too good a story to keep to myself-

[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.

[MAC]

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.

[Young Salt]

great story........dont feel bad nebe i had something like that happen to me too. Fishing right after a storm, might have been close to where you had your incident, turned out to be a canvas cover that came off a T-top.

Go back and post a pic of you with your trophy......that's front page mat'l

[vineyardblues]

Eben,
You need to head back down,find it,bring it back and melt it down into a few of your special EEl's ,
Talk about all the mojo when you catch that 50lber on a melted down bath mat ,now a Nebe Batheel ,complete with some old athlete foot smelly toe jam
VB

[NIB]

Nice..I was wondering why u called i was takin a nap for the night's fun..
Sounds like u floored em..

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Young Salt

great story........dont feel bad nebe i had something like that happen to me too. Fishing right after a storm, might have been close to where you had your incident, turned out to be a canvas cover that came off a T-top.

Go back and post a pic of you with your trophy......that's front page mat'l

Actually, you were there right after it happened. it happened on the side you were on, but when you showed up, i had moved over to the other side..


T-orlando is right- thank god i landed it