Hey Kirk,
Welcome to spearfishing. Not sure how big a fish you can land with a reel. I think that will depend on the setup (i.e. line strength, reel construction, etc.). My personal opinion if you're new to the sport is to use a float and float line, or attach your reeled gun to a float line. Many reeled guns have been lost by inexperienced people ultimately letting go of the gun when the fish takes off. Also can be hard to deal with the thin reel line as a novice since you have all these other things going on...especially if your scuba diving at the same time. My suggestion while starting off would be a one or two wrap line with a short shock absorber/bungee going from your shaft to your gun. Then a clip on the gun handle attaching to a float line. You can put a short length of monofilament between your gun handle and float line, so the floatline doesn't give away your position to fish (though if you're scuba I presume the bubbles will do that anyway).
My $0.02. Hope this helps.
Alex
One more thing I forgot to mention. You can also purchase (or make) breakaway lines. These allow you to attach your shaft line directly to your floatline. When you shoot, the shaft line/float line separates completely from your gun, so you can surface with your gun in hand and let the fish take off with the float. Some people prefer this to letting the fish "run off" with the gun, and if hunting near rocks/reef, the gun doesn't get as beat up.
Alex
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Last edited by Amphibious; November 3rd, 2007 at 19:26.
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