where the modern spearfishin is born

I was raised on the med but I was 12 years old when we moved to North America. I still did some shallow diving as a child. I'm hoping you med guys will put some stories in this section.

Ricky, What do you mean by "modern spearfishing" and what year approx did it start in the med?

I once started a thread on when was the first modern spearfishing. The first step was to define the difference from before and after because using a spear to throw into the water is very old. I think the line between old and modern can be drawn when the spear became propelled with a force other than the thrust of the arm and was used completely submerged in conjunction with the use of some kind of goggles. Most people had the idea that it started in the US but it was a US forum. It is possible though that some developments took place independently but concurrently in the US and Europe. Jack Prodonovich would talk about the first home made goggles they made. The nice thing is that in those times even though equipment was not so good there was little competition from other spearfishers and more fish.

I'm native from the French Riviera... and I began spearing as a little boy!
Spearfishing practice began there in the early thirties
Almost "modern" technics used by spearos were improvised and improved by local South of France spearos
the first american book writen by a US spearo was by Guy Gilpatric in 1934: " The Complete Goggler", at the time he stayed on the french Riviera and observed french colleagues there.

instead of hanging bull balls from our rear truck bumpers, we should hang his mask balls instead! Will look better in South Florida :thumbsup2:

How about mullet roe?

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I'm native from the French Riviera... and I began spearing as a little boy!
Spearfishing practice began there in the early thirties
Almost "modern" technics used by spearos were improvised and improved by local South of France spearos
the first american book writen by a US spearo was by Guy Gilpatric in 1934: " The Complete Goggler", at the time he stayed on the french Riviera and observed french colleagues there.

I read this book when I was 8 years old and it led me to my first breathhold dives in a very cold Connecticut lake. I need to buy it again some day, but they are big bucks if you can find one.
All the best, Don Paul