27-03-2006, 06:05 PM
[quote name='Jazman' post='6390' date='Mar 27 2006, 04:19 PM']Hi Rohan
I either attach the catch bag to my belt using a large clip (not a good idea if you're in a sharky area), or drag a float behind me. When using the float I either tether the catch bag under the float, or don't take a catch bag at all, and just thread the fish onto the float line (through the gills and out the mouth). I attach the float line to the handle of the speargun using a shark clip, so the gun is all you need to carry. However, this doesn't overcome the problem of lines getting tangled, since you now have a float line and a spear line to manage.....but it seems the most starightforward system to me (other than taking each fish you spear back to shore).
Another similar system is to use a float, and attach a fish stringer below it (a fish stringer is a short length of steel cable with a type of 'needle' you use to thread your fish onto the cable).[/quote]
some excellent ideas there jazz man. I'll definatel adopt one of those in the future. Taking each fish individually back to shore is when you always see the good fish! I once had a flounder on my spear and was returning to shore when I cam across the biggest flatty I've ever seen. It must have been about a metre long and really fat. It was so slow I attempted spearing even with the flounder still on the prongs but in the end it got away.
I either attach the catch bag to my belt using a large clip (not a good idea if you're in a sharky area), or drag a float behind me. When using the float I either tether the catch bag under the float, or don't take a catch bag at all, and just thread the fish onto the float line (through the gills and out the mouth). I attach the float line to the handle of the speargun using a shark clip, so the gun is all you need to carry. However, this doesn't overcome the problem of lines getting tangled, since you now have a float line and a spear line to manage.....but it seems the most starightforward system to me (other than taking each fish you spear back to shore).
Another similar system is to use a float, and attach a fish stringer below it (a fish stringer is a short length of steel cable with a type of 'needle' you use to thread your fish onto the cable).[/quote]
some excellent ideas there jazz man. I'll definatel adopt one of those in the future. Taking each fish individually back to shore is when you always see the good fish! I once had a flounder on my spear and was returning to shore when I cam across the biggest flatty I've ever seen. It must have been about a metre long and really fat. It was so slow I attempted spearing even with the flounder still on the prongs but in the end it got away.