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Eckart Benkenstein

Noob Spearo Podcast | Spearfishing Tips, Stories and Interviews

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Info Night: Whitsundays Spearfishing Retreat 6-10 August 2023 We had our info night for the upcoming Whitsundays Spearfishing Retreat with Noob Spearo and Salt Sessions! We invited a bunch of the Noob Spearo community to join us for a zoom call to find out more about the spearfishing and sailing retreat coming up in a month's time! All your questions + all the details you need to know about the trip: when to arrive, what gear to bring, where exactly to go, what type of diving we'll be doing, the target species we'll be chasing and everything else you wanted to know!  We can't wait to go sailing and spearfishing with you all!  Important times:  00:13 Intro 03:10 Welcome to the info night! 03:45 Reintroducing Eckart! 06:15 Logistics: where do we start the trip? 08:30 What fish are we targeting? Will we be able to vacuum seal and freeze it to take home? 10:20 Sleeping arrangements and spearfishing from a sailboat 13:35 Day 1 freedive refresher 15:00 What diving to expect 17:00 What gear do I need to bring? 20:10 Competitions and games onboard 20:45 Do we dive off the sail boat or will there be tender boats? 24:35 Food onboard the boat 25:30 Flying with your speargun 28:25 Is it going to be a spearfishing or a freediving trip? 30:05 When will the next trip be? 35:40 Insurance 37:10 Some of the best eating fish in Australia 38:35 Flying in for the trip 40:40  42:20 Last thoughts 44:30 What water conditions can we expect? 47:25 Speargun and roller gun advice 54:20 Outro    Listen in and subscribe on iOS or Android  Important Links                  Noob Spearo Partners and Discount Codes  . Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout – Flat shipping rate, especially in AUS!  – Use the code NOOB10 to save 10% off anything store-wide. Free Shipping on USA orders over $99  | Simple, Effective, Dependable Wooden Spearguns. Use the Code NOOB to save $30 on any speargun:)  | 10% off for listeners with code: NOOBSPEARO  | Get 10% off Sharkshield Technology | Freedom7 or Scuba7 enter the code NOOBSPEARO  | ‘Spearo Dad’ | ‘Jobfish Tribute’ | 99 Spearo Recipes use the code SPEARO to get 20% off any course  28-day Freediving Transformation | Equalization Masterclass – Roadmap to Frenzel  | The 5 minute Freediver | Break the 10 Meter Barrier – Use the code NOOBSPEARO to save . Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing  | Wickedly tough and well thought out gear! Check out the legendary

NSP:232 Whitsundays Sail & Spear Q&A | Eckart Benkenstein

Interview with Eckart Benkenstein Today's interview is with Eckart Benkenstein from Salt Sessions! Today is all about Southern Bluefin Tuna: how to hunt them, how to land them, how to bleed and care for them and most importantly: how to get the best seafood out of them! Caring for your catch taken to the next level as we also talk about dry aging, ceviche, 99 Spearo Recipes and so much more! Eckart runs some awesome spearfishing and freediving retreats and he has a few trips coming up soon in and around Australia as well as a massive trip to South Africa for a spearfishing and safari retreat! Visit  to find out more and book your spot! There's even rumors of Eckart and Shrek teaming up for a Noob Spearo and Salt Sessions spearfishing retreat soon! Check the links mentioned below and contact Shrek to tell him you're interested!   Important times:  00:13 Intro 11:55 Welcome Eckart! 13:50 Your courses are great! Kilsby Sinkhole 15:40 Seafood on the  16:15 Hunting Southern Bluefin Tuna -ocean to plate &amp; a fisheries success story 19:50 Minimum size for Bluefin 23:35 Sexual maturity and sustainable hunting 25:15 Caring for your catch and tuna hunting gear 33:00 Bleeding tuna 38:10 Processing the fish vs preparing your hunting gear 42:15 What do you do when you get the fish home?  45:10 How to break down a tuna 48:25 Storage and transporting a large fish 50:25 Aging tuna at least 48 hours - fresh vs aged | 99 Spearo Recipes 55:30 smoked tuna 01:00:55 Dive watches - pro's and cons. Suunto, Garmin, Cressi, etc 01:08:55  01:13:15 Apple iWatch for high performance freediving? 01:17:00  01:19:45 Improving your technique - 1 word prompts and breaking the action into separate parts 01:35:00 Tell us about your freediving retreats! Whitsundays Retreat 01:39:10 Taking Noobs out to dive 01:41:00 African spearfishing retreat 01:46:00 Noob Spearo &amp; Salt Sessions Great Barrier Reef retreat 01:49:35 How to get involved in these awesome retreats! 01:52:00 Noob Spearo and Kieren Limpus weekend spearfishing course 01:54:10 How do you do your ceviche? 01:57:15 Thanks for being on the show! 01:58:10 Outro    Listen in and subscribe on iOS or Android    Important Links   Shrek@noobspearo.com Info@saltsessions.com.au               Noob Spearo Partners and Discount Codes  . Use the code NOOBSPEARO save $20 on every purchase over $200 at checkout – Flat shipping rate, especially in AUS!  – Use the code NOOB10 to save 10% off anything store-wide. Free Shipping on USA orders over $99  | Simple, Effective, Dependable Wooden Spearguns. Use the Code NOOB to save $30 on any speargun:)  | 10% off for listeners with code: NOOBSPEARO |  | ‘Spearo Dad’ | ‘Girls with Gills’ | ‘Jobfish Tribute’ use the code SPEARO to get 20% off any course and the code NOOBSPEARO to get 40% off any and all courses!  28-day Freediving Transformation (CODE: NOOB28 for 15% off) | Equalization Masterclass – Roadmap to Frenzel | Free Courses | Freediving Safety Course | How to Take a 25-30% Bigger Breath!  | The 5 minute Freediver | Break the 10 Meter Barrier – Use the code NOOBSPEARO to save $ . Listen to 99 Tips to Get Better at Spearfishing  | Wickedly tough and well thought out gear! Check out the legendary