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Crafty Angler · 04-01-2004, 02:09 AM

Not me, but a buddy of mine had a seagull swoop down and grab his swimmer at sundown one night on the Drive - the gull got himself snagged in the beak and my bud is there with his rod in the air flying the poor bugger like a kite. I told him to screw down the #%@^##$ drag and get him in so we could release him, got him down and I grabbed my buddy's jacket to put over it's head to calm him so I could get the plug out (which I did). As a thank you the seagull pooped on his jacket, musta been scared.

I laughed so hard I nearly soiled my waders - thank God I didn't fall off the rock, I was laughing so hard I woulda drowned.

04-01-2004, 02:09 AM	#6
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Not me, but a buddy of mine had a seagull swoop down and grab his swimmer at sundown one night on the Drive - the gull got himself snagged in the beak and my bud is there with his rod in the air flying the poor bugger like a kite. I told him to screw down the #%@^##$ drag and get him in so we could release him, got him down and I grabbed my buddy's jacket to put over it's head to calm him so I could get the plug out (which I did). As a thank you the seagull pooped on his jacket, musta been scared. I laughed so hard I nearly soiled my waders - thank God I didn't fall off the rock, I was laughing so hard I woulda drowned.
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.