I was out at LJ with two buddies diving from shore and saw two kayak divers out there in the afternoon (bet. 2-4pm).
Your gun sounds underpowered. One of the buddies I was diving with had the same problem last year (his first year). I believe he had the same gun too. He shot six fish and only landed one. We started calling him the "mangler" as the fish invariably died. He bought a Riffe off Ebay and has landed all (one so far) his fish since.
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