http://www.spearblog.com/2010/01/26/brazil-monster-cubera-snapper/dsc02017/ Spearfishing Stories, Tips and Coaching by Cameron Kirkconnell Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.spearblog.com/2010/01/26/brazil-monster-cubera-snapper/dsc02017/comment-page-1/#comment-680 admin Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:50:58 +0000 http://www.spearblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSC02017.jpg#comment-680 This is why it pays to be in good diving shape all the time! I gave this fish no line for the first 15 seconds of the fight and effectively "broke" him when he started to give up on going straight down I was able to pay out line on the Horizontal Riffe Reel and play him without letting him go deeper until I was able to reach the surface. He never got near the bottom and I was able to get air and then fight him from the surface. Awesome catch it was such a battle! This is why it pays to be in good diving shape all the time! I gave this fish no line for the first 15 seconds of the fight and effectively “broke” him when he started to give up on going straight down I was able to pay out line on the Horizontal Riffe Reel and play him without letting him go deeper until I was able to reach the surface. He never got near the bottom and I was able to get air and then fight him from the surface. Awesome catch it was such a battle!

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