Nice Halibut! For those with a bad back, arthritis or some other handicap, the electric reels are a good workaround. For the rest of us who are fully capable, apathy is a means to disability. If you don't use it, you might lose it.
Electric reels are super popular for deepwater swordfishing off Florida. Those who do wind the swords up by hand find they can land a fish in 1/2 - 2/3rds of the time that it takes with the electric reels,
plus if it is a trophy record, it can be submitted.