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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