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Originally posted by shaneshac
Hello and welcome to the forum Fernando.

I am Shane and I am from Gibraltar. I will email you in spanish shortly. I am in the process of setting up my gear for tuna fishing in the straits (El Estrcho) this summer. I am waiting for a 115 Mamba modified gun with 8mm shaft.

Hello Shaca,

Our rope were not 2mm stainless steel cable, the "standard" for this kind of tuna. We were using low resistance (100 to 200 kg) monofilaments not adapted to this fishing. And they broke.


Enzo from Maorisub speaks very highly of you and so do all the spanich spearfishermen I know.

Enzo was in La Coruña last month and we fish a whole saturday. You can see our captures in a video in www.pescasub.com

As I wrote, they were rumours and obviously, for a catch that big there will always be people who doubt you.

I do not know why. When I see news from somebody that have done anti-ethical things (like trying to use "yesterday-fishes" in a championship) I surprise myself of somebody doing such stupid thing that shows the kid of people they are.

I ahve one very important question.

The tuna pic attached weighed 220 kilos. I could keeo this tuna from sinking with one hand.

Tuna weights 20% in water, so 220 kg represents 44 kg in water. Very strong hand you have. We pass a very bad time pulling our tuna to the boat. Two people to do that.

How come the first 2 tuna you killed all sank taking the bouys?

The mono broke.

Were they not tied properly.

What thickness shaft did you use for the Sporasub Stealth?

I used 6.5 mm first shoot and 7mm second.

I will use 8 and 9mm next time.

Fernando Abella