Interview with Luke Potts
Todays interview is with Luke Potts, aka @AquaticRehab and now @luke_likes_ledges from New Zealand! Today is a big chat all about the mental side of life and how it affects our spearfishing, life on land and the world we live in. Shrek and Luke discuss ways to get ahead of and treat depression and anxiety and the role that spearfishing plays in managing your mental health. Luke also shares some great spearfishing tips on how to hunt snapper and using ledges to stalk fish, or “snapper snooping”. If today’s episode has helped in any way or made you think of life a bit differently, reach out and let us know in the comments!
Big news! Luke is crowdfunding an awesome new wetsuit design! Get in on the action here!
Important times
- 00:13 Intro
- 05:30 Welcome back Luke! Osmo vs GoPro
- 09:00 Out The Gate
- 11:05 Mental health issues
- 19:25 How do you treat your health?
- 25:30 Spearfishing as therapy
- 30:00 How to treat depression and get help
- 43:20 The art of ledge hunting!
- 48:20 Why big fish stay too far away
- 50:15 What advice do you give to noob snapper spearos?
- 52:55 How to stalk fish in open ground
- 57:20 Dealing with silly comments
- 01:10:10 Catch and release vs catch and cook
- 01:15:30 If you can film a fish, you can hunt them
- 01:20:40 Crowdfunding your new wetsuit design!
- 01:26:30 Creating, writing and stand up comedy
- 01:36:05 Mental process
- 01:44:55 What’s next in your life?
- 01:48:40 Last thoughts
- 01:51:40 Outro
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