09-17-2001, 06:22 PM
Can you top this? My old buddy Jed Welsh was fishing from a half day boat out of Los Angeles. He saw an angler place his rod on the rail to help someone with catching a live bait from the bait tank. Jed gasped in horror as the Loomis rod with a Pro Gear reel launched into space and into the ocean. We're talking an outfit more than $500.00 in the "deep six". Jed and the other anglers made every effort to snag the outfit with a variety of large treble hooks, jigs and sinkers but alas they all drew blanks, the rod and reel was gone! One hour later some angler on the other side of the boat lifts the rod and reel and the owner reels in an 8 pound calico and wins a $200.00 Jackpot. <br><br>George Van Zant<br><A HREF="http:// www.bigfishtackle.com/georgescorner.htm " target="_new">http:// www.bigfishtackle.com/georgescorner.htm </A><br>