Larry Carter

©2005 BY: Larry Carter
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Larry CarterPresidentInternational Underwater Spearfishing Association.

First, to Larry Carter's house, the head of the IUSA where he had graciously organized scales and witnesses, making my world-record documentation both efficient and enjoyable.Larry's scale read 93.4 pounds.Next, I drove to San Diego to the taxidermist for casting and mounting. When Bill receives his fish back from the taxidermist, he plans to have fish prints made—perhaps he'll make one for you!

The Lady In Question (1999) (TV) - Larry 'Cash' Carter Writer
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Murder in a Small Town (1999) (TV) - Larry 'Cash' Carter Writer

I have spent many days in the water and seen my partners once or maybe twice during the day," says Larry Carter, president of the International Underwater Spearfishing Association (www.freediver.net).
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This challenge is very narcotic," says Carter.

A skilled spearo, practicing restraint and mindful of hunting regulations, will often take only one fish for every eight hours of diving or one or two fish during a weeklong trip.

"I'm not a crazed killer with a lust for blood.I would no more go on a hunting trip and shoot Bambi than stick a needle in my eye," says Carter.
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Nasty stuff," says Carter.

Gone Fishing:

"I recently took a 40-something, competitive open-ocean swimmer and a 15-year-old girl with normal athletic ability diving.The male was very uncomfortable and saw a shark behind every shadow.The girl, totally fearless in very deep water, speared a fish that was larger than she was.It's 90 per cent mental and 10 per cent physical," says Carter, who recommends the following to get started:

Consult the Internet.
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"You need somebody who can handle your bodyweight and get your hulk out of the water and be able to bring you back," says Carter "The beauty of the ocean is unsurpassed ...

I have spent many days in the water and seen my partners once or maybe twice during the day," says Larry Carter, president of the International Underwater Spearfishing Association (www.freediver.net).
...
This challenge is very narcotic," says Carter.

A skilled spearo, practicing restraint and mindful of hunting regulations, will often take only one fish for every eight hours of diving or one or two fish during a weeklong trip.

"I'm not a crazed killer with a lust for blood.I would no more go on a hunting trip and shoot Bambi than stick a needle in my eye," says Carter.

There are three types of divers: competitors, who shoot small reef fish in monthly contests; game fishers, hoping to land a deep-water game fish; and big game hunters, who travel to exotic locales looking for the spectacular catch.

"Where there are trophy fish, there are, of course, giant sharks chasing the trophy fish.The big game hunter jumps into the briny blue and happily becomes the hunter being hunted.That's what makes his bell ring! …Around the next kelp stalk your prize fish might wait or your worst nightmare.It's very clear to all so-called ‘accomplished' divers that when you enter the depths you have become an immediate part of the food chain," says Carter, who has suffered punishing personal loss along the way.
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Nasty stuff," says Carter.

Gone Fishing:

"I recently took a 40-something, competitive open-ocean swimmer and a 15-year-old girl with normal athletic ability diving.The male was very uncomfortable and saw a shark behind every shadow.The girl, totally fearless in very deep water, speared a fish that was larger than she was.It's 90 per cent mental and 10 per cent physical," says Carter, who recommends the following to get started:

Consult the Internet.
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"You need somebody who can handle your bodyweight and get your hulk out of the water and be able to bring you back," says Carter "The beauty of the ocean is unsurpassed…" says Carter.

Police Chief Larry Carter has been charged with breaking into and entering the home of his wife's ex-husband and striking him in the head.

Larry Carter President of the Board

Larry is a retired Chief of Police serving for 32 years in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. He has been diving since the late 1950's and has had the pleasure and honor of diving with some of the sports legends such as the late great Al Schneppershoff and Yas Ikeda as well as Bob Stanbery, Charlie Sturgill, Gary Thompson, and Terry Maas.

Larry has held two IUSA World Records the most recent being a 122 pound Sailfish. He is a contributing writer to Hawaii Skin Diver Magazine often writing about Spearo adventures in Baja Mexico. He has just finished two terms as the President of the Los Angeles Fathomiers a spearfishing club having approximately a hundred members.

Larry had devoted his life to the support and service of his metropolitan community and he now plans to bring that same level of service to the Spearfishing Community. He encourages any and all input you may have in that regard.

Larry Carter

President, Los Angeles Fathomiers