{"id":330,"date":"2022-10-07T05:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T05:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2022-10-07T05:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T05:09:55","slug":"freediver-spears-world-record-drum-while-8-months-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Freediver Spears World-Record Drum&#8230;While 8 Months Pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A potential new world-record black drum was speared by a Florida freediver on Oct. 1, during the first day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/destinrodeo.info\/default.cfm?fuseaction=home.welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Destin Fishing Rodeo<\/a>. While spearfishing can be a challenging, lung-busting sport for even the fittest freedivers, 40-year-old Julie Augustine managed to spear the big drum while eight months pregnant, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedestinlog.com\/story\/news\/local\/2022\/10\/05\/pregnant-destin-florida-freediver-julie-augustine-lands-pending-world-record\/8166498001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Destin Log.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgil.osterloh%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02T7sHppSuWsQUTxLgeo8tzqnWiSAyJpzxvawXH23UYFJzx5S9UKpmpcyZkjH2PrMl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"584\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Captain Joe D\u2019Agostino told the Log that he spotted a school of drum in Choctawhatchee Bay, and called his friend Augustine to see if she wanted to go fishing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want to go find a world record?\u201d he asked. Conditions were calm, which meant it would be a relatively easy day on the water for Augustine, who is in her third trimester.<\/p>\n<p>The pair located the school again at a depth of 8 to 10 feet. While visibility was good on the surface, said Augustine, it was much more difficult to see fish once she entered the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t see the tip of my spear,\u201d she told the Log. Then a drum swam by. \u201cI saw its shadow. In the water and from my vantage point it was a big shadow. So, I took a shot and it was a good shot. I brought it up and I was hoping and praying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rather than using a speargun, Augustine was fishing with a \u201cprimitive\u201d 9-foot Bermudian slip-tip pole spear, which has a range of roughly 10 feet. The drum didn\u2019t tear out, and Augustine was able to boat the big fish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/fishing\/spearfishing-lake-powell-tournament-photos\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PHOTOS: Spearfishers Shoot Thousands of Pounds of Carp from Lake Powell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suspecting it might be a spearfishing world-record, Augustine and D\u2019Agostino boated to the Destin Fishing Rodeo, which runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31. They weighed the black drum on the event\u2019s certified scales at 37.8 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Augustine is submitting her fish for certification with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iusarecords.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">International Underwater Spearfishing Association<\/a>, which manages records for spearfishing. (The International Game Fish Association only keeps records for fish landed with traditional tackle.) The current world-record black drum in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iusarecords.com\/RecordsWorld.aspx?Filter=4\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Sling\/Polespear category<\/a> weighed 36.3 pounds and was speared in the U.S. by Lucie Cardet in 2018. The record black drum in the Men\u2019s division, speared in 2014, weighed 50.1 pounds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/fishing\/pregnant-woman-spears-world-record-drum\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A potential new world-record black drum was speared by a Florida freediver on Oct. 1, during the first day of the Destin Fishing Rodeo. While spearfishing can be a challenging, lung-busting sport for even the fittest freedivers, 40-year-old Julie Augustine managed to spear the big drum while eight months pregnant, reports The Destin Log. 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