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Old 04-30-2012, 01:22 AM   #1
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Gulf Coast gun advice

Hey guys

Im a newbie out of Sarasota and im looking to get a bigger gun to handle some of the deeper reefs off the coast.

I've been looking at the JBL sawed off magnum 6w44e and the new JBL Euro 110

Any thoughts/advice is greatly appreciated!

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Old 04-30-2012, 08:23 AM   #2
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Re: Gulf Coast gun advice

I hear JBL's new triggers are top notch. Good guns

However, my suggestion would be Ocean Rhino RX4. I plan on upgrading from my Biller to Ocean Rhino next year.

Don't go too long on length because our water can get pretty snotty.
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Old 04-30-2012, 08:50 AM   #3
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if you have the money, get a deathstick. it is a custom enclosed track gun.
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Old 04-30-2012, 09:12 AM   #4
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Scuba or freedive. The JBL guns you mentioned are top notch indeed. The new euro is probably better if it's for freedive.
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Old 04-30-2012, 09:51 AM   #5
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I'll second the Deathstick. Great gun!
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Old 04-30-2012, 01:52 PM   #6
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Re: Gulf Coast gun advice

As good as those deathsticks look theyre a tad outta my price range
my budget is roughly 300

ill mainly be freediving and i really like the open muzzle and magnet track of the euro so ill probably go with that unless there are any sub $300 guys out there that are better
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Old 04-30-2012, 02:10 PM   #7
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Re: Gulf Coast gun advice

This question's been answered in a thousand different threads, with 10,000 different opinions..

Unless you're dead-set on a wood gun, check out the Mako spearguns.. Very versatile. And I have three wood guns (JBL 42- older trigger mech; Ocean Rhino 52; Biller 38). And it will fit well within your price range. If you're lucky, you may find one on craigslist since you're in Sarasota

The major advantage of the Mako (to me), is how much easier the Mako tracks in the water compared to my wood guns, and it's the only one that has a reel on it.
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Old 05-02-2012, 07:45 PM   #9
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Re: Gulf Coast gun advice

Would just standard flopper work? im just worried about hitting something bigger and it taking me for a ride
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Old 05-02-2012, 07:50 PM   #10
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Would just standard flopper work? im just worried about hitting something bigger and it taking me for a ride
Radical 2010 Labor Day Middle Grounds Trip - YouTube


This is video I shot from a few years ago (on a commercial trip).

The kid shot a 70 lb AJ with a flopper shaft (a 120 mako) .. in the Gulf... think it was his first fish other than a sheepshead.. Yeah a single flopper will work.
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Old 05-02-2012, 08:26 PM   #11
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Radical 2010 Labor Day Middle Grounds Trip - YouTube



This is video I shot from a few years ago (on a commercial trip).

The kid shot a 70 lb AJ with a flopper shaft (a 120 mako) .. in the Gulf... think it was his first fish other than a sheepshead.. Yeah a single flopper will work.

so he just released the gun and had a separate rope tied to the gun that he used to bring the fish and gun up to the boat?
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so he just released the gun and had a separate rope tied to the gun that he used to bring the fish and gun up to the boat?
yeah.. the basic configuration is to have the spear tied to the gun with shooting line.often monofilament.. then at the back of the gun, a floatline or rope is attached. At the other end of the rope a float is attached and it stays on the surface, unless the fish pulls down 100 feet of rope.

There are other configurations, reels or having the spearshaft fall away from the gun and have a floatline or rope attached to the spear..freeing the gun.
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:36 PM   #13
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Buy a Mako I have two of them 70 cm and a 90 cm they are the best guns i have ever owned. They are very accurate. I killed a 44 inch cobia with the 70cm gun it was stoned dead. There prices are great and there customer serves is the best i have ever seen. I had bent my shaft on my 90 and snapped a shark fin off my 70 and with out even asking for a picture they replaced them. I will shoot Mako for the rest of my life. I would getting a 80 cm gun for Sarasota my 90 is a bit big for around here
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:39 PM   #14
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but if you are going way off get a bigger gun
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Old 05-03-2012, 04:01 PM   #15
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Re: Gulf Coast gun advice

The only gun I've ever owned is a Mako.

That being said, I have never had any issues with it and I really like it. My buddy had an issue with his spear, but Mako replaced it for free. They also come with a 3 year Act-Of-God warranty(meaning, even if you break it while skydiving they will still replace it).

I have a 100cm Predator Pro and I think that's a pretty good size unless the vis is really bad(less than 10-15ft). IMO, I would rather have a gun that I have to hip fire on days when the vis sucks, than a gun that I can't reach out and touch those skittish 10lb mangroves with on the days when the vis is good.
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