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Hey everyone,

My name is Jon, and I live in South Florida. I've been diving my whole life (freediving and scuba) but just recently got into spearfishing. I just bought a Riffe Euro Series 100x and can't wait to start using it :). Although I live in South Florida, I do most of my diving in Grand Cayman, that is where my Dad's side of the family is from and I go visit them very often. Too bad spearguns are illegal there.. I hope to learn a lot on here and share my experiences while out on the water. I got a GoPro Hero3 for my birthday so I'll have many videos to post :).

Quote from LunkerBuster

Welcome. My understanding of cayman laws was that locals could get a permit to spear. Has that changed?

it hasnt changed, but it is VERY hard to get a permit and you have to have a gun already on the island. Can't import a new one. All the spearguns my dad had when he was younger are all gone, my grandfather threw them away :crying:

Thanks for the welcomes everyone. I will make sure I post up my GoPro vids. Im going to Cayman from May 2nd-6th so ill have plenty of footage to post

i was thinking about maybe building one with my dad. I worked with the Department of Environment down there for a few summers, so I know some people, and have good family ties. My family was one of the first settlers on the island lol. It shouldnt be too hard to get one, the problem would be with customs. Ill look into it while Im down there though.