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Originally Posted by Mr. X
I used to think a belt stringer a bad idea - something else to snag/get caught underwater and, in more shark infested areas, draw in sharks. It doesn't seem to be much of an issue in the UK though. I suppose as long as you can cut it (i.e. mono or cord rather than steel), it could be quite useful. Float stringer seems a safe bet to start with though.
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In general I agree with you about belt stringers, but it depends on how and where you dive. I'm always diving from a boat, and I almost never shoot a fish that is small enough so that I would want to keep diving while towing the fish around. Since I take every fish that I shoot back to the boat, in most cases I don't even use the stringer, but just grab the fish by the gills and swim back to the boat towing the gun behind me.
When I do use the stringer, its just to free up my hands to untangle line and shaft from kelp, etc., and then I'm off to the boat.
I don't worry about sharks grabbing my strung fish in Southern California because the one dangerous shark we have, the great white, is likely to be more interested in eating the mammal towing the fish than the fish itself. However, sea lions can be a problem. I read an account on spearboard of a big bull sea lion grabbing a fish strung on a belt and pulling the diver down to 70 feet.
