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Home » Spearfishing Activities

October 30, 2014 by Julie Richardson

Diving for Dinner

Diving for Dinner

A few years ago, my mariner husband and I loaded up our boat, a 48’ liveaboard, and headed from Miami, out across the Gulf Stream, to the Bahamas on a fishing and diving-for-dinner adventure with our three sons.  We arrived in Bimini, Bahamas at daybreak and my husband took off to clear Customs after we […]

Filed Under: Freediving Safety, Freediving Stories, Recipes, Spearfishing Activities Tagged With: children and family

September 16, 2014 by Julie Richardson

Fish House Encore Recipe & A Mariner’s Song

Fish House Encore Recipe & A Mariner’s Song

From the very beginning, my relationship with my husband Walter was all about the ocean. In fact, we met because he had just been shipwrecked while treasure diving, and so was in town for a party I happened to be attending. This mariner drew me into his water world and his way of life when […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Spearfishing Activities Tagged With: children and family, Fish Stories

July 28, 2014 by Julie Richardson

Florida’s Lobster Mini Season: Be Prepared

Florida’s Lobster Mini Season: Be Prepared

This week, loads of Floridians are preparing for the popular two-day lobster mini season. Butter and lemon are selling like hot cakes and the dive shops are slammed with customers stocking up on supplies. While you are preparing for the upcoming fun on the water and delicious dinners to follow, remember to keep yourself and […]

Filed Under: Freediving Safety, Gear & Tools, Spearfishing Activities Tagged With: boater safety, freedive safety

July 17, 2014 by Julie Richardson

Teaching a 9-yr-old to Use a Hawaiian Sling

Teaching a 9-yr-old to Use a Hawaiian Sling

This year my  youngest son Jason turned nine. There is a family tradition associated with a ninth birthday at our house. Back in 1997, when Jason’s oldest brother, Robert, turned nine, I went to Austin’s Dive Center in Miami, Florida, and had them custom make a Hawaiian sling for him. When our middle son David turned […]

Filed Under: Freediving Education, Freediving Safety, Gear & Tools, Spearfishing Activities Tagged With: children and family, children freediving, freedive safety

July 10, 2014 by Lisa Rollins

Underwater Hunter and Ocean Lover

Underwater Hunter and Ocean Lover

The sun was setting on another spectacularly salty day as I made my way off the boat. I grabbed my dive bag and slung my Blacktip custom speargun over my shoulder passing a crusty fisherman with a crooked hat and a southern drawl, “Aw, you poor thang; your boyfriend makes you carry his divegear?” “Nah,” […]

Filed Under: Fish Stories, Freediving Stories, Spearfishing Activities, Spearfishing Wisdom Tagged With: Fish Stories, spearfishing girls

May 5, 2014 by Julie Richardson

Getting Hooked on Gyotaku

Getting Hooked on Gyotaku

Recently I was introduced to the Japanese art of fish rubbing, or Gyotaku (pronounced Ghee-oh-TAH-ku) and became fascinated by this fine art form. I was so entranced by the little I had been told that I spent five hours studying it the next day, and then went out to purchase the needed supplies. My husband […]

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