lakedog
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you'd want to be sedated when that comes out. ouch! curious if self inflicted or not
Shooting yourself in the foot (slightly graphic warning)
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johndiver999
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The story…..” I was told that the three prong paralyzed tip was great for flounder and flatfish. I was a little surprised when I targeted a sole and didn’t get full penetration.”
possible back-story: the DM asked where my cramp was.... being bad at hand signals, I pointed...
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Let's ask Dano's @MAKO Spearguns thoughts since he also has extensive experience with pole spear and Mako is a supplier of a pole spear 'Resting Hook' (associated with a trigger, but not a trigger)
Picture credit = Mako Spearguns
Looks pretty vicious, copied from the reddit that @DandyDon linked.
"I did not actually shoot myself. It happened while I was swimming. I was holding the butt end in my hand and the spear tip was towards my feet. Ran into a rock with my hand. The spear stopped, I kept going and speared myself. 1/10 would not recommend. Severed some tendons now I have a gimpy toe."
I'm not a spearo yet, is that a lionfish spear?
"I did not actually shoot myself. It happened while I was swimming. I was holding the butt end in my hand and the spear tip was towards my feet. Ran into a rock with my hand. The spear stopped, I kept going and speared myself. 1/10 would not recommend. Severed some tendons now I have a gimpy toe."
I'm not a spearo yet, is that a lionfish spear?
Belzelbub
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Possibly. At the very least it could be used for lionfish. For the most part, a lionfish polespear is essentially the same as a regular polespear.
Lionfish polespears tend to be much shorter than traditional polespears. Lionfish feel pretty safe and generally don't keep their distance, so a long spear is not required to take longer shots.
Based on the comment you posted, I'm thinking this is probably a lionfish spear as the regular polespears are pretty long, and I would envision the business end would be past the foot if a normal sized human were to hold the other end in his/her hand.
johndiver999
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It is a good tip for flounders, and other fish that are probably less than 8 lbs (including lionfish) when using a pole spear. Generally it is probably safest to keep a spear pointing forward so that you can see where it is pointing.
johndiver999
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Also a longer spear can be safer in many cases than a short one. It is harder to get yourself in front of a longer pole spear or speargun.
edwants2dive
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So it looks like a paralyzer tip on a pole spear to me too. I have a 3' one I use for lionfish hunting. The little bastards aren't afraid of much so I can usually get within a foot (no pun intended) of them before I take the shot. I can't figure out how they got shot in the foot but something tells me carelessness was involved.
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