I gotta post here first so here it goes.
Grew up in FL and Bermuda... Snorkled and Dived both . In Bermuda we would go after the sea urchins and sell them to the asian markets. Now that I'm stateside in NOVA i want to get back into the sport but add a spear into the mix.
I walk the shorelines locally in the fresh water/ brackish for the snakeheads with a homemade spear.
I was inspired to get into spearfishing on my recent trip to NC where I saw a guy come up with 2 36" Stripers. Yeah, 4 days of fishing and all I had was a few skates, a flounder, a blue fish and that was it. To save face I bought fresh fish at the market.
I don't ever want another trip to turn out that way. I did harvest 10 5gal buckets of oysters though/.