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Florida is a great place to learn lionfish hunting, and while they don't often advertise it, I think almost every shop in Florida will allow you to lionfish on their boats except for the ones diving in the Sanctuary down in the Keys. We also maintain a comprehensive list of places around the...

Awww, sorry to hear that Go West won't take visitors lionfish hunting. There are other shops on the island that will, and it is legal to bring short spears to the island to hunt lionfish. Unfortunately not everyone is understanding of how lionfish hunting tourism helps both the operators and the...

If you're using the tickle stick and net approach, just use a short polespear as your tickle stick or a Foldspear.

Win a $300 gift certificate by posting up a photo of the largest lionfish caught during the month of August on the lionfish tracking map. See the full details and rules here Largest Lionfish Contest for entire range of invasive lionfish - Lionfish Hunting

We set up a lionfish tracking map for just this sort of thing. You can post the lionfish you saw with it's location here, Lionfish Tracking Map - Lionfish Information and it will leave a green pin on the map for 30 days so that someone can go there to remove it.

It looks good. The only other than I can think of is that you might need some drainage on the bottom to reduce the drag through the water and to make it easier to get out of the water without turning it entrance-side down.

The official launch of the first publicly available interactive lionfish tracking map for use around the entire range of the invasive species lionfish occurs this week. This lionfish tracking map, available at Lionfish Tracking Map - Lionfish Information, allows anybody to directly input where...

So does that design allow water to flow back into the first stage whenever you dunk your regulator to clean it? I guess you would need to make a point of putting it back on a tank and blowing it out every time after cleaning....

Only a fool would change their carrier for a trip. I was pointing out that people who have Sprint (16% of all mobile users in the US => 1 out of every 6 scubaboard readers) can now use their phone in Mexico without any extra charges, you just have to log into your account and add the Open World...

Sprint has made it easy. What is Sprint Open World? With Sprint Open World, we've got you covered with FREE UNLIMITED calling and text when you're traveling in Canada, Mexico, and most other countries across Latin America. Plus you get 1GB of high-speed data FREE to use while you're there. In...

We plan our vacations based on new places where we can dive and also hunt lionfish. Since we both worked professionally in the dive business for years all around the Caribbean, my wife and I are always looking for a little more to do than just look at the pretty fish when we dive. We've found...

You're right that it's getting harder to find them on shore dives and on the frequently dove places that charter boats go. We're finding the majority of them deeper than 70'. A trait of invasive species, and lionfish are no exception, is to prefer artificial habitat over natural habitat so it's...

You can dive for free if you lionfish hunt. Instead of paying $35 for a saltwater fishing license and the lobster and snook stamp, spend $50 on the Saltwater Products License. The SPL takes the place of the recreational fishing license and lobster/snook stamps. You can then sell your lionfish to...

You can hunt lionfish in both Curacao and Bonaire. Bonaire is a little tougher because you have to take a class, pay a fee, and can only use an ELF. They made it legal in Curacao to use short polespears there for the lionfish. The Zookeeper lionfish container was actually developed in Curacao...

I've found the Zookeper to be the best lionfish container. With a barbed tip it can sometimes be hard to pull the spear back out without damaging the funnel. I've found that on small lionfish ( <12 inches) it doesn't make much difference, but the bones in the head on the bigger ones are much...

Lots of them in the panhandle, here's a video from only a week ago that will get you motivated! :-)

The suction cup is only necessary IMO when you are diving the bottom in an area with current. Good gloves and a hood are vital. Be sure to use ear drops, at least a vinegar/alcohol mix after getting out even with the hood, lots of critters stirred up to get in your ears. :-)

Another reason not to cut the spines off underwater, most people don't cut the right ones, or only cut them partially, and they can still sting. I prefer putting them in container and cleaning them when they are dead.

I've been working on a list of places around the Caribbean where you can spear lionfish, which also has a lot of the general spearfishing regulations for the different areas. Places to spear lionfish in Caribbean : LionfishHunting.com, online store for lionfish hunting gear

If you go to one of the REEF lionfish handling seminars they will give you a permit to be able to catch them in nets in the Park, but you are not allowed to spear them.