Spear Fishing On Scuba: "Sign me up!" or "Totally lame dude..."?

[Drew]

I was curious to get some discussion going on the ethics of spear fishing on scuba. What are your thoughts? Apparently; in some countries it's illegal to use scuba. I'm not judging either way. 1...2...3...go

 

[Sushi Boy]

Not being a spearfisher, I don't really have a dog in the fight.

I can say from a personal safety standpoint, I would feel better going out on a rig dive if I knew my boat mates would be freediving to spearfish rather than prowling around the whole time on scuba. I guess I would have an easier time keeping track of where they were and not feel like I was needing to look over my shoulder the whole dive.

From a very distant perspective, it does seem more sporting to spearfish while freediving rather than on scuba.

 

[Drew]

Not being a spearfisher, I don't really have a dog in the fight.

I can say from a personal safety standpoint, I would feel better going out on a rig dive if I knew my boat mates would be freediving to spearfish rather than prowling around the whole time on scuba. I guess I would have an easier time keeping track of where they were and not feel like I was needing to look over my shoulder the whole dive.

From a very distant perspective, it does seem more sporting to spearfish while freediving rather than on scuba.

I've never done it either. Freediving would seem to add a bit more challenge to it. I think if I were to try I'd do it free instead of on scuba.