General thread for freediving and/or spearfishing, since I don't see one mentioning either.
My personal questions: I've been thinking about taking a certification course so I can learn to do these things correctly and safely. I'm probably happy just doing the diving, but spearfishing seems like an easy and practical extension. I only casually skindive and rod-and-reel fish at the moment. Does anyone have experience taking such a course? I know I'll need my own gear early on, but each instructor I can find seems to have their own equipment shops, so I imagine they wouldn't be impartial about the quality of other gear on the market. I live on the Pacific coast of the US, so I see that a 7 mm open cell wetsuit is strongly recommended. What good/bad features should I look out for on wetsuits and other equipment? For non-competitive diving, carbon fiber fins are almost certainly not worth the price, right?
heres mine time was about 3 weeks ago was fishing at the river behind my house and had a decent fishing day except for one moment was drinking with my rican friend who brought some ribs and casting for catfish i had like about 85 yards out and felt a rumble so im like ill wait for a hit on the hook and then run back and shit well about 10 minutes goes by and its grtting worse like channeling energy to my sphincter i say fuck that im gonna lose it and start reeeling in my line now im struggling to hold this flow in reeling in on a 12 foot pole on 40 lb test with a 4oz weight(nriver has some deep black mud), i knew it was gonna be a bad one god knows 8 seconds into the retreival im probably 40 feet from shore i get a MASSIVE strike and then it happened the force of the fish hitting my hook plus my stance, it must have looked absurb. mind you now, i am wearing swimtrunks (no net) and all this happens in less than a second i instinctely threw back my rod for the hook land, and in the same action release my bowels an ABSOLUTE TORRENT of liquid shit blasts out of me now my brain flashes FISH OR SHIT >the brown tide has now crossed my shorts cutoff and is dripping down both my legs i chance a look down and my god its heinous at the same time my friend just realized what has happened hes now yelling at me DUDE YOU SHIT YOURSELF! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU i start charging at the reel, fish still on, 25 feet to go, ill wipe when i land it bitch breaks off at the shore line
why does it seem like all you people want to go out and be “in le nature” but don’t give a single fuck about preserving ecosystems or native biodiversity? You feel entitled to go out and be in nature and treat it like your personal fucking playground, damaging the ecosystem and demanding roads and trails be paved through the wilderness so you can “heckin enjoy it”? And then go home and continue to fuel the 6th mass extinction with your destructive consumerist habits? Anyway, I planted some Texas native wildflowers today to help the declining pollinator population in my area. What did you do?
I literally got canceled because I posted about video about hiking up a mountain during a snowstorm in my state. Apparently we're not allowed to do that because we have to think about search and rescue and how they can get hurt if they ever need to come rescue you, like, nigga, if you don't wanna come rescue me then don't work for search and rescue. Stupid ass.
>OH MY GOD ANON YOU HIKE UP MOUNTAINS? I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT! CAN I COME WITH YOU >sure you got the gear >WAIT I HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO NOT DIE IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPS?!?!
Every time. It's hard finding people are actually passionate about things and are willing to invest money into the equipment to do said things. Normgrels nowadays want to go hiking on their nike sneakers and pijamas.
anyone in the UK willing to go camping with me? I'VE NEVER BEEN CAMPING BUT I'VE DONE some outdoor cooking! it's really fun. i'm like rin from yuru camp! but brown!!! im a huge introvert and would love to go with someone if you're down and live near london... i got a tent, outdoor stove and gas, pots and utensils! and i can cook! i'll bring my cat with me. for reference i'm a 5'2 girl and i weigh 46kg. pls no creeps or fat people
