Spearfishing for BFT?

[Badlatitude]

Id it legal to spearfish for BFT in the United States? The captain who used to run my boat down south asked me about it last week when I went to visit and I wasnt sure.

 

[googinhater]

He got some big balls man big ass balls

 

[Badlatitude]

He got some big balls man big ass balls

Kade has gills bro. U put him in the water and fish boxes fill up.

 

[googinhater]

Ill take two lol good luck to him ill take him if legal

 

[Badlatitude]

ugh its bays tuna only under a charter permit. No sale allowed. NMFS takes all the fun out of life!

 

[pugsley]

spearing them is alright, but nothing beats noodling for them

 

[steveinak]

spear'em go for a ride, kill'em then stick a hook in its mouth.

 

[Badlatitude]

The only logical way to do it would be to buoy them IF it were legal :?

 

[twister]

No spearing bluefin
All other tuna can be shot with a speargun

 

[googinhater]

I say if a man has the balls to get in and shoot them let him

 

[Aloop]

The only logical way to do it would be to buoy them IF it were legal :?

Say What?

 

[twister]

The gun shoots the spear, the line off the spear searches from the gun and is connected to a float. Diver is out of the loop. Lat time this came up for approval they didn't allow blue fin. I had all the gear to shoot one, was an avid spear fisherman at the time. Anyway if someone shoots one it will be bad for that guy. All other tuna are fair game though

 

[Badlatitude]

The gun shoots the spear, the line off the spear searches from the gun and is connected to a float. Diver is out of the loop. Lat time this came up for approval they didn't allow blue fin. I had all the gear to shoot one, was an avid spear fisherman at the time. Anyway if someone shoots one it will be bad for that guy. All other tuna are fair game though

NMFS need to get their head out of their ass. A US diver cant shoot a BFT yet the Japs can rape the ocean on a daily basis. Its absurde

 

[twister]

As I understand it they fear it being used as a powered harpoon,
But they don't work for crap out of the water.

 

[easyridersfd]

There is a book named last of the blue water hunters that is pretty good reading its about spear fishing in the South Pacific

 

[Lion's Paw]

Previous posts are correct, bft not allowed. I made inquiry as I know freedivers very capable of taking a fish this size with a speargun and they wanted to set up a hunting trip with me. Was first told I had to change category to harpoon, then told not was not allowed. I gave up looking into it and we just don't try for them.

To hunt blue water game this size you do use a surface float behind the gun, which is typically a good sized gun with multiple bands and a heavy shaft spear. I have seen divers come up with some very large fish, but it takes skill to do it right. A well placed shot and they are stone dead and don't fight much at all. A poor shot and things are very different...