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Originally Posted by Old Man Dave
The only air gun suitable would be one with a dry barrel kit like a mamba. A Maori Mamba 90 is as big as most people can handle and would do the job. However it is not an easy gun for a novice. Generally 90% of fishing you describe is with a single band euro gun. Single band 90 to 110 cm would be my choice. The 90 with an 18mm band and a 6.5mm spear rigged with mono, no reel.
Never fished Cyprus so this is general advise. Standard air guns are normally totally unsuited to shallow water bassing in good vis.
Dave
Dave
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I beg to partially disagree
. A 70-90cm pneumatic with or without Mamba-kit can be the
ideal weapon for shallow water bassing. Same range as a 90-100cm band-gun, but a lot more manoeuvrable. For bass hunting manoeuverability matters.
Often I am using a
Mamba 90 when bassing in Greece with good results.
There is a locally famous Greek spearo called Giannis Vlachos. In one of his films dedicated almost exclusively to shallow water bassing (0.5-5m max depth) he is using an a
standard 85cm Spark (without reel) with absolutely extraordinary results (of course, also due to this technique). BTW: a very good film where Vlachos develops his personal interpretation of shallow water 'Agguato'. In a way he is the Greek Dapiran.
Cheers
