Spearfishing
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Freediving, Spearfishing, Videos
Winter spearfishing, kill shot with mittens
TweetAfter shooting a winter spearfishing episode of Off the Hook, Extreme Catches with Eric Young (you can find it on torrents, it’s season two) we continued fishing in the icy waters of the St-Laurent. JJ and me had our big mittens and all the winter neoprene trimming required. I got so used to shooting with [...]
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Freediving, Spearfishing, Travel, Videos
Bimini, hawaiian sling spearfishing compilations.
TweetLast October, I bought a 27 foot sailboat and I eventually sailed to the Bahamas. I stayed in Bimini most of the time since the good fishing is on the west side of the island string and the wind is invariably from the east… Anyway, it’s a really good setup for spearfishing. As you may know, in [...]
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Freediving, Spearfishing, Tips, Training
Training for spearfishing.
TweetSome people keep asking about my training advise. I had written something a while back. It’s still pretty much what I would suggest today. Here it goes: Reaching for the bottom on one’s breath is an enjoyable exercise of defiance in a society that values more security and comfort than living. It also defies the [...]
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Big catch, Spearfishing, Travel
Block Island with Shimy, Chris and Jimmy
TweetShimy and I left Montreal on Monday afternoon. It was the first time Shimy took the 8 hour trip to Rhode Island. We were going for three days of bass fishing on Block Island. Chris had offered us to sleep on his boat and I had been able to secure ferry reservations for my car. [...]
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Photography, Spearfishing, Videos
Feeding bluegills
TweetMore and more often, the St-Lawrence Seaway becomes so warm that it is possible to dive without a wetsuit. It seems each new year we beat the previous’ year heat records. Here I am feeding tooty bluegills in my speedo.
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Cuban lionfish sting experience!
TweetSince the lionfish population is targeted for eradication we decided to help and try our hand at pole spearing lionfish. We were quite successful. We speared dozens without much incident… until this time. We were diving a wreck in 70 feet of water.



