What is truly saddening is that both of these people are extremely highly-regarded members of the NE and USA spearfishing community. Both of these people possess amazing ability, experience and skill. It is so sad and disheartening that they'd go down this road and tarnish otherwise incredible reputations.

I've met both of these people, and was so impressed with their skill and dedication to their sport. Dave Hochman currently holds the world spearfishing record for striped bass that was well-publicized - you can check it here: http://www.iusarecords.com/world_record_list.php

John Warnock is a spearfishing legend who I felt honored to have met. I am just very sad to read about this as it was something that did not have to happen. I hope better choices will be made in the future.