Spearfishing dive buddies - MT, WY, CA

[kad11]

Hey y'all, I'm in Sheridan and would love to find some spearfishing buddies. It's been on my list since I learned it was legal here in WY.

Sounds good man! I'll try to keep this thread going and we'll have to get some spearfishing days scheduled this spring.

Do you have any freediving/ spearfishing gear?

 

[kad11]

Breath hold spearfishing can be very dangerous. I think everyone should try it, but it really requires a mentor or at least a little training.

And a partner! Not smart to do alone.

Yup! Exactly why I wanted to start this thread and see if there are any other guys interested in getting together.

 

[megamonster805]

would like to see a few pic of your catch ...

 

[kad11]

would like to see a few pic of your catch ...

I've really only got a few stills of carp pulled off of gopro footage

 

[EJFS]

Sounds good man! I'll try to keep this thread going and we'll have to get some spearfishing days scheduled this spring.

Do you have any freediving/ spearfishing gear?

Sounds good, yeah I have everything. Used to dive/spear a lot in FL so most of it's been sitting in the closest for a while.

 

[Gunnersdad49]

would like to see a few pic of your catch ...

We got burnt here in Colorado with some really old photos on Spearboard being used against us in meetings to legalize spearfishing in CO. They pulled pics from an epic day we had 15 years ago and talked about how we were decimating the fish populations, etc. We were all legal, within our limits, and it was a single, amazing day. Still, they found them on the internet and held us out as murdering spawning fish on their beds (which was definitely not the case).

Now I'm pretty hesitant to share any gamefish pics on the internet. Here is a yellowtail from Mexico

 

[EJFS]

What wetsuit do y'all like for Wyo/MT freediving?

 

[kad11]

I have a 7 mil open cell and like it. I think 5 mil would work well too

 

[finner]

I go quite a bit with buddies in western MT for pike. Hit me up if you ever want to swap trips

 

[TX_Diver]

Used to live in CA and dove a lot.

Looking to move to WY eventually so it's good to know there's some diving there.

What kinda guns you guys using? How deep is the diving there?

 

[megamonster805]

sucks , and i don't blame you for not showing pics .... super nice yellowtail by the way

 

[megamonster805]

I've really only got a few stills of carp pulled off of gopro footage

those are some nice carp , i always wanted to go to lake mead to try for stripper and carp

 

[Fatcamp]

The Missouri River reservoirs in South Dakota can have some fantastic spearfishing. All water clarity dependent and elevation.

 

[Gunnersdad49]

Used to live in CA and dove a lot.

Looking to move to WY eventually so it's good to know there's some diving there.

What kinda guns you guys using? How deep is the diving there?

Most of the time I use a 55 or 70 cm pneumatic, great days I use a 75 cm rail gun. Once in a blue moon I’ll use a 90.

most of my fish are killed between 10’ and 35’

 

[kad11]

75 cm rail gun for me as well.

I usually drop to 20-30', lay on the bottom and see what swims by...

 

[Fatcamp]

We flail on the surface with JBL bandguns.

 

[kad11]

We flail on the surface with JBL bandguns.

Haha, lots of that too!

I didn't realize it, but I was waaaay under-weighted the first day I went spearfishing. I went to attempt my first duck dive and got maybe 3' under and just stopped, bobbing on the surface with my legs and long fins above the water. I'm sure anyone passing by thought I was trying some weird, solo synchronized swimming routine

 

[FatCampzWife]

South Dakota carp

 

[Okhotnik]

I went down to Baja and did some spear fishing around Los Barrilos last month.

Good idea not to do this alone. Ive also wanted to get a big tuna free diving.

 

[kad11]

I went down to Baja and did some spear fishing around Los Barrilos last month.

Good idea not to do this alone. Ive also wanted to get a big tuna free diving.

That sounds epic. Were you hunting bluewater?