you know how much weight you need to wear?

[whopperhead]

@Lambycapo - Depends on how deep you are diving. If I'm diving 30 ft or less - then I usually wear about 12lbs with my 5mil wetsuit.  If I'm going past 30ft (10meters) then I wear about 4 lbs. 30 ft is the magical number where buoyancy is determined. For ME, at 30 feet, I weight 180lbs with a 5 mil wetsuit and 4 lbs of weight, I am completely neutral. If I go less than 30 ft I start to float to the top, If I go past 30 ft I start to sink. hope this helps

[mishu1984]

interesting aiming technique @ 1:19

[whopperhead]

I know a guy who FREEDIVES over in Michigan and i believe he told me he can only Spear: Carp and Suckers but I'm not 100% sure on that. I haven't gone Regular Fishing since I started this.

[Gimpdiggity]

Cool. Thanks for replying. I don't actually fish myself...well, I haven't for years at least...but spear fishing intrigues me quite a bit. I live in Michigan and I'm in the process of checking the laws on where and when it can be done. I wouldn't mind giving it a try!!!

[whopperhead]

I have found, that it DOESN'T matter what suit you have on. It's all the Diver. I have a dive buddy that wears a BLACK suit and his "down time" is double what mine is and he always gets more fish than me.  He's also a really good shot! Movement while underwater scares fish, i don't care what suit you are wearing.