Spearos!!!
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I think in BC it's a no no as well.
Saskatchewan it's perfectly legal provided:
1. You are submerged (no sniping from the shore)
2. You are breath hold, no SCUBA
3. You have valid fishing licence.
You can shoot trash fish with a bow and arrow, but not game fish.
Used to do a lot of spear fishing in northern Sask. Great way to take nice walleye.
My biggest fish was a 118 lb sturgeon (when they were still legal to take).
1. You are submerged (no sniping from the shore)
2. You are breath hold, no SCUBA
3. You have valid fishing licence.
You can shoot trash fish with a bow and arrow, but not game fish.
Used to do a lot of spear fishing in northern Sask. Great way to take nice walleye.
My biggest fish was a 118 lb sturgeon (when they were still legal to take).
Suka
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I used to do a LOT of spring spearfishing in the local lakes when in my early 20's. I used a little pneumatic speargun with no problems. (used the same speargun in the caribean with great success, too) You could only shoot about 4' with it underwater.
Best I found was a wetsuit with weightbelt to compensate; and a horsecollar bc. When I wanted a rest I could just blow a little air into the bc and lounge on the surface.
Make sure you have a good cord between the gun and spear. On larger fish I found a shot just behind the gillplate hoping for the backbone worked best, but immediately (during the second or two of "shock") try to grab the spear both sides of the head and take it up to the surface. If you do that they're manageable. Miss that window of opportunity and things can get, "sporty".
Back in the day I thought of trying for a record and had been continually seeking larger fish................. Let's just say there's a point where it starts getting a little too, "sporty", and instead I hunted for fun and fillet's.
Shallow weedbeds (3-7' deep water) have "fishtrails" all through them. These are a great spot for smaller fish like perch at intersections but you've gotta be quick.
As others have said read your regs, I know it's changed a lot here since I spearfished.
If it interests you, you should persue it. I had a lot of fun for a lot of years, and in the early spring even the irrigation lakes out here were almost caribean clear.
Best of luck with it.
Best I found was a wetsuit with weightbelt to compensate; and a horsecollar bc. When I wanted a rest I could just blow a little air into the bc and lounge on the surface.
Make sure you have a good cord between the gun and spear. On larger fish I found a shot just behind the gillplate hoping for the backbone worked best, but immediately (during the second or two of "shock") try to grab the spear both sides of the head and take it up to the surface. If you do that they're manageable. Miss that window of opportunity and things can get, "sporty".
Back in the day I thought of trying for a record and had been continually seeking larger fish................. Let's just say there's a point where it starts getting a little too, "sporty", and instead I hunted for fun and fillet's.
Shallow weedbeds (3-7' deep water) have "fishtrails" all through them. These are a great spot for smaller fish like perch at intersections but you've gotta be quick.
As others have said read your regs, I know it's changed a lot here since I spearfished.
If it interests you, you should persue it. I had a lot of fun for a lot of years, and in the early spring even the irrigation lakes out here were almost caribean clear.
Best of luck with it.
Here's the one I use/used
http://www.sealsports.net/detail.aspx?ID=503
JBL 54" Competition Magnum.
It blows a 1 1/2" hole thru where it hits. The only exception of course being the sturgeon.
Had a friend take a big Northern Pike. He hit it, it went to the end of the line and started circling him...then the line went slack. The pike hit him on the right shoulder taking a good chunk of wet suit out
The biggest Pike I saw was in open water at Heritidge Lake, north of Candel. I'd bet he was better than 48" long.
I have only used one in salt water and started out with a double arbalete (two sets of rubbers to drive the spear) They were effective but the rubbers vibrated when you tried to swing the gun quickly. I bought a spring gun which I liked because it was much more convenient to use and plenty powerful and much faster to swing through the water. Its only drawback was that it was a challenge to load and you needed arms like a gorilla to push the spear in. Unfortunately I loaned it to a friend and he lost it trying to get out of rough water.
My last spear was just that; a 6 foot fiberglass rod with a spear at the end. I think if it was 8 - 10 feet long. Fish do not particularly avoid the spear, they judge their distance from the diver. It is probably 30 years since the last time I went spear fishing however. The last 20 years of diving was mostly for work.
cheers mooncoon
My last spear was just that; a 6 foot fiberglass rod with a spear at the end. I think if it was 8 - 10 feet long. Fish do not particularly avoid the spear, they judge their distance from the diver. It is probably 30 years since the last time I went spear fishing however. The last 20 years of diving was mostly for work.
cheers mooncoon
