What are your thoughts on targeting extra large fish with reelguns?
Over the past few years a number of XL Marlin have been landed on spearguns using reels. I personally was lucky enough to have shot and landed a Black Marlin of 230kg using a 130 Rob Allen reelgun. I had a perfect opportunity, and landed a kill shot stoning the large fish. But it has always intrigued me as to what would have happened if I did not stone the Marlin with a lethal shot.
230kg Black Marlin
Over the past few years a number of XL Marlin have been shot and landed with reelguns. Many of them were also killed on the first shot. The most notorious is Albert Prinsloo's 374.8 kg / 826.3 lbs IUSA World Record Black Marlin.
Albert Prinsloo's 374.8 kg / 826.3 lbs
IUSA World Record Black Marlin.
IUSA World Record Black Marlin.
But what happens when you don't kill the giant fish on the first shot?
Guy Le Meme's 253kg beast Black Marlin shot with a std Rob Allen 120 reelgun, was one of those fish that put up a fight. Taking 2 hours and multiple shots to subdue the fish.
Guy Le Meme's 253kg Black Marlin
Shooting giant fish like these on reelguns normally means that you run out of the spearguns reel line pretty fast and you need to have a beltreel or access to a float and buoy line to land the fish.
Probably the best blow for blow example of this is the Black Marlin Cris Dillon shot in Mozambique.
The marlin quickly emptied the gun reel and Cris's belt reel. Fortunately his friend Jamie was there to clip his belt reel to the spooling line. This gave them enough time to get a large float attached to Jamies line.
From there the fish towed them 5km before they could get the fish close enough to get a second kill shot to kill the fish.
Watch the a blow by blow video here: Spearfishing Marlin on a Reel Gun
The marlin quickly emptied the gun reel and Cris's belt reel. Fortunately his friend Jamie was there to clip his belt reel to the spooling line. This gave them enough time to get a large float attached to Jamies line.
From there the fish towed them 5km before they could get the fish close enough to get a second kill shot to kill the fish.
Watch the a blow by blow video here: Spearfishing Marlin on a Reel Gun
So would you take the shot if you only had a reel gun in your hands when a giant fish swims up to you? I think if you are prepared with beltreels and a float ready to clip on then, yes.
Maybe one day I will have another opportunity to shoot a giant fish like this, and have adrenaline rush of battling the fish with out killing it outright.
Coatesman
Maybe one day I will have another opportunity to shoot a giant fish like this, and have adrenaline rush of battling the fish with out killing it outright.
Coatesman
1 comment:
You want thoughts on targeting extra large fish with reelguns?
WTF, what perverted freak gets a buzz out of killing an animal for sport? And it's not even a clean kill most of the time, leaving the fish to suffer until you finally land the kill shot. How would you like to die that way?
The oceans are in a bad enough state already with losers like you lot going around torturing animals. What have you ever given back to the ocean? Just take take take all the time. Fuck off.
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