07-05-2010, 01:08 PM
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I am the spearfishermen you saw at Starvation, and I'm setting the record straight right now!
First off an introduction, my name is Shane I'm from Salt Lake. I've been an avid float tuber since my early teens (now 26), and a big fish tackle reader since 2002. About a year and a half ago I started spearfishing when i tried it on a trip to Mexico. Its a fun challenging sport, that I dedicate a lot of time to. It's not as easy as everyone thinks.. If you dont believe me, come with me and see for yourself..
As for the fish that me and my TWO friends harvested. I admit that was the best day I've ever had spearing on that lake (I've been there a lot). I have dove that lake in water as cold as 42 degrees, and many times I've come away empty handed. The stars aligned for us perfectly that day and we did good (details below). There was no 30 inch walleye.. We broke no rules.. We just had an unbelievable day.. I will post the pictures to prove it when I get my camera if needed. We were parked next to the DNR truck, and spoke with him. Dont falsely accuse me of breaking laws.
Here is a report on how the magic happened. We were along the cliffs across from the marina and had picked up a 3 decent eyes diving the first half of the day. Sometime around 5 the weather got bad so we ducked inside a small cove. The water was stirred up a little and with the cloud cover I thought we might get into some. The depth was shallow (10-15 feet) and the weed bottom held a lot of baby perch/walleye. As the weather got worse we started seeing some walleye come cruising into our area looking for prey. Thats when we got our nice ones. Two around 26-27. Besides that we had four others ranging from 13-20 inches. It was a great day.
So after our long day we pulled the boat out and went to clean our fish. My friends changed into their clothes, but i left my suit on. This unhappy looking dude walks up and asks how I caught them. I tried to be nice and tell him where and what depth, but he still seemed grumpy. He then asks what I was using and tell him I speared them and he walks away fuming.
I think its ridiculous i have to defend myself, but this post has untrue facts. Its purpose is to create a stir against spearfishing. I wish he could have been there last year when a fishermen took me on his boat all day for free just so I could "shoot him some walleye" and I couldn't find a single one.
One last note. I can dive to 80 feet and hold my breath over 2 minutes underwater. I spear because its challenging. Its the indian not the arrow.
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I am the spearfishermen you saw at Starvation, and I'm setting the record straight right now!
First off an introduction, my name is Shane I'm from Salt Lake. I've been an avid float tuber since my early teens (now 26), and a big fish tackle reader since 2002. About a year and a half ago I started spearfishing when i tried it on a trip to Mexico. Its a fun challenging sport, that I dedicate a lot of time to. It's not as easy as everyone thinks.. If you dont believe me, come with me and see for yourself..
As for the fish that me and my TWO friends harvested. I admit that was the best day I've ever had spearing on that lake (I've been there a lot). I have dove that lake in water as cold as 42 degrees, and many times I've come away empty handed. The stars aligned for us perfectly that day and we did good (details below). There was no 30 inch walleye.. We broke no rules.. We just had an unbelievable day.. I will post the pictures to prove it when I get my camera if needed. We were parked next to the DNR truck, and spoke with him. Dont falsely accuse me of breaking laws.
Here is a report on how the magic happened. We were along the cliffs across from the marina and had picked up a 3 decent eyes diving the first half of the day. Sometime around 5 the weather got bad so we ducked inside a small cove. The water was stirred up a little and with the cloud cover I thought we might get into some. The depth was shallow (10-15 feet) and the weed bottom held a lot of baby perch/walleye. As the weather got worse we started seeing some walleye come cruising into our area looking for prey. Thats when we got our nice ones. Two around 26-27. Besides that we had four others ranging from 13-20 inches. It was a great day.
So after our long day we pulled the boat out and went to clean our fish. My friends changed into their clothes, but i left my suit on. This unhappy looking dude walks up and asks how I caught them. I tried to be nice and tell him where and what depth, but he still seemed grumpy. He then asks what I was using and tell him I speared them and he walks away fuming.
I think its ridiculous i have to defend myself, but this post has untrue facts. Its purpose is to create a stir against spearfishing. I wish he could have been there last year when a fishermen took me on his boat all day for free just so I could "shoot him some walleye" and I couldn't find a single one.
One last note. I can dive to 80 feet and hold my breath over 2 minutes underwater. I spear because its challenging. Its the indian not the arrow.
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