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Old 05-10-2023, 10:15 AM   #1
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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...

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Old 05-10-2023, 01:29 PM   #2
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Hell of a fish, hell of a fight!
Glad you landed it safely.
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Old 05-12-2023, 10:44 AM   #3
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cool video!
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Old 05-14-2023, 10:03 PM   #4
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Re: 83lbs almaco in baja, a tale about how inadequate are reels are

Love your narration and the amazing fish! Good work!
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Old 05-16-2023, 01:30 PM   #5
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Thanks, just subbed to your chanel! Boy, those lobster videos sure find a lot of public! lol.
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Nice fish! They put hell of a fight when you don't stone them.
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Old 05-24-2023, 12:08 PM   #7
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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!
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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.
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Old 05-25-2023, 06:33 PM   #9
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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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