Category Lineage
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Chamorro fishing, drawn by Alphonse Pellion, c. 1817
Lineage — No. 01
A Tradition More Than 4,000 Years Deep

No cows, no pigs, no goats. The ancient Chamorro people lived almost entirely from the ocean — their diet built on reef fish, deep-sea pelagics, and a relationship with the water that outside observers described as unlike anything they had ever witnessed.

"No better seamen or divers have ever been known to exist." — Fray Juan Pobre, 1602
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Uncle Jerry's House
Wood & Materials
Where it all started
That house is where my spearfishing journey started. My uncle is gone now, and my family had moved on — so before it was lost for good, I pulled some of the beams.
Oct 2024 Read →
Trigger mechanism
Craft
Lifetime Trigger Award
When you're tracking a fish, the last thing on your mind should be whether your gun will fire. We put in the work on the bench so you don't have to think about it in the water.
Mar 2025 Read →
Tagåfi' (red sea bass)
Guam Waters · Public Health
Ciguatera: The Not Good, All Bad and Real Ugly — What Our Fishermen Should Know
It has no taste, no smell, and survives cooking. What every spearfisher on this island needs to know before the catch hits the table.
2026 Read →
Guam reef waters — scuba spearfishing ban
Guam Waters
Scuba Fishing: The Update Since Guam Finally Blew the Whistle
Guam banned scuba spearfishing in March 2020 — one of the last Pacific jurisdictions to do so. Here's the legislative timeline and what the data shows on reef recovery since.
Jun 2026 Read →