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Fisherman missing at sea after he’s dragged overboard by tuna in Hawaii
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| January 17, 2023
| Katherine Donlevy
Posted on 01/17/2023 7:15:09 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Repeal The 17th
I used to work on a party (head) boat that did stand-up tuna fishing at the Hudson Canyon. The Captain would NOT allow customers to use harnesses. Gimbal belts were not only OK, but a necessity.
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posted on
01/17/2023 9:48:20 PM PST
by
Roccus
(Veritas, non verba magistri)
To: Repeal The 17th
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posted on
01/17/2023 9:52:47 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Fai Mao
Have you ever seen the Cougar drag its prey back to its lair? Was it still alive at the time?
To: BenLurkin
Hey Charlie! Look what I just caught!
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posted on
01/17/2023 10:10:50 PM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: BenLurkin
Now known as “Rider of the Waves”.
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posted on
01/17/2023 10:33:19 PM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
To: CivilWarBrewing
He was known to be cruel to the tuna. That’s right: He was rotten to the albacore
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posted on
01/17/2023 10:55:41 PM PST
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j.havenfarm
(22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2023 11:05:18 PM PST
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: BenLurkin
Fisherman missing at sea after he’s dragged overboard by tuna in Hawaii"The sea was angry that day, my friends!"
Regards,
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posted on
01/17/2023 11:18:10 PM PST
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Good Lord, they fill up that many jumbo jets with fish? Every day? Is that sustainable? "Sustainable?!" Are you kidding?! The ocean is HUGE!
Who are you? Al Gore?
Regards,
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posted on
01/17/2023 11:20:20 PM PST
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: Bob434
Sounds like he must have been- had the pole been loose- He coudla just let go- but i suppose the line coulda wrapped around him as he got yanked into the ocean and pulled him under too, or the fishing reel or hooks on the pole coulda snagged his clothing too- lot can go wrong- He was heard to mutter, "From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned tuna."
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posted on
01/17/2023 11:25:56 PM PST
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
This can happen when you lock yourself to the rod but not the fighting seat.
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01/18/2023 1:06:41 AM PST
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fso301
To: alexander_busek
“Who are you? Al Gore?”
Off topic, but I heard Al Gore is worth $800 million...
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posted on
01/18/2023 3:19:02 AM PST
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Does so
(This way, the swamp can take out Trump in 2024 AND Biden forever)
To: j.havenfarm
No fowl play is suspected...
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posted on
01/18/2023 3:20:43 AM PST
by
Does so
(This way, the swamp can take out Trump in 2024 AND Biden forever)
To: PGR88
One of the dangers of catching really powerful fish, like tuna and marlin, is they can run towards the boat early giving slack in the line. Tuna then love to dive down to the thermocline ( about 300ft) to colder water. If you get wrapped in the line when it comes toward the boat, then it dives, you’re dead.
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To: Romulus
“I’m not a big fisherman, but have fought a few tuna. An 80 lb tuna is a very powerful fish that will Kick Your Butt. I was never strapped in, but was close to letting go of the rod a couple of times. I don’t go into the ocean. It’s dangerous.”
Full grown tuna weigh 300 to 1000 pounds. You were fighting a baby. They are strong fish.
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posted on
01/18/2023 4:13:25 AM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
To: Brooklyn Attitude
They run smaller around here. Yellowfin.
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posted on
01/18/2023 4:58:39 AM PST
by
Romulus
To: BenLurkin
I wonder what Bill Parcells had against the guy.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:10:41 AM PST
by
nesnah
(Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
To: Romulus
With Tina fishing comes the risk of the “tax collector”, as we call them around here.
Sharks!
Tuna put out a distress flutter as they are reeled in and this is a huge magnet to sharks. It isn’t at all uncommon to have the line get a huge hit, then you reel in a tuna head. Get them in the boat as soon as possible.
Not the time to fall overboard.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:17:31 AM PST
by
SheepWhisperer
("Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.")
To: Romulus
“They run smaller around here. Yellowfin.”
Right, makes sense. The charter fishing boats have fighting positions in the back where you insert the pole and don’t have to hold it.
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posted on
01/18/2023 5:19:55 AM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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