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Fisherman missing at sea after he’s dragged overboard by tuna in Hawaii
nypost ^ | January 17, 2023 | Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 01/17/2023 7:15:09 PM PST by BenLurkin

Mark Knittle of Captain Cook was fishing with a friend four miles off the coast of Hōnaunau on the Big Island when he hooked the ahi just before 5 a.m., according to the Hawaii Police Department.

“The fish is huge,” Knittle reportedly said just before he was dragged overboard.

After witnessing Knittle plunge into the water, the friend tried to grab the line but missed.

The friend saw Knittle on the surface for a brief moment but disappeared “within seconds,” police said, adding that the friend attempted to jump in but couldn’t spot Knittle in the water.

Hawaii police did not immediately respond to The Post’s question on whether any foul play is suspected in Knittle’s disappearance.

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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: fish; fishing; tuna
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

The charter captains we have gone with out of Venice, Louisiana hook the fish with the rod in the well, and then hand it off to the client, who fights the fish standing up. Fifteen minutes to half an hour is about average in my experience. Not the biggest tuna out there, but more than enough fight for some late middle-aged businessmen. Yeah, I’ve lost some to sharks. Tuna, not businessmen.


61 posted on 01/18/2023 6:17:48 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Romulus

“...the client, who fights the fish standing up”.

Like a man. Biggest fish I ever landed was a 50# cod at Coxes Ledge off Montauk Point. They don’t really put up that much of a fight though. One day I’ve got to try for a tuna.


62 posted on 01/18/2023 6:31:14 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: Round Earther
“Knittle is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 185 pounds...”

Ahi Tuna, 300lbs. Tuna wins.

63 posted on 01/18/2023 7:03:41 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Repeal The 17th
I cannot stress ENOUGH how important it is for EVERY fisherman to CARRY A SHARP KNIFE WITH AT LEAST A 2" BLADE for CUTTING A LINE in an emergency situation.

NO fisherman is going to break 20, 30, 40, 50 or higher LB test with his hands (ESPECIALLY if the line is taught) if his hands or arm get somehow wrapped around a line with a large fish taking him down into the water.

If I ever see a fisherman go into the water who is somehow wrapped around a line, I AM PULLING MY KNIFE AND GOING IN AFTER HIM. There is no way I watch a tuna, huge catfish or any other fish take a man to his death...

CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, CARRY A SHARP KNIFE ON YOUR PERSON AT ALL TIMES WHEN FISHING because WEIRD THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

64 posted on 01/18/2023 9:15:57 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Vigilanteman

My Bro in law caught a huge yellow fin brought it to N.Y. and within hours it was on it’s way to Japan, not sure the wt. of the fish but he got 5,000 + for it.


65 posted on 01/18/2023 11:49:13 AM PST by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: dfwgator

Thank you. Never seen the album cover before. The joke is appreciated on another level now.


66 posted on 01/18/2023 12:02:47 PM PST by perfect stranger
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To: PGR88

That’s possible....


67 posted on 01/18/2023 12:05:27 PM PST by Osage Orange
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To: PGR88

That’s possible....


68 posted on 01/18/2023 12:05:34 PM PST by Osage Orange
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To: EEGator

When one big game fishes...sometimes you are attached to your reel....


69 posted on 01/18/2023 12:07:06 PM PST by Osage Orange
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To: Osage Orange

Indeed. Things just got reel for this poor chap.


70 posted on 01/18/2023 12:10:17 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: BenLurkin

71 posted on 01/18/2023 12:12:56 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Does so
No fowl play is suspected...

Maybe not. But something's fishy.

72 posted on 01/18/2023 12:14:18 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: ABN 505

Working dockside to scoop up these fish is generally a lot more pleasant job for a Japanese Trading Company employee than being stuck in a high rise office building in some $#*+hole big city pushing paper.


73 posted on 01/18/2023 12:22:19 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: BenLurkin

Number one rule in kiteboarding!! I’f anything goes wrong, LET GO OF THE BAR!! same would apply here I guess! unless he had a harness clipped into his Pole....


74 posted on 01/18/2023 12:27:19 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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