Yorgo Mihalo ABSOLUTELY TRUE, I'M A SPEAR DIVER TOO....I SWITCHED TO BIG GAME HUNTING, BUT THIS VIDEO IS MOTIVATING ME TO GO BACK INTO DIVING AGAIN..

Most of them are scared to even go in the ocean let alone dive 60ft.

Lighten up francis, ...……...who's hating on him or spearfishing?

Spear fishing is the most sustainable fishing method so 🤷‍♂️

Carbon is not harmful, nor is carbon dioxide; it's plant food and essential for all life, that's why greenhouse farmers quadruple the amount of co2 in their greenhouses to increase yields dramatically. Wake up, you've been duped by politicians attempts to demonize the energy based industry that sustains all civilization and line their pockets with cash.

Sugarsail1 I would like to hear more about your view on this...

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What clarity, thank you much. As a teen I enjoyed sling fishing but these days I use a rod and reel. Your video is so clear I'm able to see why we get hung on the bottom so often. Of course we fish at about 150 feet. It's also rare to catch the really big Kings these days too.

*west coast, and yes, they are around, but that's what makes spearfishing special. Eat or be eaten ;)

rosshane THE EXCITEMENT OF GATHERING ABALONE N' SPEARFISHING OVERWHELMS THE FEAR FOR THE GREATWHITE SHARK.

amoshilel123 GO TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST, GUALALA, ANCHOR BAY, ALBION, FORT BRAGG OR SONOMA COUNTY, MENDOCINO COUNTY...THOSE ARE GOOD SPOTS FOR SPEARFISHING N' ABALONE GATHERING.

Evan Benner I use a euro 75 that works great for the area. And yes it is the Monterey area.

Centralcoaststories Thanks! Can't wait to get out! What's the vis like on average?

@@sagiplantation this is carmel, man. it's not "monterey area" hahaha I keep pausing the video to find your dive spot. you wanna help me out and make it easy for me by sending the gps coordinates or something? stillwater or river beach?

pureend123 looks like ocean beach to me

+Clement Ortiz where is this place at?

Or Morro Bay area.....

What? Anywhere South of Monterey gets 40+ feet vis often, especially in the winter. And even Santa Cruz can get 20+ vis like once a month.

Well Thomas, I was speaking as a fisherman, not a scuba diver.......I'm sure you would have a better idea on underwater visibility, from your vantage point. I've only fished south of Monterey, CA perhaps 2-3 times.......mostly, over the past 45 years I've fished out of Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, or at China Basin just south of the Bay Bridge, taking day trips out through the Potato Patch and points west, so my "normal fishing range" is probably between Duxbury Reef, which is above Stinson Beach, everywhere and anywhere in-between and around the Channel Buoys and out to 5-10 miles out past the Farallon Islands, and point south, all the way down to fishing off of the Officer's Club in Monterey Bay for salmon when they are down there.........what used to be known as the "bloody triangle", up until the late 1980's, before we started seeing White Sharks following the seals and sea lion populations farther southward down the coast, being spotted and attacking beach-surfing humans, over the past 10-15 years. In general, I would say the water visibility in all of those areas is about 15 feet, on average.

There are plenty divers around, but really only a few hardcore guys. The best advice I can give is to just find a buddy and get out and explore the area. there's so much great diving in central cal. glad you enjoyed the video.

moving from miami to the bay area next month, this video got me excited!

it is but dumbass like that dont respect it... and some seemed under sized

victor iove the small ones are cabazon!

Monterey aquarium!

no. alaska

too cold up there...I need to get back into spear fishing. Good exercise and good eatin'

I once went to BC to visit relatives and caught a monster lingcod made the ones in this video look small !! :)

Big fish produce more offspring. So if your balls need to feel big buy a lifted truck and leave the large 20+ pounds ones to make more babies

Riffe, Euro 75.

10-40ft, it gets deep pretty fast.

Centralcoaststories ...I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU; HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED ''BLACKOUTS'' OR ''BORDER-LINE-BLACKOUTS'' WHILE DIVING TOO DEEP OR BREATH-HOLDING TOO LONG..? IF SO...HOW DID IT FEEL N' HOW CAN WE PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING REPEATEDLY...I AM CONCERN...BECAUSE IT IS DEADLY DANGEROUS...

Clement Ortiz I haven't experienced anything like that personally, but i know people who have. There's a few things that you can do to prevent them, a big one is don't hyperventilate before a dive, which some people do to increase their breath hold, but mostly just don't push you're limits, and don't dive alone.

when he realizes that life feeds off life and that is just how the cycle of life is we can then call him "Man" Trent. This is why a traditional rite of passage for boys was to go hunting with the men-folk in the tribe to celebrate life and feed the village. We don't do that anymore, now Boys cling to their mothers and expect the government to suckle them through life.

thats the problem. At my beach in california, I see so many youngsters that wants to try spearfishing. And guess what they dont care about the size till they catch at least one..

+TMKey Film Your timing is a little off according to Wikipedia. The max. lifespan of a lingcod is about 14 - 20 years. When they are fully mature they weigh as much as 100 pounds. So it is not likely that these fish are any older than 6-8 years old. Thanks for you concern about these creatures. The population should be monitored in any area.

mzacon ...DON'T WORRY, THE LINGCOD POPULATION HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, IN FACT THE DAILY QUOTA PER PERSON HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY UPGRADED FROM TWO TO THREE.

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Ryin Alexander Just giving a hard time. Cool video. It's my dream to do this.

1totheright 3 lings and 3 divers, not sure exactly what you're seeing.

1totheright 3 lings and 3 divers, not sure exactly what you're seeing.

Lingcod are abundant and breed like rabbits and have few predators. If you want to eat a tasty fish then spearing Lingcod is a very wise thing to do.

You know they are increasing the CA limit to three Lingcod, right? All that tells me is that the population is doing just fine.

Ryan Sampson Just because the state is allowing more harvest doesn't necessarily mean it's because the population is doing better. 2011 Striped bass eradication plans come to mind. The state is known to have ulterior motives when it comes to stuff like this. Hope it's not though, I personally think 3 lings a day is a lot of fish, especially since most guys already take home 10 rocks.

James Zachary yea if everyone lives by your logic we won’t have them to fish bro. I fish all the time I don’t care he is spear fishing just stick to the rules. I’m glad he caught a big monster but fuck catching that many is bs

I understand your point, but spearfishing is by far the most sustainable way to collect, and gather from the ocean. It is the only completely non by-catch method of fishing,. Even sport fishermen will once and a while hook into something that they aren't supposed to that won't make it. Besides, at least we're not loosing gear and releasing toxic lead into the ocean, or leaving long strands of almost invisible mono, stretching like close-lines through the kelp. You do have a point about being more selective, but if you pulled up a huge ling while line fishing, would you honestly throw it back? If so, than good for you! It tasted pretty good to me! :) ps. you act like it is easy to pick off lings on a very treacherous coast while descending into underwater caves all the while starved of oxygen. Most sport fishermen that i know reel up fish from nice boats, yards out of the water with equipment meant to make their life even easier, all the while never getting a drop of water on them or risking anymore thank a spined finger.

I see nothing wrong with spearfishing. a fisherman can also catch the big ones too on a line. You're just upset cause he can pick and choose.

Centralcoaststories wow you just said everything I was going to say to Colleen McGee but in a waaay nicer way. /Gratz Mate and nice spearfishin

Colleen McGee WHAT'S THE LEGAL SIZE FOR LINGCOD...?

Centralcoaststories SPEARFISHING IS THE MOST CHALLENING METHOD OF HARVESTING FOOD SOURCE OUT OF THE OCEAN. I TIP MY HAT TO YOU, WATCHING THIS VIDEO MOTIVATES ME TO RETURN TO SPEARFISHING AGAIN, I AM HUNTING BIG GAME AT THE MOMENT...I NEED TO WORK OUT N' SHAPE UP TO FIT INTO MY OLD WETSUIT...