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Old 08-03-2012, 09:11 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by LINESIDES View Post
Gill net is my guess!
30 years ago I got caught in one in front of the old coast guard station coming off the flat...
They were banned at the time.
Fouled my prop. I removed it!!!
There were a few of them around that year Leo... big mesh floating nets.... I got so tangled in one out on the beach so bad that I had to anchor the boat and go swimming with a knife...I couldn't rise the motor for fear of sinking the boat..

A good run is better than a bad stand!
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