Next week i will be diving a wreck at 43 meters on which I have seen a school of about 15 cobia each approximately 1.5 - 2.0 meters long. They are generally swimming around behind a large marble ray (about 4 m wingspan)
I will be diving with twin tanks and a stage bottle and be armed with a 51" Riffe Competitor - curently with a 4 9/16" powerbands and a detacheable head. No reel.
This will be my most adventurous hunt so I would appreciate a bit of advice:
These cobia are pretty curious and I reckon one will just swim up to me and be within 2 meters range.
1. Where should i shoot it? Head on whil it is checking me out or wait until it is turning and hit in the side of the head?
2. I currently have no reel on the gun. The bottom depth is only 43 meters so I can't be dragged deeper but I suppose I could be dragged off the wreck. Could a cobia that size really start dragging me around? If so, how can I run a float at that depth?
3. How to kill it if not with first shot? No option to grab a second gun.
4. I will have to take about 15 minutes to get to the surface because it will be a decompression dive. Should I just put a lift bag on the fish on send it to the surface and leave it for the boat to worry about?
Anything else I need to think about?
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