How far away can/do you spear a fish?
Are those guns easy to aim?
Keep the photos comming, really enjoy reading about your underwater adventures.
Key West 1720 90 4 srtk Yamaha
Depends on the bands and the size of the gun…obviously a shorter gun gets less length when shooting. I think it’s safe to say about 2.5 spear lenghts? I dunno I havn’t had to take very far shots…no more then 10 feet. The guys I speared with in FL freeshafted and they have incredible range…seems like the fish they spear out beyond my vision many of the times…they are unbelievable spearfishermen though.
JF
14’ G’3 w/ 25hp Yamaha 4 stroke “Both Seasons”
what kind of gun do you have…pnumatic or band? a big 1100 cyrano pnumatic can snag a big grouper at 12 feet…but its pushing it much past that…some band guns can shoot even further, but you’d better have a reel.
reelhorney
Upstate, Range usually depends on the gun. I freeshaft with a 52" Rhino commercial gun using only one band to propel a 60" spearshaft. Freeshafting allows you a lot more range but i usually don’t even try long shots. I do it more for reloading speed than range. You have a very limited time down there so you have to make the most of it. You really have to make your shots count freeshafting or you will lose a shaft and a fish. The big Hogfish i shot was taken freeshaft.
Most of my shots are 10’ or so from the tip of the gun. You can close a lot of distance on a fish by keeping the gun in tight to you and extending it out right before the shot.
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What exactly is free shafting?
Key West 1720 90 4 srtk Yamaha
Freeshafting is using your speargun without a line attached to the spear. You rely on accurate shots killing the fish or at least impairing his mobility enought to grab him.
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