Sherron, who’s a fan of freedive spearfishing, made sure he had his speargun ready when he entered the water. "I speared the snapper while spearfishing, and it took about an hour to land," Sherron recalled. He added, "I wasn’t out hunting for a record fish, the fish speared just happened to be that large." Photos of the rust-colored fish show the cubera snapper appeared to be as wide as Sherron’s shoulders and about three-quarters of his standing height.