I'm fairly new to this sport, at least with a gun. I started using a hawaiian handsling about a year ago, so most of what i caught wasnt that big. I now have a beuchat 100, and I was wondering how difficult it is to recover some larger fish (>25kg) if i've got my gun on a float line. I know this is a pretty vague question, but if a BIG fish comes by, i dont want to just shoot it and then not know how to handle it.
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You need to work your way up to big fish. If you do hit something big... stay clear of the shooting line and float line. You do not want to end up getting tangled and drowned.
Hey matey, yeah work your way up to the bigger fish or at least go out with experianced blue water hunters when you plan to shoot big fish.
Firstly a beuchat 100 I would assume is a 1m gun, that might be a little on the small side to penetrate 25kg+ fish. (though it will work its just not ideal) you would firstly try and get a 120 or a 130 with dual 16mm bands. Secondly you would like to use a heavier spear than you generally get on a 1m gun. 7 or 7.5 seems to be the norm.
And lastly you would need a breakaway rig, with a proper tuna(big game) float, with bungie cord and a cleat system to help fight the fish and to make sure you dont get dragged to the middle of nowhere.
Though all that said, in SA the other day a guy shot a 180kg marlin from a shore dive with nothing more than a 110 gun attached to a normal float. Personally I beleive he is extremely lucky to have survived the ordeal let alone land the fish.
Stick with the 2-15kg fish on your 100, add a reel, and practice shooting the bigger fish and fighting them. Once you have that mastered get a 120 or a 130 with a proper break away rig and let all hell break loose
Firstly a beuchat 100 I would assume is a 1m gun, that might be a little on the small side to penetrate 25kg+ fish. (though it will work its just not ideal) you would firstly try and get a 120 or a 130 with dual 16mm bands. Secondly you would like to use a heavier spear than you generally get on a 1m gun. 7 or 7.5 seems to be the norm.
And lastly you would need a breakaway rig, with a proper tuna(big game) float, with bungie cord and a cleat system to help fight the fish and to make sure you dont get dragged to the middle of nowhere.
Though all that said, in SA the other day a guy shot a 180kg marlin from a shore dive with nothing more than a 110 gun attached to a normal float. Personally I beleive he is extremely lucky to have survived the ordeal let alone land the fish.
Stick with the 2-15kg fish on your 100, add a reel, and practice shooting the bigger fish and fighting them. Once you have that mastered get a 120 or a 130 with a proper break away rig and let all hell break loose
mahalo for the advice, I'll keep that in mind. I'm not really planning on anything big as my target fish, but I was just wondering how much i would realistically be able to hit, should something meander by if I'm hanging diving at a dropoff. Some decent sized ulua/trevally like to cruise by the fringing reef here, and as you guys mentioned, there could be some problems if i got overexcited and just shot a big one just because it came close. Thanks again!
If u really really had to shoot that Ulua passing by make sure ur getting the shot right with as close as possible to a kill shot which is usually about 13cm behind the eye and right over the end of the gill plate Or a shot to the spine to paralayse it but in ur case a single rubber is weak and wont break the spine from a distance... otherwise ur on for a nice ride. Those things are powerfull and will drag u for a good while.
But then again.. if u have a proper floatline and a nice float then it doesnt really matter cuz worse comes to worst u can just hang on to the float and pull on the line little by little till the fish tires out!
PS a single rubber will only penetrate that fish at a very close range.. I have had shafts bouncing off their heads:crutch so dont shoot it if it was more than i would say 1.5 meters away. but they will usually come real close to check u out if u sit calm when u spot them. My .02 cents
Good luck!
Zane...
But then again.. if u have a proper floatline and a nice float then it doesnt really matter cuz worse comes to worst u can just hang on to the float and pull on the line little by little till the fish tires out!
PS a single rubber will only penetrate that fish at a very close range.. I have had shafts bouncing off their heads:crutch so dont shoot it if it was more than i would say 1.5 meters away. but they will usually come real close to check u out if u sit calm when u spot them. My .02 cents
Good luck!
Zane...
Thanks again, i appreciate any feedback anyone's got. My gun is actually double banded, however, they are only 14mm and my shaft is a 6.5mm. Like i said, im not planning on big game, but just curious what my upper limit would be. I'm aware that i might need a shaft/band upgrade later. My gun's got a track so that should dissipate any wobble from bigger bands, but not too much right?