The Spearo's Guide is a 2-DVD reference compilation covering everything divers need to know to start Spearfishing. Beginning with the absolute basics, to equipment specifics and rigging options, to actual hunting with real footage showing examples. Rounding it all up with how to clean and prepare your fish.

Special Introductions by Denny O'Hearn of the Fishing Rights Alliance and Martin Stepanek of Freediving Instructors International.

Written & Narrated by Les Moscariello with special guest divers:
Patrick Smith, Shane Burns, Carey "Stoker" Larsen, Brian Lee, Harry Kambouropoulos, Rob Sterling, Antonio Andreon, German Martinez, Rob Little, Ben Alvarez, Justin Richardson, Josh Larsen and more from the Palm Beach Freedivers.

Disk one trailer

Disk one contents:

Introduction

Special Guest Introduction:
Denny O'Hearn from the
Fishing Rights Alliance
FRA

Special Guest Introduction:
Martin Stepanek from
Freediving Instructors International
FII

Personal Gear

All of the basic topics including the following:
Masks & Snorkels
Fins & Booties
Wetsuits
Gloves & Weights
Knives
Stringers
What about Sharks?
Miscellaneous items

Polespears & Slings

In this chapter we talk about...well...
Polespears & Slings
We go over the different sizes, materials, tips
loading procedures, etc.

Patrick Smith shows us some real world
examples with polespears and a sling.

Spearguns

We explain the differences between the various
types of spearguns, their basic setup and how
to load each one in the following sub-chapters.

Overview
American
Euro
Pneumatics
Summary

Harry Kambouropoulos shares his expertise on
Pneumatics on a dive in Palm Beach.

Rigging

If you plan to take up Spearfishing, you will need
to learn some rigging techniques. We take you
through some key points here:

Standard Setup
Floatline Setup
Reel Setup
Knots for a Reel
Breakaway Setup
Shooting Lines
Power Bands
Sharpening Shafts

Getting The Fish

There's more than one way to do this. This is not
an in-depth chapter on all of them, but we wanted
to point out the most common ways to get in
the water and out to the fish.

Preview
Shore Diving
Kayak Diving
Personal Watercraft
Boat Diving

Disk two trailer

Disk two contents:

Hunting Techniques

Finally, on to the good stuff. This chapter is all
underwater and 40 minutes of footage with
a narration describing the technique and
skills listed here:

Fish ID, Shot Placement, Tips & Tricks,
Aspeto, Stalking, Silencing Fish, Creating
Interest, Looking in Holes, Looking on Rays
and Sharks, Spearing Schooling Fish, Buddy
Teams, Dangerous Fish, Deep Wrecks and
a brief section on Bluewater Hunting and
what to expect miles offshore.

Care For Your Catch

There is no better meal than fresh
caught fish and the satisfaction of
preparing it yourself the same day.
This chapter really shows you what you
need to know to get started with:

Cleaning Fish
Lobster Prep
Seal & Storage
Seasoning
Grilling

Credits

I have a lot of people and businesses to
thank for their efforts, support and time.
Thanks for all of your help, I could not have
done this myself or without all of your
dedicated support.

Additionally, we close the DVD with
The Spearfishing Code of Conduct
as put together by Chip Bissell
aka Seacidal and his team.

Review

At Pursuit Spearfishing we know good videos. We only offer for sale videos that we've seen and consider to be a good value in one or more of the following categories:

Quality of video.
Instructive/informative.
Continuity, storyline, narration.
Shot fish footage.
Location footage
Level of freediving.
Divers appearing in video.

The Spearo's Guide is a locally (South Florida) produced DVD by the president of the West Palm Beach Freedivers club. It's a very good basic to intermediate instructional video covering a wide range of gear and its usage. I'd highly recommend it to a someone starting out in spearfishing. It doesn't have a lot of interesting hunting footage, but then that's not what this video claims to be. Our very own Greekdiver makes a cameo appearance in the pneumatic spearguns segment