Powerheads/Thundersticks

Atlazt

New member
Many years ago at StLucia we used powerheads on nosy/hungry sharks. Does anybody still use them? Mosselbay area, are they still legal?
 

Atlazt

New member
It is a length of pipe which has a shotgun shell or a 9mm or a44Magnum bullet on the front which fires when you jab a shark with it.
 

Fin-S

Sealiner
Ahh the bangsticks! They were necessary / essential before man messed up the ecosystems.

A more humane method now is to use a starter cap - same principle but no mess. However, even that is illegal in the strictest interpretation of the law in SA.
 

Echo7

Senior Member
It is illegal to possess ammunition of any calibre which you are not licenced for.
It is illegal to be in possession of any device that fires ammunition of any calibre if said device is not licenced.
You may be sentenced to up to 15 years in jail if you are caught.
So, no more bang sticks/powerheads.
 

Echo7

Senior Member
Or eat a really hot curry the night before...if the gas doesn't stop them the shrapnel will.
 
Sheesh have a heart..and not the safest thing to have a loaded gun on a kayak..LOL and be shooting it off..legalities im not sure, from a conservation aspect its a horrific suggestion..
 
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