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Posted on 07/24/2022 12:42:25 PM PDT by algore
A 73-year-old woman was stabbed by a 100-pound sailfish while fishing with some friends off the Florida coast.
The fish impaled Katherine Perkins, of Arnold, Maryland, in the groin area with its pointed bill on Tuesday while she was standing in the boat as two companions tried to bring it in on a fishing line.
Her friends immediately applied pressure to her wound and called 911 as they headed towards shore, where she was then flown to nearby HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital for treatment.
While her current condition remains unknown, Perkins was said to be in the hospital recovering on Thursday.
Perkins and her friends were in a boat two miles off the shore of Stuart - a coastal town north of West Palm Beach that is regarded as the sailfish capital of the world - when they caught the 100-pound sailfish.
The large fish charged at Perkins, who was standing next to the center console, while her companions were trying to take a picture with it, the Martin County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Treasure Coast Newspapers.
'The sailfish jumped out of the water and stabbed Katherine in the groin area while she was standing next to the center console,' authorities said.
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Florida is for Florida Man and Florida Woman. Did no one tell Maryland Woman?
Ahem.
Stabbed in the center console. No one wants that.
Thank goodness it wasn’t a man.
I hate it when that happens.
Kinda reminds me of Jerry Lewis. “Hook, Line, and Sinker”.
Pics?
Just damn. It could have been the heart, though - which has happened before.
Crikey!
Had a friend get pierced in the thumb by a Barracuda that practically leapt into the boat. They tend to not fight until they get out of the water.
Well, at her age, she was likely not using that equipment much these days.
Still, had to hurt like hell.
A guy here was killed by a small swordfish in the harbor. Little fish had gotten confused inside the harbor.
Dude jumps in to catch the fish and it stabbed him in the chest. Not a fish to be near when panicked.
That happens from time to time, more often it is marlin because marlin are the targets of fishermen more often.
One of his best, playing more humorous normal guy than the usual socially backward spaz.
She should buy a lottery ticket
But did they “boat” the sail fish??
***Katherine Perkins***
Any relation to Marlin Perkins?
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