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Noob Spearo Podcast | Spearfishing Tips, Stories and Interviews

Release Date: 09/12/2024

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Noob Spearo Podcast | Spearfishing Tips, Stories and Interviews

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Interview with Gui Bruges

Todays interview is with Gui Bruges from the Azores! Meet the man behind the videos and get an inside view into living and spearfishing on and around the Azores from a very talented spearo. Gui has been diving and spearfishing all his life and has learned a thing or two about hunting in the Azores. Learn about target species, Polvo, hunting white Trevally, Conger Eel, Cubera and loads more, how to hunt them and even a special mention on how to cook Barracuda. Some big lessons learned as well as we talk about losing friends at sea and a potential false sense of security when diving with buddies. Lots of info today from a legend who knows how to spear awesome fish!

Important times

00:13 Intro

09:20 Welcome Gui! How did you start spearfishing?

16:30 Tell us about the Azores Islands, your YouTube channel and target species

21:55 Dusky Groper

27:05 Barred Hogfish / Dogfish

31:40 Azores is not the spearfishing destination it once was

35:40 Polvo, White Trevally and seafood with your family

41:15 How do you train to dive and spearfish?

46:20 Barracuda hunting tips and how to cook them

53:20 Shorediving Wahoo and Amberjack, hunting tuna

58:15 Cubera Snapper, Ciguatera

01:02:15 Dive buddies and diving alone: losing friends next to you

01:07:50 Conger Eel tangling you up

01:13:55 Cave hunting tips: how to retrieve fish in caves without getting tangled

01:21:55 Veterans vault: vertical vs horizontal reels

01:31:00 Importing foreign fish

01:37:25 Eating a Conger Eel

01:41:10 XT Diving from Greece, fins, spearguns and gear

01:50:35 Funny stuff

01:53:10 Spearo Q&A

01:58:45 "It makes me a better person"

01:59:50 Outro

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