losing fish..
All of the above and.. what I have ended up doing now that I have lost enough fishes during my career as a spearo is that before you take your bass off the spear, but it into your stringer.. sounds strange, but believe me fishes are the toughest things alive to kill.. I mean excluding bad reputation, but anyhow. Stick your fish into a stringer before taking the spear out..
I lost one beauty even after I had stabbed it with my knife, twisted its neck and what not.. it still found enough fight to swim away.. I felt so stupid.. but learned my lesson..
Oh and the bass, when you let go of your gun, the bass will stop at the bottom propably in a place difficult to reach..Murphys law.. then you should go after it with both hands, try not to get too badly stung when grabbing it..
I stick my finger under the gill plates and out the other side, keeps the fish in place ok..
Good luck hunting and I will try to get some pictures some time in future, but for now only stories..
Pekka
All of the above and.. what I have ended up doing now that I have lost enough fishes during my career as a spearo is that before you take your bass off the spear, but it into your stringer.. sounds strange, but believe me fishes are the toughest things alive to kill.. I mean excluding bad reputation, but anyhow. Stick your fish into a stringer before taking the spear out..
I lost one beauty even after I had stabbed it with my knife, twisted its neck and what not.. it still found enough fight to swim away.. I felt so stupid.. but learned my lesson..
Oh and the bass, when you let go of your gun, the bass will stop at the bottom propably in a place difficult to reach..Murphys law.. then you should go after it with both hands, try not to get too badly stung when grabbing it..
I stick my finger under the gill plates and out the other side, keeps the fish in place ok..
Good luck hunting and I will try to get some pictures some time in future, but for now only stories..
Pekka