african pompano

i can honestly say, for my hunting, a reel is perfect !!! nailed this guy on a small fish dive, was about a 15 minute fight (i dont handle fish rough, after fishing most of my life, ive learned that taking my time ensures a much better catch rate) i was able to brain him, throw him on the stringer along with a cero mack and a couple of parrotfish, and head to shore... also got buzzed by a VERY fast, very excited reef shark, who hung out around me for a few minutes, that was pretty cool too.

anyways, the african pompano was shot just off a ledge, about 50 feet deep, but i shot him in midwater.. not much of a challenge to stalk, as they are rather curious fish, he came about 10 feet away from me then went broadside, i pondered a headshot, but i shot a much larger one once and the spear bounced off his head, so i took a safer backbone shot, which actually missed the backbone (nicked the bottom of it)

also got my first cubera a couple days back, just under 9 lbs, if i can find the pic on this comp i'll post it too, this year so far is really looking up for me

ouch.. i dont see them that often here, yesterday was the first ive seen more than 1 actually (6 in a school) and thats only the 2nd one ive got.. i could have got another one after that, but hey, there will be other hunting days

the spearos down here dont usually shoot them, they dont dive with a reel or floatline.. somewhat silly imo, because when they do see bigger fish, they cant take a decent shot for the most part.