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I'll give you the short list:
I jumped in the water while at anchor on Stellwagon to clear a line with a chaffing guard* that was wrapped around one of the props (inboard) that was hammering the bottom of the boat when put in gear. I did know enough to throw a rope over so I wasn't swept away but I didn't even consider the fact that we had been chumming all day and not 5 mins. after we stopped chumming I jumped in with a mask and swam under the boat to clear the line. It took about 10mins. and when I climbed back through the tuna door and was drying off I remembered all the sharks we have caught there.
After getting spooled I returned to the same spot the next night with a boat rod with 130# Dacron on the squidder that got spooled and fished with a 2lb. mackerel for bait.
Quit fishing for a couple of seasons when I moved in with a girl and was working about 70hrs. a week while she worked only 2 days grooming dogs and cats which she scheduled for my days off so I could help. After the second time I caught her cheating I smartened up.
I still show up where I want to fish anywhere from 3+hrs. before I know the fish will show to ensure I get the spot I want when the tides right.
I once dragged a tote with 100lbs.of mackerel about a mile down the canal. We thawed it for tuna fishing then my folks decided not to go out. Since I was staying on the boat in Bourne there was no way I could resist taking it for chumming bass.
*A tube with a 16oz. sinker taped to it that slides down the line after a tuna is hooked to protect the leader.
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