Come and join us on Saturday the 16th of April at Playa Frans to learn more about freediving, help to catch the invasive lionfish or just have a great day on the beach. From 9.00 am we'll have a freediving presentation/introduction, free for anyone that is interested. At 10.00 am we'll go in the water and start looking for lionfish that will be caught by trained lionfish hunters. Later that day, around 3.00 pm we'll start up our potluck BBQ and everyone will get the chance try our fresh caught lionfish. Please make sure to bring some cold drinks and snacks. For those that don't have snorkel gear, equipment will be available.

For more information contact info@bonphotobonaire.com or check us out on www.facebook.com/bonphotobonaire

Hope to see you all there.

- BonPhoto -

On Saturday the 16th of April BonPhoto organized its first freediving event.
Many gathered on the beach at Playa Frans,
where people could learn about freediving during a presentation
that was given by an Apnea Academy instructor.

After all questions were answered most people went into the water
to apply newly acquired knowledge and techniques.
There was free snorkel gear to use for those that did not have their own
and some chose to use one of the kayaks made available.

As many people were snorkeling and freediving
we had the great opportunity to search for lionfish.
Since many of the invasive species are found in relatively shallow waters,
most were easily spotted from the surface and after being located,
caught by trained lionfish hunters.

In between dives, people enjoyed the beach of Playa Frans
and snacks from the BBQ that was lit around noon.

Late afternoon, between 4pm and 6pm proved to be a happy hour
were 40 lionfish were caught by only two hunters
thanks to the help of all the freediving spotters that were constantly looking for lionfish.

After all the diving we were able to remove 59 lionfish from the reef among 4 hunters.
About half of the fish were cleaned on site and prepared on the BBQ
to be enjoyed by all participants and local fishermen of Playa Frans.
The other half was brought to a local restaurant to expose more people to the great meat that lionfish offers.

Thanks to all of you that joined for making this day such a success and
hope to see all of you on our next event which will be announced soon.

For more information please contact info@bonphotobonaire.com
or check us out on www.facebook.com/bonphotobonaire

We just posted a video on the Freediving event we organized last week at Playa Frans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplbIr91IIA

Wow..Thanks for posting..You guys make it look EASY...