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Old 10-11-2011, 03:38 PM   #40
mepps1
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Re: Advise on spearfishing alone

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Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre View Post
We've done this so many times before that I hesitate to even get into it again, that advice is totally unrealistic for a freedive spearfisherman in a coastal California kelp bed. We don't do it, and its useless to preach at us. All that is useful is to discuss how to minimize the risk. Otherwise you are pissing up a rope.
x3.

Low viz + spearguns = same-ocean, or same-lake buddies. I'd rather take my chances with blackouts or gear failure than having a spear up my @ss.

Low viz also tends to restrict depth somewhat. It gets dark down there. Diving in murky waters "should" be more dangerous, but I would bet that it is quite the opposite for exactly that reason.

Also, it is rarely convenient for me personally to round up buddies when it's time to hit the water.
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