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Hunting dinner underwater with a spear and a single held breath, like a polite shark.
means Hunting fish underwater by shooting or thrusting a spear at them, often while diving on a single breath with a mask and fins.
from A plain English compound of 'spear' and 'fishing.' 'Spear' descends from Old English 'spere,' a sharp-pointed throwing weapon with deep Germanic roots, while 'fishing' comes from Old English 'fisc,' the catch itself. The compound is modern, naming a practice far older than the word — humans have been jabbing pointed sticks at fish for millennia.
- breath only
- Most spearos free-dive, no scuba tanks allowed in competitions
- ancient gig
- Humans speared fish over 16,000 years ago
- selective kill
- You choose your target, so no accidental bycatch
- shallow danger
- Blackout from held breath kills more than sharks do
- polespears first
- The simplest version is just a sharpened stick and rubber
for instance
hawaiian spearfishing — traditional pacific hunting method using poles and nets, still practiced in hawaii and polynesia today