How to start spearfishing??

Rumour has it that some FFF members are spearos. It's time to come out of the closet.
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Re: How to start spearfishing??

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In the NT regulations, a little known rule. Maybe someone can dig it up :mrgreen:


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Matt Flynn wrote:In the NT regulations, a little known rule. Maybe someone can dig it up :mrgreen:
Pretty cetain that one was brought in to stop people spear fishing barra around the wharf. Is like shooting apples in a barrel.
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Barra are not allowed to be spearfished anyway.
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I used to float around the inside of the Larrakeyah Patrol Base when I was a teenager. Buggered if I would do it now. I didn't even have a speargun at
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cuddlescooper wrote:Pretty cetain that one was brought in to stop people spear fishing barra around the wharf. Is like shooting apples in a barrel.
Yep - if I remember rightly, Beastie's mate (the man in the green - or is it pink these days - hat) was roundly criticised some years ago when he appeared in the local rag with a nice wharf Barra hanging off
the end of his spear ......
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I don't understand spearing bans - it's the cleanest form of fishing, no by-catch, usually no waste.

If it is "too easy" then there should just be a tight bag limit - eg one barra. Same with scuba.
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id recommend using a hand spear first. I find them to be safer and more chance of hitting what u want due to the 7 spikes rather then one. Also it costs like $50 to buy a hand spear rather then hundreds for speargun.
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My inland waters reference was for barra. Not written clearly, sorry.

Page 6 has the info re spearing in the NT http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Content/File/p/F ... ntrols.pdf
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