lionfish hunting

My wife and I will be St. Croix in a few weeks (January 18 -31), celebrating our anniversary and doing some recon on the island as a potential place to live once we are empty nesters. In the past, at other destinations, I’ve watched other divers hunt, lionfish. However, I have never hunted...

FL hunters - a few of us are going out to shoot Lionfish on 8 and 9 Sept. Boat leaves out of Dunedin at 7am and docks at 5pm. This is a 4-5 tank dive with max depth of 130'. six divers max on the boat, bring your own gear to include tanks and weight. We will provide pole spears and zookeepers at...

I have found a couple of places in the Florida Keys and one or two in Cozumel. So, where is the best place to learn how to spear and contain lionfish? I'm based in Atlanta, so getting to many places is fairly easy. I have to admit I was bummed that it wasn't an option on a recent trip to GCM...