Need advice on gun.

[Groupermadness]

No smartpart not messed up, you will return to the silence of the band gun when you realise 1 shot is all you get unless the fish are deaf.

Peter.

[harpune1]

no that was stupid i tried to sound like yoda!!
nothing against you or your SL what length did you get?reel?

[Pastor]

Tried to sound like Yoda? classic! That brought a smile to my face

[Smartpart]

I got a 55. This will be for shooting really small lake fish. Well see how it works. Ive never shot a speargun before in my life so I'll let yall know.

[harpune1]

it should be quite good for your conditions, especially if u have low viz and lazy ground fish..

[Smartpart]

Pretty clear lake. Vis pretty good. Idk though im a noob at spearing

[harpune1]

Dont think about it to much my first gun was a 60cm and i still use it!!
(for caves etc)
Also it is better to start with something short because u HAVE TO LEARN how to get close to fish!!
what fish ure trying to get over there?

[Old Man Dave]

Pneumatics have a lot of advantages but limited use. They are THE tool for looking in holes and blowing the crap out of fish at point blank range. However if a fish swims by you in open water you need to try to beat it to death with the butt end of your gun as you have no chance of shooting it with an air gun. Pneumos can be converted to long range guns with a dry barrel, small piston, light spear, Maori Mamba kit but that's advanced stuff. Take it back and swap it for a euro 90, you messed up.

Dave

[ILDiver]

Smartpart, I don't know what lakes your spearing in or what area of the country, but it shouldn't matter. I wanted a 75cm OMER Cayman HF. Technosport did not have the 75's so I got a 90cm instead. I looked at the air guns and read on here. I was afraid I would be disappointed so I went with a band gun. I like the 90cm gun, I'll most likely get a 75cm gun for lower vis days. I'm also getting a 100cm HF2 LE once Technosport gets them in and shipped out to our store. Not sure if I'll use it, mount it on the wall or sell it. Maybe I should order 2

I'm not sure what you paid, but you will probably be fine with your gun. It will hopefully be enough for you to realize if you like spearing or not.

A guy that I have had the pleasure to spear with up in Wisc. used a pnuemo the last trip and did great with it. His is a Mares Cyrano 970.

Let us know how your first trip goes and GOOD LUCK!

[Smartpart]

Ill be spearing small fish. Like Bass etc. (Dont tell me about legal stuff) All lake fish idk. I just wanna go shoot some fish.

[ILDiver]

Originally Posted by Smartpart

Like Bass etc. (Dont tell me about legal stuff)

heh, ok

[Smartpart]

So will the gun I ordered server me well or not?

[ILDiver]

I'm guessing it will do fine in lower vis for you. The biggest concern I see is the noise of the gun. I don't know how loud that particular gun is. Best thing to do is use it, learn it and it will serve you well. If you like it and it shoots fish, then it's a good gun. You could search the forum here and see if people have had any issues.

What state are you hunting in?

[azapa]

you'll be fine, just get out there in the water. I started with a Seac Asso 65, an air gun I still rank as better than my newer Omer Cayman 90. Everyone LOVES to say how noisy and inaccurate air guns are, but I come home with more fish than them every time Band guns are real noisy too with metal wishbones.

Try some underwater targets, bottles held down with stones etc to improve your aim.

good luck

[Smartpart]

Thanks guys. I'm going out on sat.