The Frenchman Spearfishing Course

On Saturday I went out with Sam, aka @beardedspearo, on one of his underwater foraging courses, with the aim of hunting lobster. I went with the intention of just learning from Sam and had no expectations of actually landing a lobster. However, thanks to Sam’s guidance and instruction I managed to land two! I can’t recommend this course enough, or any course that Sam chooses to run for that matter. Sam is a natural coach/instructor, who’s energy, passion for what he does and easy going nature...

Well organized course in a small group allowing for one-to-one coaching. I liked the time taken to brief and answer questions before jumping in the water. Weather and sea visibility were not ideal and we jointly agreed to cut short the dive day. This is not of the organizer's doing and part of the "working with nature" risks we should all accept; regardless we were offered another practice slot in a future course at a date of our convenience; which is very fair ! I will certainly return to co...

I went on the "Bearded Spearo" lobster hunting course in late October 2022, with a few friends. Our aim was to turn occasionally spotting lobsters whilst hole-hunting Sussex to actually grabbing them, and then to start purposely hunting them in winter. Initially Sam shared his wealth of knowledge on how to find lobsters in different terrain, the areas to find them (or not find them), the signs to look for, and the different ways to extract them based on the type of hole/structure you find t...

What a day I had with the Frenchman and friends during my spearfishing course ! Being a total novice in the sport I never thought I would be able to dive to 10m and even shoot my first bass ! Max was Super attentive throughout the day and I learnt some vital skills needed in spearfishing . Would definitely recommend to anyone thinking of trying spearfishing or experts . Cheers to Sam the bass whisperer also !

The course with The Frenchman was brilliant. Max spent the morning teaching us better technique to help us become more efficient and improve the proportion of our dive that was spent on the bottom. We then spent time learning how to execute an effective rescue in case of a blackout. After this we spent the rest of the day with Max hunting at different depths and locations. I cannot recommend the course enough. Max is a brilliant teacher and was very patient.