You make fantastic video's love being under the water seeing all the different ground's and the kelp hides, perfect to search around and those plaice always look good how you cook them, more tips learnt, 👌🐟👌
Cracking video! Eloquently narrated and interestingly informative for anyone with a love of marine apnea and all it's bounty. Hope your viz outlasts mid Welsh coastal waters. Do you use a 5 or 7mm suit please?
Ryan E Na I agree. Probably had my best year for flatties. Had some whoppers. Interesting way of dispatching them you showed. Will have to give it a try. Always a bit embarrassing when they’re are still alive and you resort to just taking off the whole head on a beach full of kids. Not a good look.
Very interesting video, I’m just trying to get into spearfishing, started with just trying to get more comfortable in the water is there any particular training you do on land to help with your fitness under the water.
Cheers Richard. There are freediving courses available that may help? I've had some health problems for a while now and been unable to walk for large parts of this year, I haven't done any training but you don't need to be super fit to spearfish in the shallows. I like to do lots of cardio (run, swim, cycle, row) helps all round. Apnea walks really help to deal with increase in CO2 be more relaxed in water. Static holds CO2 or O2 tables can be good for building breath hold and being able to focus on relaxing while holding breath. Big part of spearfishing is being really chilled on surface before dive and maintaining that relaxed state, training to deal with CO2 helps with that.
Ryan E cheers for taking time to reply, I’m heading down to Dorset in October for a weekend. I am going to try and get in the water and have a splash about I don’t suppose you have any recommendations for any good spots for a complete novice try? (No spear just diving for now)
@@richardpoole8580 You can try Chesil Cove on left hand side of cove, if that's too rough then try Newtons cove. Both are protected from strong currents!
Hi matey, I started off snorkelling in the shallows and catching shellfish. I'd recommend getting the freediving gear and learning about freediving and build up from there. I think Exe spearfishing club would be a good place to meet other spearos. It can take a while to build everything up!
@@ryane8881 Thanks for the tips mate. Will get myself a wetsuit and head off to do some snorkelling and work on my freediving before arming myself with a speargun maybe. I've liked Exe Spear Club so might go there for any further guidance. Appreciate your time pal! :D
No worries! Freediving can be tough with breath holding, equalisation, weighting, technique and all that. If you can get a grip of the skills then spearfishing becomes much easier and you’ll probably find it easier to catch stuff. Always good to meet spearos, can learn loads from them 👍🏻
You make fantastic video's love being under the water seeing all the different ground's and the kelp hides, perfect to search around and those plaice always look good how you cook them, more tips learnt, 👌🐟👌
Flatties really are great eating!
Thanks for taking us on your spearfishing journey this summer Ryan. Excellent diving and hunting, hope there’s an autumn/winter review to come 🤞
Thanks mate, winter diving could be interesting! Hoping for a couple of big fish this autumn!
Love these vids mate. Really like you explaining everything too! Keep em coming !
Thanks 👍 should get a few more dives in this year so may make a couple more vids!
Nice one mate. Looks like lots of fun. Those gurnard are lovely fish.
Thanks mate, good looking and eating fish! 🤞I can find another one this year!
Great video dude, the 1st fish I ever caught spearfishing was a flounder. Brilliant tips in this video thanks 😁👍
Thanks mate 👍 I think flatties are great eating and a good way to start spearfishing
Nice montage Ryan. Thanks for sharing . Always a few nuggets of useful information in your films and great footage too ATB Pete
Cheers Pete, glad it was helpful!
Great video amd a really mixed bag of fish you got to show for it! 👍👌
Thanks mate! Obviously this wasn’t everything I saw or caught but gives an idea of what the days were like 👍
Cracking video! Eloquently narrated and interestingly informative for anyone with a love of marine apnea and all it's bounty. Hope your viz outlasts mid Welsh coastal waters. Do you use a 5 or 7mm suit please?
Thanks for the comment 👍 I use a 5mm from late May to November and a 7mm outside of that but I don’t dive that much during winter/early spring
Great vids Ryan. Do you eat the flatties skin. I don’t tend to but thoughts?
Cheers mate, no I normally take it off don't think I'm missing out on much!
Ryan E Na I agree. Probably had my best year for flatties. Had some whoppers. Interesting way of dispatching them you showed. Will have to give it a try. Always a bit embarrassing when they’re are still alive and you resort to just taking off the whole head on a beach full of kids. Not a good look.
Nice video mate, awesome footage
Thanks mate, fingered crossed for a good autumn!
Great watch Ryan 👌
Thanks Matt, it’s a beuchat mundial 3 😂 look forward to watching more of your vids mate 👍
Very interesting video, I’m just trying to get into spearfishing, started with just trying to get more comfortable in the water is there any particular training you do on land to help with your fitness under the water.
Cheers Richard. There are freediving courses available that may help?
I've had some health problems for a while now and been unable to walk for large parts of this year, I haven't done any training but you don't need to be super fit to spearfish in the shallows.
I like to do lots of cardio (run, swim, cycle, row) helps all round.
Apnea walks really help to deal with increase in CO2 be more relaxed in water.
Static holds CO2 or O2 tables can be good for building breath hold and being able to focus on relaxing while holding breath. Big part of spearfishing is being really chilled on surface before dive and maintaining that relaxed state, training to deal with CO2 helps with that.
Ryan E cheers for the info, I will take a good look at all of that. How many times a month would you say you are out diving?
@@richardpoole8580 I did 3 sessions in spring, 5 in summer and 1 so far in autumn. Averaging one session per month this year! Normally I do more.
Ryan E cheers for taking time to reply, I’m heading down to Dorset in October for a weekend. I am going to try and get in the water and have a splash about I don’t suppose you have any recommendations for any good spots for a complete novice try? (No spear just diving for now)
@@richardpoole8580 You can try Chesil Cove on left hand side of cove, if that's too rough then try Newtons cove. Both are protected from strong currents!
Interesting content as always 🧜🏻♂️
Thanks mate, I caught sod all fish so have to do something to add value to the video! 😂
I need a dive buddy. Getting a rib in 2 weeks
Nice one, what RIB are you getting? Theres a group on FB called 'UK spearfishing buddies' that can be useful for finding buddies!
How did you get into it Ryan? im in Teignmouth way and really want to get involved in Spearfishing.
Any tips appreciated.
Hi matey, I started off snorkelling in the shallows and catching shellfish. I'd recommend getting the freediving gear and learning about freediving and build up from there. I think Exe spearfishing club would be a good place to meet other spearos. It can take a while to build everything up!
@@ryane8881 Thanks for the tips mate. Will get myself a wetsuit and head off to do some snorkelling and work on my freediving before arming myself with a speargun maybe.
I've liked Exe Spear Club so might go there for any further guidance. Appreciate your time pal! :D
No worries! Freediving can be tough with breath holding, equalisation, weighting, technique and all that. If you can get a grip of the skills then spearfishing becomes much easier and you’ll probably find it easier to catch stuff. Always good to meet spearos, can learn loads from them 👍🏻
I feel bad for the poor fish in the nets. They will be stuck there a while.
Yep I’m not a fan of nets either
Would they suffocate because the can’t get water flowing past there gills or would they just be stuck there?
They tend to die in the nets. Some of them like mackerel/pollock are soft and will start to breakdown in the nets
Oh god. That’s why spearfishing is the best way to get fish. You can just take what you need. Great video btw.
Cheers mate 👍 there’s many beneficial aspects to spearfishing! Downsides are lack of catches and risk of death!