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The fishes get away of the spear shaft. HELP.

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Do you lose fish by having the shaft go all the way through and come off, or does the shaft not penetrate enough to allow the flopper to open up?
That will answer whether you need a sharper tip or less power. You want the tip of the shaft to go all the way through the fish, but not by much. If it goes far enough, the flopper will open up on the far side of the fish, and most of the shaft should still be on the front side. That way the weight of the shaft will help keep the fish from swimming far.
 
Thanks Hteas

My spears are always sharp as it is a ritual with me to sharpen my tips after the catch is cleaned.

I guess I will have to shoot from farther away or pull less on the band because the spear hit the fish on the gill cover from about 5 ft and it penetrated about 1 foot. The flopper engaged but Jacks go crazy when they are hit and when this guy went to the bottom he spun around several times and managed to swim away from the flopper and off the blunt end of the spear.

Is there something I can put on the end of the spear to keep a fish from shaking loose?

Addison
 
Perhaps you could put some small barbs (2 or so) pointed the opposite direction about a foot from the tip / flopper, so that it penetrates, but slows down the shaft if it's going to sail through the fish.

They'd have to be close enough to the front that it wouldn't interfere with the pullback..
 
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