Interview with Trevor Ketchion
Trevor Ketchion from Submerged Psychos and Shrek team up to present a guide to spearfishing Southern Queensland including the Gold Coast, Northern NSW coastline, Sunny Coast and the lack of Brisbane shore-based spearfishing locations. Beforehand Shrek unveils 5-6 accessories crucial for GoPro users:)
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GoPro Accessories for Spearfishing (Amazon Affiliate Links)
- GoPro Hero Black 7
- External Hard Drive (I bought one like this)
- PC with an epic videocard
- Extra Batteries
- Battery Charger
- Supersuit
- SD Cards | SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDXC (64GB)
- Head Strap Mount on Amazon | Mako Chinstrap (Headstrap) made for spearfishing
- Tray Mount
If I missed anything or you have alt suggestions, chuck em in the comments!
Queensland Spearfishing Topics Include;
🐟 5-6 species to target in Queensland waters when starting out;
- Luderick Species | Drummer
- Flathead
- Bream and Tarwhine
- Parrot
- Tuskfish
- Surgeonfish
- Morwong
Grants Guide to Fish Book!
🌏 Popular locations (legal)
- Sunshine Coast: Point Arkwright
- Gold Coast/ Northern NSW: Kingscliff
- Brisbane | Offshore Moreton and North Stradbroke Island
How to find spearfishing spots (blogpost)
💁 Where to find more information
- Tweed Gold Coast Freedivers Club
- Southern QLD Spearfishing Facebook Group
- Fisheries Department Qld
- Australian Underwater Federation Queensland
🌞 Good weather and conditions for spearfishing
- Less than 1m swell
- High Tide (an hour or two before until 30 minutes past will generally hold the cleanest water)
- Avoid prolonged Easterly and Northerly winds as these make the water dirty
- Apps and Websites | BOM | Willyweather | SeaBreeze |
🧜 Noob Spearo Community questions
Noob Spearo Community on Facebook
Links mentioned:
- Rubbish Spearos on Facebook
- Submerged Psychos on YouTube | Facebook
- Guide to Shore Dive Spearfishing (Part 1)
- Grants Guide to Fish
- Spearo Log
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can i spearfish on open beaches in qld ? i know in nsw its 20mtrs from rocks max
G’day Guy, yes you can however pay attention to specific places and their rules. Headlands and off shore reef are two staples for shore dive spearfishing. In QLD it’s the enclosed waters that are generally off limits for spearfishing.