Myrran
Registered
I have just recently started using SCUBA, and only got interested in it after watching my buddies limit out on Lobster with what I perceived as little to no effort compared to freediving. I used to talk **** and say how I was more at one with the ocean by not using SCUBA. 
The same was for spearing. I have always considered it "Bad Form" to bring your speargun while using SCUBA. It seemed like deer hunting with a missile launcher, not much sport in that, just plain killing. I would talk trash about some random SCUBA dude I would see at the island all hooked up to the tanks and packing the big guns. It was not until recently when I joined the ranks of SCUBA that I started to really think about my stance on the matter.
This weekend I actually brought my Spear gun and my Pole Spear on the boat when I knew all I was going to do that day was SCUBA. Still on my first tank of the day I could not bring myself to grab the gun from the boat. Man did I pass up some killer fish on that dive. Before my second dive of the day I began eyeballing my speargun sitting between the seat and the side of the boat. It was calling to me, taunting me if you will. Then something happened that I never fully expected. My hand reached out and grabbed my Pole Spear. "I still cant justify the multi band gun" It felt wrong......just wrong.....but somehow slipped into the water with the Pole Spear in my grip, still not sure if I would actually use it or not we set off. Well to make a longer story a bit shorter I did spear a couple of Sheepsheads (pic attached) that will taste great for dinner some night in the near future, but did feel a little bit guilty about it. I justified this by recounting all the fish I let go that dive. I could have easily came up with a full stringer but only took what I would eat before my next trip.
Just wanted to know where everyone else stood on this. Is it bad form to spear and SCUBA? Is it not so bad if you only use a pole spear v.s. a band gun? Let me hear you SCUBA Board. Educate me on your beliefs.......please.
The same was for spearing. I have always considered it "Bad Form" to bring your speargun while using SCUBA. It seemed like deer hunting with a missile launcher, not much sport in that, just plain killing. I would talk trash about some random SCUBA dude I would see at the island all hooked up to the tanks and packing the big guns. It was not until recently when I joined the ranks of SCUBA that I started to really think about my stance on the matter. This weekend I actually brought my Spear gun and my Pole Spear on the boat when I knew all I was going to do that day was SCUBA. Still on my first tank of the day I could not bring myself to grab the gun from the boat. Man did I pass up some killer fish on that dive. Before my second dive of the day I began eyeballing my speargun sitting between the seat and the side of the boat. It was calling to me, taunting me if you will. Then something happened that I never fully expected. My hand reached out and grabbed my Pole Spear. "I still cant justify the multi band gun" It felt wrong......just wrong.....but somehow slipped into the water with the Pole Spear in my grip, still not sure if I would actually use it or not we set off. Well to make a longer story a bit shorter I did spear a couple of Sheepsheads (pic attached) that will taste great for dinner some night in the near future, but did feel a little bit guilty about it. I justified this by recounting all the fish I let go that dive. I could have easily came up with a full stringer but only took what I would eat before my next trip.
Just wanted to know where everyone else stood on this. Is it bad form to spear and SCUBA? Is it not so bad if you only use a pole spear v.s. a band gun? Let me hear you SCUBA Board. Educate me on your beliefs.......please.
