Freediver Nicole DIVING for LOBSTER + STRANGE Lobsters Carcasses EVERYWHERE! What's the DEAL?

Another fun beach dive grabbing some lobsters, but have you ever seen someone with an immobilized arm in a sling work out how to still dive and lobster? Well that’s my friend Jimmy (@jamesjoeyross ) who just had a surgery where they put a plate on a totally broken clavicle bone. He was given the clear to be in the water and have light movement. To me, I love how it represents getting past our own excuses and stories on why doing something we love isn’t the “right time”, it’s “inconvenient”, “uncomfortable”, we won’t be our “best” and might even look ridiculous or FAIL. But to still show up and enjoy life in despite our insecurities and doubts is one of the greatest gifts I think we can give ourselves, and we NEVER regret it after we show up!

Also we happened to come across more dead whole and broken lobsters scattered around than I have ever seen. In fact, I had never seen anything like that and it was EVERYWHERE not just what I show in the video. Any ideas? What is serial killing these lobsters? Lol…Octopus? Nurse sharks (our guess)? This was immediately after mini-season so at first I blamed divers for illegally trying to get lobster by ripping off and hiding their tails while still diving (this enables them to get more than the legal limit because they are hiding extra tails…it’s common unfortunately) but then it appeared as something else. Let me know your ideas!
Sorry for extra shaking here and there, my 1 armed friend is even managing to film me while juggling everything else lol, and my gopro extender was rusted stiff during that time (fixed now). Enjoy!
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I originally found this sport on my own, and have spent hours researching info/watching others videos, and holding my breath on my couch, lol. I did some things the harder way initially, hence you will notice I'm wearing wetsuits with no weight belt (didn't even own one yet). I did that the whole first cold season lol, it was really hard to stay underwater being so buoyant and hunt/shoot fish, but I worked it out!

I leave a lot of full clips that may not seem so eventful, but for me it really represents a lot of what is the reality of (at least my experience in) freediving/spearfishing. For me, it's 90%+ about the beauty, the freedom, the moments, the nature, being in harmony, witnessing another world full of life, and then there is the hunting aspect that comes in after, and doesn't conflict with the other appreciations. When I spear and kill a fish, or a lobster, anything...I respect that life and that it is suffering so much, and I want that to show in every way I handle that creature. Then to be as humane as possible even in how they are killed (quickly). It is not lost on me that until I came along, that creature was living a life, and that it ended so I could be nourished, and I always give my thanks and respect. On a side note, it always "bugs" me a little (pun intended, lol) when people throw around lobsters like they are not alive and experiencing misery, I even kill them (knife through head) BEFORE I twist their tails off so they don't experience a slow death. I just like to share these ideas, because I think as the evolved species that is hunting, we can be conscious about how we end something's life, unlike the rest of the animal kingdom that can't. Just sharing my 2 cents here :) To each their own though.

You might notice..I don't "only" hunt big, impressive, trophy fish (to say the least! lol). 99% of these dives were from walking to the beach carrying my gear, and swimming offshore a couple hundreds yards out to the 1st reef. There is a lot of spectacular life out here, but I can easily dive a few hours and only come across a few good fish. I'm out there to have fun, dinner is a bonus, and I don't have any ego about the size...my attitude is that I'm grateful to have it and it's going to be delicious fried up. Heck…small means will fit right in the pan- whole! Yummy! lol.

Yes, I often dive solo. I made sure I was knowledgeable in enough ways to minimize the biggest risks, and the rest of the risk I accept. I NEVER push my breath holds while diving. I would ONLY do that with someone watching me directly, knowing I'm pushing it, in case I blacked out. I dive within my comfort zone, I won't risk trying to hold a little longer, a little longer, just for that fish...because I understand there is no forgiveness in that kind of error, if you end up blacking out. So I listen to my body and surface before I really need to, I pay attention to the time I'm down. Boats are the other thing I look out for constantly, and then the sharks...but it's not sharky around here at all (very rare to see other than a nurse). I tie off my float and keep my fish there, they're only on my hip for a short time.

Thanks for watching! May everyone get to be able to get out and do something they love! - Nicole

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