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Originally Posted by Striperhound
Back in the day when I was Chartering on Lake Ontario. We always had a customer who would nod off at the end of the day when things slowed up. So I kept a small 2 Gallon bucket in the boat. I would slow the boat down attach the bucket to one of the downriggers and tighten the release way down. The rest of the party would wake up their resting partner. I would goose the gas and the rod would violently release and start screaming line off the reel. The poor sap would fight like hell only to find his buddies were filming him and taking pictures. Man was it funny when the bucket came into view, everyone laughing on the floor.  |
We did that to a couple of guys back in the 80's when I was tuna fishing. We used a 5 gallon bucket though. Each time I saw the bucket getting close I'd signal the captain and he'd gas it a little sending the bucket out another 60 yds or so. After 4 or 5 times we'd let him reel it in. Well with the fisher sitting in the chair he couldn't see directly below the transon so I'd lean over to gaff it. The expression was priceless when I pulled the bucket over the gunwale.