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renepotvin 05-10-2023 10:15 AM

83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
So, I shot this guy at 75 feet... It took about 150 feet of reel line. In a perfect world, I would have a real reel... one that can take the line back and help us fight the fish and reduce the risk of entanglement... but no, we have idiotic reels, toys really, that leave us super exposed to accidents. I hope one day someone adresses this crying lack of a simple piece of equipement...:mad:

https://youtu.be/H1EDi1lh-5A

divenfish 05-10-2023 01:29 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
Hell of a fish, hell of a fight!
Glad you landed it safely.:up::up:

jfjf 05-12-2023 10:44 AM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
cool video!

North Star 05-14-2023 10:03 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
Love your narration and the amazing fish! Good work!

renepotvin 05-16-2023 01:30 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
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Originally Posted by jfjf (Post 2209925)
cool video!

Thanks, just subbed to your chanel! Boy, those lobster videos sure find a lot of public! lol.

Marco 05-22-2023 05:28 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
Nice fish! They put hell of a fight when you don't stone them.

renepotvin 05-24-2023 12:08 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco (Post 2209983)
Nice fish! They put hell of a fight when you don't stone them.

They sure do! and these spearfishing reels, that cannot reel in line lol, are just not helping!

Marco 05-24-2023 03:02 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
Get a belt reel as backup. But it must be always engaged to your gun through a one meter bungee.
When you really need it, you don't have enough oxigen in your brain to make wise decisions and you also loose fine coordination needed to connect it to the speargun.

renepotvin 05-25-2023 06:33 PM

Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco (Post 2210011)
Get a belt reel as backup. But it must be always engaged to your gun through a one meter bungee.
When you really need it, you don't have enough oxigen in your brain to make wise decisions and you also loose fine coordination needed to connect it to the speargun.

Yeah, never going to happen lol. I'd rather lose the gun.


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