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joel mcqueen
02-20-2005, 06:11 PM
do we have any sperafishermen members from down under out there !!!
Tooth
02-20-2005, 07:46 PM
hopfully i will be in a year or two
biggsy
02-20-2005, 10:09 PM
Platypus is from the Outback down there.
Judge
02-23-2005, 05:46 AM
Yup, we are still out here...shooting fish... :) ....and holding our breath :cool:

Judge
joel mcqueen
02-23-2005, 07:23 AM
judge glad to her from someone so far away was begining to think no one speared in austraila .what are the rules and regs like?. what about people visiting are their license or permits? do you use scuba or just free dive ? sorry for all the questions but its one of the few places i have not been but are dieing to go and would like to spear while their!
Judge
02-24-2005, 05:54 AM
With the majority of the Australian coast either tropical or sub tropical the quality and diversity of spearfishing is great. But I have not spearfished out of Australia so I don'thave anything to compare it to.

In most states spearfishing with tanks is illegal. Even where it is not illegal the national spearfishing body and the vast majority of spearfishers frown heavily upon the practice. We have grown up with the challenge of breath hold diving and for us that is what makes it exciting and physically demanding. Taking fish in 100ft is quite an achievement when you are breathhold diving. Most senior club members would be able to take fish in 60ft without too much trouble. But this is common practice in many countries in Europe and in South Africa.

Different states have different licence requirements. I am familiar with New South Wales where we have only to purchase a fishing licence, the same as a line fisherman.

Judge