Every adventure sport typically has various disciplines. Sometimes these depend on the practitioner's experience level, while other times they're simply different techniques.
Since the dawn of time, humans have developed various strategies for survival, giving rise to activities like hunting or fishing. Spearfishing is essentially just one method of obtaining prey from the water for sustenance. This is how it originated in early history, and to some extent has continued to this day.
If you're not a regular angler, you might wonder how it works - the explanation is as simple as imagining someone with a spear or speargun hunting underwater creatures. Diving with nothing but the air in your lungs will help you perform the activity, requiring you to be a freediving enthusiast or at least have some practice with it.
Freediving is the most natural way to immerse yourself in aquatic environments and establish a special connection with them. You need nothing but your body and your catching tool - the rest comes down to practice and willingness to improve in this water sport.
To practice spearfishing you'll need a regional licence, as each autonomous community has its own regulations. Typically these licences last one year, though each Region may additionally require a federative licence.
We also recommend having the following documents:
- Public liability insurance. This way, though nothing should go wrong, you'll be covered.
- Medical certificate. Obtained through a medical examination proving you're in full physical and mental health for this type of fishing. Depending on your Autonomous Community, you may need the doctor to be a hyperbaric chamber specialist.
- Federative licence. Legally there's no strict requirement - no law demands it - however FEDAS (the federation covering spearfishing) does require it.
Dare to try spearfishing - the most thrilling form of fishing, where it's just you and your prey. You'll get exercise and won't need to buy fish from the supermarket.
