NSP:104 Sam Dawson Scrounging Masterclass

Noob Spearo Podcast | Spearfishing Tips, Stories and Interviews

Interview with Sam Dawson

Sam has significant experience diving all around Australia and regularly dives competitions. Today's chat has some really good insights into equipment and thinking about setups. We also get right into scrounging which is a collection of techniques for effective hunting in temperate waters. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about muffling equipment, entering caves effectively and some ideas about how to use a torch. Listen in:)

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Time Stamps

5:00 Sam's introduction to spearfishing. Early lessons learned

9:00 Memorable Fish - Dhufish W.A

13:30 Early Mentors: Mary-Anne Stacey - seven-time Australian Ladies Spearfishing Champion

39:00 Sam's Toughest Situation being chomped on by a shark in the middle of nowhere

52:00 Veterans Vault: Scrounging and Effectively Hunting Temperate Waters

72:00 Sam's Dive Bag

74:00 Spearo Q&A

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