Noob Spearo Podcast

Interview with David Hochman One of the coolest dudes in spearfishing, David Hochman joins us fresh from a day out spearfishing aboard his Rhode Island based, Spear-It Charters vessel. With 40+ years spent in the water spearfishing and commercial fishing, Davids knowledge of the marine environment is extensive. We do a massive drop down into targeting Striped Bass, their behavior, environment, sustainable fishery and more. He holds the current world spearfishing records for Striped Bass with both Pole Spear and Speargun + he's put more guys onto Striped Bass than anyone alive - he knows his stuff! Listen in for all the usual laughs + tips, techniques and wisdom from this weeks special guest, David Hochman. Sign up for 'The Floater' - Shrek and Turbo's email newsletter here Exclusive spearfishing equipment deals The latest blog posts and interviews delivered to your inbox Free 10 Tips To Become A Better Spearo PDF Access to our Private Facebook group

Interview with Travis Hogan Manufacturing some of the toughest gear in spearfishing, Travis Hogan from Aimrite Australia gives us a good rundown on DIY speargun modification. He shares a phenomenal personal story about shooting a 250lb marlin from a trailer boat as well as a scary moment 60 miles out to sea. A fellow crew member was bitten (badly) by a reef shark and had to be taken by helicopter into Cairns Hospital. If you like listening and talking about all the facets of spearguns then this will be a great listen for you. We have a targeted discussion about trying and testing spearguns, personal preference/bias, budget considerations, shooting styles, common struggles and mistakes people make with spearguns. Listen in and let us know what you think in the comments below. Get your hands on 10 tips to become a better spearo, diveday checklist and Facebook private group all access free here at noobspearo.com

Interview with Brandon Hendrickson Recently Brandon Hendrickson competed in the Roatan World Freeediving Championship and he finished very highly placed. In this interview we talk about deep spearfishing and how to choose both dive buddies and travel companions wisely. In the Veterans Vault section we get into some of the inherent risks of deeper spearfishing, how to manage the risks, the different phases of a longer dive + a few hints and tips about slowly acclimatizing your body for greater depths. Brando is definitely a competitive type of person and so this interview lends well to people that are serious about taking on greater depths in their spearfishing. Sign onto the Noob Spearo Newsletter here and get 10 tips to become a better spearo free!

Overcoming Common Spearfishing Issues This one was a while in the planning and so its fairly comprehensive! Turbo and I encountered a significant number of obstacles starting out and so doing a podcast on overcoming common spearfishing issues was inevitable! If we don't cover your issue then please let us know in the comments below. Heavily mentioned throughout this episode is our Master-spearfishing-post here that contains links to most of our blog posts, guides, videos, podcast episodes and more. If you are in your first year of spearfishing or have yet to shoot your first fish then this is a great episode to sink your teeth into. In this Q&A with Turbo we cover spearfishing problems and solutions for; Equalizing Breath-hold Finding a buddy Hunting Techniques Conditions Finding places to go spearfishing A more comprehensive list of articles, videos, podcasts and more for spearfishing problems can be found here.

Interview with Jim Russell That's right Jim Russell from North California joins us and gives us a full orientation to spearfishing in North California. From conditions to species as well as insights into equipment, local clubs and hunting techniques this is a phenomenal chat with a top bloke:) Jim was super humble when I reached out to him through social media and was very forward about telling me he's 'just a weekend warrior'. Well that's sometimes exactly what we like here at the Noob Spearo and despite Jim's protests hes a super knowledgeable and experienced spearo with plenty of knowledge that we didnt have before speaking with him. Listen into some bloody good banter about spearfishing in North Cal.

Interview with Erez Beatus In this interview we learn why freediving courses are essential for spearo's Erez Beatus from Apnea Australia joins us to give us a great overview of what you can learn on a freediving course. An Israeli born Australia based instructor of the highest caliber, Erez speaks about his background, experience and the benefits to doing a freediving course as a spearo. His knowledge of water and human physiology is phenomenal so this is definitely an important interview to listen to!

Interview with Moss Burmester New Zealand multi-discipline competitor Moss Burmester joins us to discuss parallel skills and more from competitive swimming to spearfishing. We learn more about his personal spearfishing journey and the things that keep him pushing for more. Former Kiwi Olympian #886 Moss has lots of advice and experience training and competing at top levels and so this is a great interview if you share a similar drive. Enjoy:)

This is a 3 part interview talking about the hazards of spearfishing with sharks. The first section kicks off with Turbo interviewing Mitchell Marriott a Brisbane local spearfisherman who had his first scare with a 3m shark and wanted to learn more about managing sharks while spearfishing. Second interview is with one of my good Twitter buddies Rene Nel @diverene who joins us all the way from South Africa where he recently experienced a severe Great White Shark attack while spearfishing close to Capetown. Rounding out the interview with just a good solid overview and some very practical ideas is local legend Trevor Ketchion. If you'd like to hear more from Trev listen to our interview with him here or join him on the Submerged Pscho's Facebook page where you will find some of the best spearfishing videos ever. Whenever you tell someone that you go spearfishing the inevitable question is "but don't you see lots of sharks?". The short answer (depending on whether or not you're speaking to attractive ladies in a bar" is that yes, we do. Most of us do anyway and so it's only fair that you want to learn more about how to deal with shark issues while spear fishing. Listen into this episode for a real good overview of this issue. Leave your comments down below!

Interview with Kevin Daly 6 x UK spearfishing champion Kevin Daly joins us for a cracker chat about everything from competition strategy to maintaining ear health over prolonged days diving. We discuss spearfishing world competitions in multiple locations including last years competition in Greece. Kevin is also the former world record (current South African record holder) for Spanish (King) Mackerel. Its a great story as he shot the fish and then carried on diving for crayfish, hanging the huge behemoth from his float! Kevin's been spearfishing in many locations including the U.K, South Africa, Australia, Europe, Venezuela, Croatia, and more. Listen into a chat with a true veteran of the sport!

Interview with Ant Judge Freedive training for spearfishing. In a pool, in the ocean, in a lake, Ant is adamant that training improves your techniques so that you can improve your spearfishing. In this interview Ant lays out some gold nuggets about not only the advantages of pool training but also some specific techniques that you can try. As an experienced and highly regarded freediving instructor this interview has tonnes of insights and also provides a compelling reason why everyone should do a freediving course.

Interview with Sean Hascup Costa Rica Spearfishing Guide at Hascup Hunts Sean joins us to share a bit about his spearfishing journey. The adjustment from Florida to Costa Rica spearfishing conditions was quite interesting to learn about. He started spearfishing in Stuart, Florida chasing Lobster and other species while pole fishing but when the … Continue reading NSP:056 Sean Hascup Costa Rica Spearfishing Guide →

Boating 101 Episode Bar Crossing with Bill Corten Bills is a renown Australian boating, fishing and bar crossing teacher with many years of experience in the marine industry. A little known fact about Bill is that he also used to spearfish and play underwater hockey. These days Bills regularly runs coastal bar crossing courses … Continue reading NSP:055 101 Coastal Bar Crossing with Bill Corten →

Interview with Jeromy Gamble **Retro – Episode**Throwback Soundbites Jeromy Gamble is one of the drivers behind Spearing Magazine. A resident born and raised Floridian. 12-13 years ago Jeromy got serious about spearfishing and read everything available in forums and online. His attitude and approach to spearfishing these days is very relaxed and he speaks a … Continue reading NSP:054 Jeromy Gamble Spearing Mag's burly bomber →

Interview with Nat Davey In this chat with multiple world record holder Nat Davey we learn about hunting the elusive New Zealand Snapper, DIY Kingfish Sashimi, claiming world records and how rewarding it is to be with someone else who shoots a fish of a lifetime. Nat started diving at 9-10 y/o however he didn't … Continue reading NSP:053 Nat Davey Spearfishing 50kg Yellowtail Kingfish →

Interview with Niall Cameron the Mussel Cracker (Unfortunately we lost a bit of sound quality with this interview so our apologies!) Bloody cracker interview with Niall Cameron, a small charter boat operator in South Africa. Niall is a tonne of fun and he's exactly the type of bloke I love to go spearfishing with. Fresh … Continue reading NSP:052 Niall Cameron the Mussel Cracker →

6 Tips To Improve Your Bottom Time This episode is Turbo and I discussing multiple ways to increase and improve your bottom time. Several meta themes are identified including relaxation, streamlining, economy of movement, as well as several options to explore if you would like to go even further. If you would like to extend … Continue reading NSP:051 101 6 Tips To Improve Your Bottom Time →

Episode 50! Interview with Peter Saunders In this chat with Peter Saunders we talk about issues relevant to every spearo such as; The broad threats to spearfishing and how spearo's can make a difference What representative bodies such as the USFA and AUF in Australia do for spearfishing Easy actions everyone can take to improve our … Continue reading NSP:050 Peter Saunders President of the Underwater Skindiver's and Fisherman's Association →

Interview with Sebastian Kramer Sebastian Kramer is a German born spearo living predominantly in Wellington, New Zealand. An adopted kiwi by choice, Sebastian now trains people about how to freedive and he also takes guided spearfishing trips to various locations in the Pacific including Tonga which is famous for sail fish and dogtooth tuna. In … Continue reading NSP:049 Sebastian Kramer German/Kiwi Freediving Instructor and guide →

Interview with Adventureman Dan Byrne Interview with a young American bloke traveling the world spearfishing. This interview comes from a listener request (James Fisher) and Dan was good enough to join us over skype while he was in South Africa. This episode is jam packed with Dan's stories, adventures and tips for guys and girls … Continue reading NSP:048 Adventureman Dan Byrne →

Spearfishing Buddy Protocol Episode covering buddy basic's for spearfishing *This episode is heavily based off this blog post by Turbo. The reasons to have a clear spearfishing buddy protocol are multitude; Your mate could save your life in the event of blackout You could save your mates life in the event of blackout You land … Continue reading NSP:047 101 Spearfishing Buddy Protocol →

Interview with Jose Debasa Renown spearfishing photographer and videographer Jose Debasa's photography has been inspiring me for ages. He has a unique style that really puts you in the perspective of the underwater hunter (check out some examples here). In this episode we dial in on Jose's experience and progression filming and editing spearfishing videos. … Continue reading NSP:046 Jose Debasa SpearHeads Underwater Photographer →

Spearfishing in Scotland? Pneumatic Spearguns? Thats right! Listen into this interview with Grant Laidlaw, a proper kilt wearing, Mcewan's lager drinking Scottish Spearo In this episode we make a call to Scotland to learn about Scottish spearfishing and hear about Grant Laidlaw's personal spearfishing journey. Overcoming different challenges he has faced is a … Continue reading NSP:045 Grant Laidlaw Scotland Spearfishing and Pneumatic Spearguns →

Podcast Tips, Accessories and Hacks To Help You Master Your GoPro for Spearfishing Finally an episode dedicated to using a GoPro for spearfishing! This episode covers everything from after purchase to post edit GoPro use. About this episode We start the episode in the studio, with Turbo and I giving a run through on some … Continue reading NSP:044 101 GoPro for Spearfishing →

How To Use Drones for Spearfishing Interviews with UAV Coach Alan Perlman and Adreno Drone Enthusiast Kahlee Andrews This Drones for spearfishing episode was inspired partially by watching Drone footage that uniquely captured a spearfishing adventure. The first guest in this episode, Adreno Manager Kahlee Andrews is a former womens spearfishing champion and has taken … Continue reading NSP:043 101 Drones for Spearfishing →

Interview with Ted Harty In this interview with Immersion Freediving Instructor Ted Harty we do a deepdive into equalizing. Ted also shares a bulletproof buddy protocol which is simple but foreign to many spearo's. Its the best buddy technique I've heard and I know it works when implemented. Some key takeaways from the interview for … Continue reading NSP:042 Ted Harty Equalizing Ninja from Immersion Freediving →

How to Prevent Seasickness Preventing Seasickness is brought to you in partnership with Adreno Save $20 when you spend $200 or more on your next spearfishing equipment purchase at spearfishing.com.au In this episode Turbo and I share about what we've learned about preventing seasickness. This interview is heavily based on Turbo's popular blogpost how to get over … Continue reading NSP:041 101 Preventing Seasickness →

Audio Interview With Vasilis Koroneos Creator of 'My Blue Mind' 2nd place film in the Deepex – Ill Pescatore in Apnea Video Competition Joining us from Greece for this interview is Vasilis Koroneos a Civil Engineer who is well known for his spearfishing videos. In this interview we talk about target spearfishing species in Greece, … Continue reading NSP:040 Vasilis Koroneos Greek Deepex Finalist →

Interview with Kimi Werner an international spearfishing ambassador Kimi Werner is perhaps the worlds most easily recognizable spearfishing personality. Her video Variables has been viewed nearly one million times and for good reason, its sensational. In this interview we explore some of her experiences traveling the world spearfishing. From diving in the frigid waters … Continue reading NSP:039 Kimi Werner the vagabonding speara →

101 Caring For Your Catch Shorter episode this week covering everything from shooting your selected fish to putting it on the plate in front of your loved ones. Caring for our catch's is absolutely essential for every spearo as spearfishing is recognised as one of the most sustainable and selective forms of fishing. Due to … Continue reading NSP:038 101 Caring For Your Catch →

Rick Trippe Darwin Dolphins Dirtywater Diver The composite spearfishing story-teller, Rick Trippe is a highly experienced Australian spearfisherman with a well-founded reputation for taking down Black Jewfish. This interview is chock-full of Ricks stories and you cant help but be entertained by his passion and excitement. Still hunting fish in Darwins dirty water while contending … Continue reading NSP:037 Rick Trippe Darwin Dolphins Dirtywater Diver →

Travis Corken Neptonics Australia Bluewater Spearfishing Equipment Episode In this interview with Travis Corken Neptonics Australia owner/operator we do an in depth Q&A to learn more about equipment for bluewater spearfishing. Removing points of failure, keeping equipment simple and building trust with the fish were all themes that come through strong in the interview. If … Continue reading NSP:036 Travis Corken Neptonics Australia →

Emanuel Bova from MannySub Emanuel Bova is competing this year in the Australian team that is going to Greece in the next few weeks. Get behind the Aussie team here! About Manny's Spearfishing Equipment Journey Manny grew up in Genoa, Italy, and started spearfishing way back in 1984. In 1988 he moved to Sydney, Australia … Continue reading NSP:035 Emanuel Bova from MannySub Spearfishing Equipment →

101 Freediving For Spearfishing with Pete Ryder This episode is a nuts and bolts 101 freediving for spearfishing interview with Pete Ryder from howtofreedive.com. Pete is a freediving instructor based in London, U.K who has developed two online courses for people who want to learn more about freediving. The 10 metre Freediver is an entry … Continue reading NSP:034 101 Freediving For Spearfishing →

Interview with Rob Gates You might remember Rob Gates from our 101 Croc Episode where he shared about 2 different personal crocodile attack experiences. A love affair with Crocs helped Rob plan a move from Zimbabwe to North Queensland, Australia 7 years ago. He still enjoys spearfishing and talks a bit about transferable skills from … Continue reading NSP:033 Rob Gates Freshwater Assassin & Croc Survivor →

Interview with Dwayne Herbert Kiwi Spearfishing Champion It was a pleasure to interview Dwayne Herbert the 7 time New Zealand Spearfishing and 1 time Australian Champion recently. Dwayne is sponsored by Beuchat and lives and works down the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. Dwayne shares with us the story of how he … Continue reading NSP:032 Dwayne Herbert Kiwi Spearfishing Champion →

101 Spearfishing Beginner Setup This episode covers an overview of the basic spearfishing beginner setup. We cover the speargun, rigline, speed spike, float and flag setup every new spearo should be using. This episode is right back to basics and is all about helping new spearos to keep it simple. The temptation in spearfishing is … Continue reading NSP:031 101 Spearfishing Beginner Setup →

Interview with Ian Puckeridge, Australian Spearfishing Champion This interview with Ian Puckeridge aka 'Pucko' has been a longtime goal for Turbo and I. Pucko is a multiple time Australian and New Zealand spearfishing champion as well as representing Australia over a long period of time in international events. With 40+ years spent spearfishing, an 83kg … Continue reading NSP:030 Ian Puckeridge, Australian Spearfishing Champion →

Interview with Aaron Chasse Speared Apparel Founder + SpearHeads Collaborator This is an interview chock full of good actionable intel for spearfishing! Aaron Chasse, the founder of Speared Apparel and a SpearHeads TV collaborator takes our GoPro Q&A and runs with it. We ask him about the various mount options (head/gun/frame/etc), other critical accessories for … Continue reading NSP:029 Aaron Chasse Speared Apparel Founder + SpearHeads Collaborator →

101 Spearfishing with Crocs This 101 audio interview features several stories from spearfisherman who have been attacked by Crocodiles. These guys were nice enough to come on the show and share their stories with us along with the lessons they learned from being attacked by crocodiles while spearfishing. This one is a little off the … Continue reading NSP:028 101 Spearfishing with Crocs →

Interview With 16 yo Rock Hopper Pete Morris +10 Tips to Become A Better Spearo Pete Morris (a regular listener of the Noob Spearo Podcast) joins us from the South Coast of New South Wales to share about his experience's with rock hopping. His personal experience's with the dangers of spearfishing from rocky surf beaches were by turns alarming … Continue reading NSP:027 Pete Morris 16 y/o NSW Rock Hopper + 10 Tips To Become A Better Spearo →

Interview with Sean Hartley Underwater Hockey A Complimentary Sport for Maintaining Spearfishing Fitness A school teacher by day and a rampant 'frothing at the lips' underwater hockey player by night, Sean Hartley is a passionate evangelist for both spearfishing and underwater hockey. If you don't know much about underwater hockey and would like to know how … Continue reading NSP:026 Sean Hartley Underwater Hockey Ambassador →

101 Ciguatera Poisoning This is an audio interview with Levi 'Turbo' Brown about his experience with ciguatera poisoning after eating some affected fish from North Queensland. Turbo developed symptoms shortly after arriving home and eating a Parrot fish over 2 nights. He joined me after spending 3 weeks off work, sick at home and spending his time doing extensive research … Continue reading NSP:025 101 Ciguatera Poisoning →

Ben Choi Texas Oil Rig Spearfishing & Blackout Survivor Joining us from Galveston Texas is Ben Choi, a bloke who came on Noob Spearos radar via the Freedivers Facebook page with a video that shared his personal experience with samba & blackout. In this Youtube footage Ben and a few friends are chasing Mangrove Snapper … Continue reading NSP:024 Ben Choi Texas Oil Rig Spearfishing & Blackout Survivor →

Louie Van Senden, spearfishing writer and drystore co-founder In this interview with Louie Van Senden we go deep into finding and hunting the Australian Mulloway or Jewfish. Mulloway are similar in some ways to the American White Sea Bass or South African Daga Salmon and can be found in shallow water and make a memorable … Continue reading NSP:023 Louie Van Senden, spearfishing writer and drystore co-founder →

101 Shore Diving, a spearfishing beginners guide If you want to know about how to begin spearfishing from shore then this interview covers the basics such as; The importance of local knowledge and preferably an experienced buddy Clear dive planning particularly around entry and exit points Hunting techniques Rigging your gear up for entering through … Continue reading NSP:022 101 Shore Diving →

Coatesman, Our much anticipated interview! Chris Coates is a born and bred South African currently traveling all over the place with spearfishing and formerly commercial diving. When he's at home in South Africa he lives on the Dolphin Coast of KwaZulu Natal. You can find out more about Chris at Coatemans Spearfishing Safaris, where he takes people … Continue reading NSP:021 Chris Coates, Spearfishing Guide, Writer, Photographer & More →

Interview with Andrew Quincoses Andrew Quincoses is a freediving instructor with 6 years experience teaching and over 15 years experience spearfishing. He owns and operates the very well reviewed Miami based Nautilus Spearfishing retail store. If you are just starting out spearfishing Nautilus have some great video tutorials up (on YouTube) and available covering basics like … Continue reading NSP:020 Andrew Quincoses, Nautilus Spearfishing →

Dogtooth Tuna & Wahoo chasing with Jaga Crossingham from Freedive Fiji Jaga Crossingham joins us over Skype from Fiji and shares his insights with us about planning and preparing for spearfishing charter trips. We also cover how to hunt Dogtooth Tuna and Wahoo and he has a tonne of great information. Jaga is a spearfishing guide and … Continue reading NSP:019 Jaga Crossingham, Freedive Fiji Guide →

Interview with Jessie Cripps and Michael Takach Jessie Cripps & Michael Takach co-founded Underwater Ally Productions, a media production company specializing in the underwater environment. From pre-production through to putting polished finished films together Jessie Cripps & Michael Takach together are a formidable media production force. They are also Riffe sponsored divers and have some … Continue reading NSP:018 Jessie Cripps and Michael Takach, Underwater Ally Productions & Riffe Team Divers →

Interview with Daniel Mann Daniel Mann started spearfishing 10 years ago and in that time he has seen more fish than lots of us will ever see. From serving as president of the Gold Coast Tweed Spearfishing Club to his work filming and editing high quality spearfishing footage with the boys at Spearfishing Downunder magazine, Dan … Continue reading NSP:017 Daniel Mann, Mann-Made Spearguns and SDM Films contributor →