Swords: Life on the line

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Bocephus

On one hand, I like to watch ANYONE fish, on the other, I hate seeing such waste as the small sword and the shark. I was on a party boat in the keys a while back catching mostly yellowtail. The mates set up on a shark, battled it for almost 2 hrs, then gaffed it in the tail, then the gills, then the line snapped and i watched a beautiful 11ft hammerhead drift to the bottom bleeding out. They were pissed when I told them they werent getting a dime for a tip from me. It was the last time I did a party boat thing.

Good for you! I gave up swordfish long ago. I eat Bass and farm raised Salmon.