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I was just going to mention what ScottM said about Jose.
Real life story from my days working on a big Viking …. Something similar happened to us out in the Canyon one summer, although not by design or intent. We were anchored up on the flats, chunking at night. The weather was snotty, boat was bouncing around. One of the guys (an experienced offshore fisherman) tied into a fish. Nothing out of the ordinary. The Fish went for the bow and of course eventually got wrapped in the anchor line, but in an attempt to avoid and undo the situation and save a friggin 75lbs fish, he started to walk up the side of the house ….NOT A GOOD IDEA ….
As he jumped back into the cockpit sans a $1200 outfit All we heard was a barrage of curse words !!!! A Fin-Nor Tycoon 6/0 (a 50 lb reel that was a predecessor to the Ahab line and cost about twice as much) and its attached rod .. went for a swim …Not good. It was somewhat ironic as we were wishing it was one of the International reels as they were a tad less expensive to replace !!! no such luck …
Well, My boss awoke the next morning to get ready for the troll… we told him what had transpired over night …. He was not overly pleased with the news. So while we are pulling the anchor up what shows up but the fish wrapped around the anchor line … we actually land this fish !!! Of course there is a whole bunch of the fishing line that is just “hanging out” opposite the wrap on the anchor line ….. We start retrieving this line and whats on the other end but the outfit ??? That’s right …we got the whole setup back. Talk about a happy ending !!!
The guy who lost it did reel repair so he tore it down and cleaned it up …Good as new !! saved himself a few $$$$$ to boot !!
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