![]() – If you think your angler friends would like this video, please Tag them or Share this bad boy with them. ![]() Related Video: “BOOM! Now That’s How You Make A Redfish Video” ( watch it here) Now I don’t know about you, but this video has me wanting to head down to Miami for some Biscayne Bonefish action!Īnd as an angler that pales in comparison to my brother Luke with a fly rod, I actually liked to see some guys catching bonefish on spinning reels (where I am a little more comfortable).Īmazing fighting fish, amazing footage, and me thinks it would be tough to recreate a better Miami bonefish video. (If you never saw their Redfish video, “BOOM! Now This Is How You Make A Redfish Video”, then CLICK HERE to watch it) You Rock! Pa-POW! Categories Salt Strong, Spearfishing Tags aftco harpoon dolphin video, aftco pro oliver emsallem, harpoon a dolphin from a moving boat, harpooning mahi mahi, how to harpoon dolphin 1 Comment – If you think your friends would like this video, please Tagthem or Share this with them. Related Video: “Freediver Spears Two Dolphin In One Shot!” ( watch it here) So while down near Tahiti, AFTCO Pro Oliver Emsallem attempted to catch bull dolphin (aka Mahi Mahi) the old fashioned way… with a harpoon. In fact, it goes back hundreds if not thousands of years, and some of the anglers in the French Polynesian area (Tahiti) still practice it today. Now if harpooning fish seems old school, that is because it is. Since both of these videos were widely (and wildly) loved and shared by our audience like you, I started looking into some of the other videos that AFTCO had on their site… and I came across this epic Mahi Harpoon footage. “If The Bonefish In Miami Could Make A Video About Themselves This Would Be It!” ( watch it here).“BOOM! Now This Is How You Make A Redfish Video” ( watch it here).Over the past couple of weeks we have featured two amazing videos from our friends over at AFTCO (American Fishing Tackle Co.) You Rock! Pa-POW! Categories Flyfishing, Kayak / Paddleboard, Salt Strong, Shark Encounters Tags mako shark fishing from a paddleboard, mako shark fly fishing on a paddleboard, paddleboard fishing for mako sharks, ryan sansoucy and conway bowman shark fishing, SUP mako shark fishing 2 Comments ![]() – If you think your friends would like to see this video, please Tag them or Share this with them. Related Video: “This Is Why You NEVER Want To Hook A Mako Shark Next To Your Boat” ( watch it here) Just imagine how fast your heart would be beating when the mako shark is right up next to your paddleboard and you are attempting your first release! The only positive thing they had in their favor was that the Mako Sharks around them were not 500lb+ beasts, but still an incredibly wild fishing experience nonetheless. (It was called, “This Is Why You NEVER Want To Hook A Mako Shark Next To Your Boat” – you can watch it here)Īs if there wasn’t already enough challenge in landing the powerful and high-flying Mako Sharks, Ryan and Conway decided to try it while on a stand-up paddleboard (SUP)… all while using a fly rod. West Marine offers a variety of conventional and flying gaffs by manufacturers such as Blacktip, AFTCO, Cuda, Danco, Sea Striker, and Bubba Blade.Apparently Ryan Sansoucy and Conway Bowman didn’t watch the video on our website about why you NEVER want to hook a Mako Shark near your boat… After setting the hook, the “gaff person” jerks the hook free of the pole and the line (which remains attached to the hook) is made fast to a cleat. The procedure for using a flying gaff involves bringing the fish (frequently a large marlin or other billfish) alongside the boat at which point the hook is set into the fish. Flying gaffs consist of a very sharp detachable hook (usually made of stainless steel) that is affixed to the end of a pole which can be aluminum, fiberglass or carbon fiber. ![]() The hook is usually made of stainless steel, has a very sharp point and often a barb.įor very large fish, a different type of gaff, called a flying gaff is used. The pole can be made out of aluminum, fiberglass or carbon fiber. In its simplest form, a fishing gaff is a pole with a sharp hook attached to the end that is used to grab and pull a fish out of the water and into the boat. When it comes to boating fish that are too large for a net, gaff hooks become necessary.
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