Angler's Planet Author

Spearfishing is a sport growing very quickly in New Zealand. Matt Lind has been doing it for quite a few years and has some good advice for those wanting to get into the water. For me, spearfishing has become an obsession. Over the last 10 years it has taken up more and more of my free time and has now become the central focus of my working life as well.

Winter still has its grip on the watery world at this time of year, however Matt Lind shares how to pick the hot conditions for cold water diving and hunting.

About January last year I was eating breakfast watching TV, about to start a day’s paua diving in the Chatham Islands, when the news of a shark attack off the Auckland coast came on.

Nothing is more kiwi than catching a feed of crays. I’d hazard the guess that they’re one of the main reasons that most people get into diving in the first place.

I guess whenever you do something for long enough you begin to get a bit stale on it. The initial thrill wears off and the novelty wanes.

Matt Lind sharing valuable advice on one of the most important aspects of spearfishing; timing. Like most fishing, timing is everything when spearfishing from the shore…

Summer brings warmer waters, species variety and, of course, demands from the family to fill the table with seafood for Christmas. Here are some tips for divers hoping to catch snapper, kingfish and crayfish this December.

Matt Lind goes back to his fishing roots and fulfils his boyhood dreams with his new camping set up. Nothing is more Kiwi than a summer camping holiday.

As an adventure sport, spearfishing can be very safe; but the ocean is an unforgiving environment to the underprepared.

Let’s face it, winter spearfishing can be hard. Good weather days are fewer and further apart, and the thought of climbing into a cold wetsuit isn’t really the most attractive thought as you lie in bed. However, it’s not all bad…