All i had was a skiff rowboat then , so i clamped on a keel , a piece of driftwood plywood I found on the beach and made a sail out of old lumber and a bed sheet. I went trolling in -> aucoot cove in mattapoisett heading towards Marion point and bird island (all covered in oil i heard) and zig zagged around the rock piles. I caught several blues and finally hooked up a huge striper that towed me halfway to bird island with two foot white caps . I saw that fish several times up close and it was at least 4 feet long really mad and mighty scary lookin.
Eventually drifting almost a mile from shore , i fought a little too hard on my light tackle and got snapped off.
Jimmy Craig of hockey fame, a goaly for the Boston Bruins, had to rescue me and tow me in with his dad's boat which was lucky because i was nearly into the stronger current of the shipping lanes. It was like the old man in the sea experience for me, and i was the won who actually got hooked. true story !
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