01-28-2004, 08:34 AM
years ago when i was a deckhang on the grande a sportfisher out of 22nd st landing in CA. we were out at san clemente island fishing a bluefin tuna bite that was a little slow this yokel gets tired of standing at the rail set his rod down with his flylined chovie still in the water and takes a seat on the "ialand" in the center of the deck next thing you know his poles heads over the side this guy takes a flying dive over the side right after it and gets ahold of it ! so he's in the water fighting this tuna he manages to swim to the side of the boat were we had pulled the gate hands up his rod we pulled him aboard ( not easy as high a water line as this boat had ) hand him back his rod and goes on to bring a 30# plus bluefin to gaff CRAZY !
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