Not all the shots are killers and sometimes you need some help from your buddies. Unfortunately, they're not always as ready as you whish... 
Spooled by a wahoo
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Did you land him? (Can not tell if you are pulling up the spear from below or surface). This is why I prefer a float line & buoy for blue water with a slip-tip
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Did you land him? This is why I prefer a float line & buoy for blue water <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
No, I didn't of course.
I wasn't "bluewatering". I was checking a FAD bottom for cuberas and that big guy showed up. I told the kids to stay close to me just in case, but I don't know what the heck were they doing...
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Marco,
You sound like me yelling at my boat driver. The shot should have been better since it came so close <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
It still was a great video and felt like I was getting tugged around. Thanks for sharing
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No, I didn't of course.
I wasn't "bluewatering". I was checking a FAD bottom for cuberas and that big guy showed up. I told the kids to stay close to me just in case, but I don't know what the heck were they doing...
Being Kids
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Marco, I don't understand what happened. Didn't look like you lost the line, so why did you lose the spear/fish?
What weight would you put on that Wahoo?
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It was about 50 pounds, maybe less. I had to try to stop him as he spooled my reel and the mono broke just where it is attached to the shaft. It was weared at that point. I checked it the night before and thought "it's still okay for the moment". It was not..
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You say he spooled you, but it didn't look like you were holding on to the gun very hard?
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I was holding the line at that time. And I managed to retrieve like 40 feet or so, but he took off again and...
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On the boat ride home you're thinking, "shit, all I had to do was clip off that old crimp…..but nooooooo….". <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> That's a hard one Marco. I lost a nice king like that but it was a cable shooting line. The crimp slipped….before I knew how to braid.
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Yep. If Jake had done that I'd have just shook my head and said, "you dumb shit"……
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