night spearfishing??

[niorges]

hello need tips about night spearfishing thx..

 

[seatrophy]

most fish sleep at night, and they are easy target, that kinda spearfishing will be like collecting the mushrooms

but other type of fishes are night predator and active, those can be interesting to hunt them at night

 

[niorges]

i have an omer et 130 speargun i think is to large for night what do u recommend.

 

[Tipticiter]

i have an omer et 130 speargun i think is to large for night what do u recommend.
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Guess a lot depends where you live and dive, I'm in Southern UK.

Gun length just depends on what you're targeting in what sort of depth and visibility.
As seatrophy mentioned a lot of fish that aren't being actively hunted by bigger predators make themselves very easy targets so from a skill point of view its well easy!

However, if you are subsistence hunting then it makes perfect sense, just be mindful of the fact and don't get carried away as you will see decent fish that in the daytime take a lot of effort and skill to capture and at night they just sit still or sleep.

As for gun length i go for a 70cm customised gun that i've shortened the spear down as well with just a single rubber and a torch mounted under the muzzle, keeping it very simple. Alternatively a Pole spear with a paralyser tip if i'm just going for flatfish and lobsters. I wear a head torch (as back up)and have a very powerful handheld torch also that i sweep side-side with.

I hope this helps a bit.

 

[niorges]

thanks a lot i'm in Cuba the Caribbean i will go also for a shorter gun as i'm going after reef fish and agree about the pole spear very easy to handle and very good for lobster and small fish i have only one water proof torch hand held i try it under the muzzle but then i was dark for handle the fish. i have one for the head but not water proof i'll try DIY it to be

 

[seatrophy]

i have an omer et 130 speargun i think is to large for night what do u recommend.

my friend who often hunt at night used 75 and 90 one band speargun .. i myself prefer choose the pneumatic speargun gun about 50
but we hunt in Mediterranean sea in riff

 

[seatrophy]

and agree about the pole spear very easy to handle and very good for lobster and small fish

i make several DIY pole spears with trigger .. and when i compare USEFULNESS in action with 75 speargun or with 35 pneumatic speargun
i will prefer short pneumatic speargun or at least 75 one band speargun .. pole spear have only one benefit little fast reload and it is cheap and easy to make it DIY,
but u will face many other drawback of pole spear especially if u make it without trigger
1 two meter pole spear less maneuverable than 75 speargun or 35 pneumatic speargun with same shooting range
2 much difficult to point a target
3 spearhead destroyed very fast

 

[niorges]

ok i have some parts of a pneumatic homemade gun i'll shorten it see if i can put it back together jejeje

 

[seatrophy]

ok i have some parts of a pneumatic homemade gun i'll shorten it see if i can put it back together jejeje

suerte

 

[niorges]

muchas gracias

 

[Napalm73]

Hi, There is a good podcast about night spearfishing and pneumatic guns here:
NSP:045 Grant Laidlaw Scotland Spearfishing and ... - Noob Spearowww.noobspearo.com/noob-spearo-podcast/grant-laidlaw/