Michael talks about hunting fish without a fishing pole.
TODD
OK, Michael, uh you are into spear fishing.
MICHAEL
Yes, I enjoy going spear fishing.
TODD
OK. Uh, can you talk about that a bit?
MICHAEL
Yeah, sure. Umm spear fishing basically is a sport that you dive under the wate with the aid of flippers, wet suit and weights but you don't use oxygen at all, it's all, you um, hyperventilate before you go down to get your oxygen levels up then you dive down...yeah, and then you have to… sometimes you hide under rocks or actually stalk a fish, and when you see a species that is edible and of legal size, umm you can catch the fish.
TODD
Oh, Wow. Now spear fishing, does that mean you throw the spear?
MICHAEL
(No) …you use spear guns, umm which uses surgical rubber to propel the spear, uh, you just pull it down to cock it. It's kind of like a crossbow without the cross piece at the…(OK)
TODD
Yeah, yeah. So do you ever see sharks down there?
MICHAEL
Yeah, you occasionally see sharks, it depends on where you are. You see a lot of, there are some sharks called wabby-gones which are harmless sharks and they are actually quite friendly, and they won't attack you, but if you've caught some fish and you keep them on your purse and the blood goes into the water it can attract bigger sharks, and a few times when we've been spear fishing, uh we've actually had the sharks come down and take the fish while we're there and it's a little bit scary but the sharks themselves are, they just sit there and watch you in the water. They're kind of like dogs, they actually… it's scary because they follow you, and they look at you, and you turn around and they'll be sitting there looking at you, umm so most of the time we like to, when we catch the fish, to keep the blood out of the water we put them on a float that floats a fair way away from actually where you’re fishing as a safety precaution, but if, you know, of course, if you see too many sharks I just get out of the water.
TODD
Wow
MICHAEL
...that's nice and exciting.
TODD
Wow, it sounds like it!
MICHAEL
Yeah it’s great fun.
TODD
Alright, thanks a lot!
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