The wife of a buddy of mine wants me to help her pick out a speargun for his Christmas present. (Yep, she's a keeper.)
He will use this for scuba spearfishing, bottom fish, usually in depths between 60 and 100 feet. He hasn't expressed any interest in pelagic fish even when others have talked about it. His boat doesn't have the range to get into particularly big fish.
He has tons of experience with a pole spear, and he's quite proficient with it, but he wants to move to a gun.
He has borrowed my gun--a 48" AB Biller that I freeshaft with and to which I keep a second shaft bungeed (both as a spare and to keep it negative if I set it down while subduing a fish)--a few times and he has borrowed comparable entry-level guns from other friends. He's fine with that level of quality and with that size or maybe one step up.
He wants a gun that is:
a) Suitable for the fish he usually hunts (bottom fish under 30" long) but will still be adequate if he takes an occasional charter to the middle grounds to hunt larger specimens of the snapper, hogfish, and grouper he usually targets;
b) Can quickly convert from line to freeshaft or vice versa underwater;
c) Can carry at least one, preferably two, extra shafts.
He does not want any kind of spool.
His wife didn't give me a price range, but she wants something mid-range, not exotic or high end.
Ideas on brand, model, and size please?
He will use this for scuba spearfishing, bottom fish, usually in depths between 60 and 100 feet. He hasn't expressed any interest in pelagic fish even when others have talked about it. His boat doesn't have the range to get into particularly big fish.
He has tons of experience with a pole spear, and he's quite proficient with it, but he wants to move to a gun.
He has borrowed my gun--a 48" AB Biller that I freeshaft with and to which I keep a second shaft bungeed (both as a spare and to keep it negative if I set it down while subduing a fish)--a few times and he has borrowed comparable entry-level guns from other friends. He's fine with that level of quality and with that size or maybe one step up.
He wants a gun that is:
a) Suitable for the fish he usually hunts (bottom fish under 30" long) but will still be adequate if he takes an occasional charter to the middle grounds to hunt larger specimens of the snapper, hogfish, and grouper he usually targets;
b) Can quickly convert from line to freeshaft or vice versa underwater;
c) Can carry at least one, preferably two, extra shafts.
He does not want any kind of spool.
His wife didn't give me a price range, but she wants something mid-range, not exotic or high end.
Ideas on brand, model, and size please?