All,
Thought I would provide a photo since, as I was cutting up some King Mackeral (Canad) steaks I got a good cross section view. This is <almost> but not quite the desired shot (a bit low).
I was apx 7 (yes, 7) meters away, below and to the side (15 meters depth) in aspetto watching a school of mid-size trevally and hoping they would turn and give me a shot when I saw a pair of King Mackeral come cruising in right in my line of fire, midway in the water column. For reasons I will NOT go into :duh , I had only one band loaded on my Totemsub Tahiti... hmm. I had a GOOD shot so I took it and my line played out and bit in to my reel just a little.
The fish literally stopped and floated down away from its partner, perfectly balanced by a 7mm shaft lodged dead center
As you can see, the shaft entered lower right and exited upper left glancing off the lower spine. The downward tear was me trying to retrieve my shaft in a hurry to hit the grouper that was trying to steal the trevally I had on a stringer on the bottom. I missed :waterwork
I must say, I was proud of this shot. I was FREEZING since the water temp was 15-16, and I had to pee bad! (keeping in mind our normal year round water temp is 26-32 here in Qatar !!!!!! and 1 band... I was sure it would only penetrate halfway at best and I would have to take it real easy to bring in or it would tear off.
Thought I would provide a photo since, as I was cutting up some King Mackeral (Canad) steaks I got a good cross section view. This is <almost> but not quite the desired shot (a bit low).
I was apx 7 (yes, 7) meters away, below and to the side (15 meters depth) in aspetto watching a school of mid-size trevally and hoping they would turn and give me a shot when I saw a pair of King Mackeral come cruising in right in my line of fire, midway in the water column. For reasons I will NOT go into :duh , I had only one band loaded on my Totemsub Tahiti... hmm. I had a GOOD shot so I took it and my line played out and bit in to my reel just a little.
The fish literally stopped and floated down away from its partner, perfectly balanced by a 7mm shaft lodged dead center
As you can see, the shaft entered lower right and exited upper left glancing off the lower spine. The downward tear was me trying to retrieve my shaft in a hurry to hit the grouper that was trying to steal the trevally I had on a stringer on the bottom. I missed :waterworkI must say, I was proud of this shot. I was FREEZING since the water temp was 15-16, and I had to pee bad! (keeping in mind our normal year round water temp is 26-32 here in Qatar !!!!!! and 1 band... I was sure it would only penetrate halfway at best and I would have to take it real easy to bring in or it would tear off.
