First fish today

[bigal0043]

It was a slow ass sheapshead... this thing was massive and was a good feeling after taking it down... I hear they are bad meat so we sank it near our favorite fishing spot... I wont be shooting anymore of those i just wanted on my belt..

Thats my story and im sticking to it

 

[kmo]

Congratulations

I'm not sure what a sheepshead is, but the first fish I took out with a spear gun was a buff bream (like a silver drummer), which I killed and stuffed in a cave. They taste terrible, but it was decent size and I needed to shoot something. I promised myself after that to never shoot a fish I wouldn't eat.

Of course, then I found out how important burley is for hunting pelagics here in Western Australia, so I've been happily shooting buff bream ever since.

 

[rslomkow]

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepshead_%28fish%29[/ame]
Somtimes confused West coasters call the "California sheephead" as sheepshead as well.
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_sheephead[/ame]
This are pretty tasty.

 

[IB Boyd]

It was a slow ass sheapshead... this thing was massive and was a good feeling after taking it down... I hear they are bad meat so we sank it near our favorite fishing spot... I wont be shooting anymore of those i just wanted on my belt..

Thats my story and im sticking to it

So, you new they tasted bad, shot a big one, :head and threw it away? :vangry :rcard Thats pretty crappy. Dont shoot it unless your going to eat it. And dont brag about wastefull practices on the internet:naughty If your going to eat a sheephead, fine, shoot it. But keep in mind these guys are a fairly non migratory fish, and real slow to grow. If you just want to kill things, stick to video games.

 

[Shadowkiller]

Wow, more ammo for greenies to claim all spearos are evil.

Thanks! :rcard

 

[kmo]

Before everyone jumps on bigals back, I think we should remember our first fish tales:

[ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/showthread.php?t=39080"]Whats the first fish you shot?[/ame]

A lot of people have shot a fish to "get it out of their system" or because they didn't know any better. Bigal even states that he won't be doing it again, so give him a break. Everyone has to start somewhere.

 

[bigal0043]

thank you KMO, yes that was like my 5th time out without getting a thing... My friend was showed me one of those and i nailed it... I wanted to bring it home but he was like they taste awful so we were like lets chum it then to attract some more fish to our area

 

[Huw]

Great to hear that you are enjoying the sport, but next time stick to the fish that you will eat. Otherwise take a camera instead of a gun.

Huw.