Almost Died Spearfishing

[@crowdsurferx]

Sorry man but your life was never in danger. All you had to do was let go of the speargun if it really was

[@SpearFactor]

Fair, right at the moment I thought I was fucked but yes looking back I’d just drop the gun

[@larrypresnall5360]

My first thought as well. Gear’s expensive, but it’s not worth your life.

[@brandoaleci2261]

​@@SpearFactorI recommend that you carry a safety reel on your waist, there are 50-meter ones, and that you put that safety line on the butt of the speargun.

[@brandoaleci2261]

​@@SpearFactorFishermen from the Canary Islands or Europe use this technique, you would have the line from your reel equipped on the speargun and you would have the safety reel in the waist with the line from this tied to the gunbutt. 1:44 1:44

[@KuyaNono6457]

No fish worth our life, safety first .. Dive safe bro always

[@SpearFactor]

Thank you and yes no fish is worth your life

[@andrewbland625]

The feeling of being trapped underwater while running out of breath is truly terrifying. I once got tangled in my shooting line that had wrapped around my foot just 2' under the surface. Thankfully it came free. It was a perfect storm of things-gone-wrong: I speared a 15lb lingcod under a ledge. The fish swam up the shaft and onto my shooting line, then bolted to the back of the hole. Then I found that the spear was stuck in the rocks and I couldn't remove it. I surfaced and dove back down several times to try and remove my spear from the rock, but the fish had kicked up so much sediment that I couldn't see more than a foot or two into the hole. On the third attempt I was getting tired and after again unsuccessfully trying to dislodge the shaft, I bolted for the surface. Just two feet under the surface I feel something on my right foot, and - THWUNK - my line tightens around my foot and I'm stuck, suspended in midwater, unable to reach the top. I think, no problem, I'll just kick it free. No luck. One more time. Still stuck. Now I'm starting to panic. One more kick, and miraculously it came free and I surfaced for the most refreshing breath of air I've ever taken. At that point, my brother, who had been 20 yards or so away, had come over. He swam down and effortlessly pulled the shaft free, and the fish came up with it. Lots of things went wrong in that moment: the fish swimming off the spear and swimming to the back of the ledge, the shaft getting lodged in the rocks, and the line wrapping tight around my foot. I've had fish take off on the shooting line before, and I've also had my spear get lodged in between two rocks. But not at the same time, and I'de never been wrapped up in my shooting line. But here, all three happened at once. In hindsight, I should have calmly untangled myself instead of just kicking. But in that moment I expected the line to come free with a quick shake of my foot. Close call, and I fully understand that moment where you thought you might get dragged down (though to be fair you weren't tangled in your line). I have since decided to only hunt on reefs using a polespear. You have way more control of the fish, and there is no shooting line to get fouled up. In 20+ years of diving, this is the only time something like this has ever occurred, but once was enough. And polespears are capable of taking very large fish.

[@SpearFactor]

Thank you for sharing your story! Each of us need to decide how much risk we are accepting. I think the issue is too many people don’t consider the risk at all until it happens. You are fortunate to live through it and decided that using shooting line wasn’t worth it so to mitigate the risk you use a pole spear, which makes sense I would never fault anybody for putting their priorities in a particular order with your life being top priority. And yes I wasn’t tangled in my line. Letting go was an easy solution but at the time, getting dragged through the water, I being extremely stubborn was just thinking about not losing my gun and fish. I know stupid thinking. Eventually I would have just let go.

[@andrewbland625]

@@SpearFactor I know the feeling of wanting to save gear. Dropping a weight belt or cutting a line is basically admitting defeat and we often don't want to do that until it's too late. In fact, a footnote to my story is that I found myself at the same location about a year later with only a speargun - despite having sworn not to - and decided to shoot another big ling when presented with the opportunity. Low and behold the ling took off under this ledge and the spear got caught up in some debris, so much so that I couldn't remove it. I called my brother and a buddy over to help. I was having flashbacks from my previous incident and didn't want to play around down there, so they went down, retrieved my fish, and cut the shooting line at the knot, forfeiting my spear to the sea. Two times in a row that my spear got tangled. I couldn't believe it. I had no regrets about giving up that shaft before the situation got out of hand. And I haven't been back there without a polespear since.

[@SpearFactor]

@@andrewbland625that’s wild! I I understand your logic there!

[@andrewbland625]

@@SpearFactor by the way I wasn’t downplaying your situation by saying you weren’t tangled, just comparing notes. Happy New Year!

[@SpearFactor]

No worries! Happy new year!

[@DepthWish]

Wow, it's sooooo hard not to take the shot and it looked like you had him. Sorry that you lost him. It's always a learning experience and lucky you had good buddies...

[@SpearFactor]

Yes my dive buddies were on it. Always learning and staying humble

[@jd44usa]

Love this video. What is stone it?

[@SpearFactor]

When you shoot the fish in the brain and instantly dies

[@jd44usa]

@@SpearFactor Thank You, JD

[@adventures_per_mare]

Nice one Brett. Lesson learnt and now a shared lesson. Not easy to show mistakes but it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows hey. Cheers

[@dcro9903]

You are smart and fortunate enough to learn from your mistake and survive. Great video!

[@cblaster171]

Could you have fought it from the surface? Or it broke off?

[@matteozammit2662]

Found this video on reddit. Definitely going to subscribe, loved it!!

[@SpearFactor]

Thank you for the kind comments standby more videos to come

[@AkimMahsrim]

you should get a float for your gun, this has happened to me with a huge doggy and luckily i had a float so i let go of my gun and got some air and quickly went back to the fight! Seems like a cool channel so i subbed 🤙

[@castandspear]

Hell ya! Loved the voice over and lesson here

[@SpearFactor]

Thank you Jon

[@coconutskunk]

Glad you're ok but slightly disturbed that sucker got away lol

[@SpearFactor]

Thanks yes watching that fish take off hurt the heart

[@KuyaNono6457]

Done subscribing

[@SpearFactor]

Why?

[@CharllaEverettEverett]

Oh well bro new subscriber here so don’t worry about it, keep during your stuff

[@Nath-sn1mv]

Maybe they meant that they'd subrcribed

[@hankgoldenshaft]

Hard to resist for sure

[@SpearFactor]

@@hankgoldenshaft 💯

[@DavidYarafaisou]

Nice and be careful sir

[@MrSwatsteven]

Always attach your gun to your float!!!!!

[@marcomagistri8632]

Belt reel!

[@SpearFactor]

💯 lesson learned

[@titussalter8070]

"without hesitation" lol

[@SpearFactor]

Not the smartest thing I’ve ever done

[@dreamerfisherman3811]

for fun only not for food.

[@SpearFactor]

Always for food

[@drdeb_ocherry]

Why were you killing a fish?

[@Mike1989322]

To eat…better than going to the supermarket and buy one.

[@a_lowaeastside275]

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