hey guys, while we are raising a few ethical spearing issues, I thought i would raise another one that sprung to mind as i read the above discussion. I was not going to say anything but ...Jazman prompted me into action!
It was suggested above that fish that wriggle off a spear are "lucky" because they escaped. I don't thing that the fish are really that "lucky" because I suspect most fish that are injured by a spear will die. I have no evidence to back that up but I guess some reports have been done on this sort of thing.
So i guess i would prefer to describe it as a "shame" that the fish was injured and escaped rather than saying it was lucky for the fish I am sure the comment above was quite an innocent and this is not meant to be an attack on any individual. It doesn't matter how good a spearo is, occasionally he/she is going to have an imperfect shot. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> All we can do is TRY not to miss and develop our skills so that we can improve our hit rate as much as possible.
Happy to hear comments...especially how one can improve their shot!
Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/zorro.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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It was suggested above that fish that wriggle off a spear are "lucky" because they escaped. I don't thing that the fish are really that "lucky" because I suspect most fish that are injured by a spear will die. I have no evidence to back that up but I guess some reports have been done on this sort of thing.
So i guess i would prefer to describe it as a "shame" that the fish was injured and escaped rather than saying it was lucky for the fish I am sure the comment above was quite an innocent and this is not meant to be an attack on any individual. It doesn't matter how good a spearo is, occasionally he/she is going to have an imperfect shot. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> All we can do is TRY not to miss and develop our skills so that we can improve our hit rate as much as possible.Happy to hear comments...especially how one can improve their shot!
Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/zorro.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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