Fisherman speared by blue marlin off Bermuda

CNN ^ | July 24, 2006 | Associate Press

[Military family member]

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) -- A fisherman was recovering from surgery after he was speared in the chest and knocked into the Atlantic Ocean by a blue marlin during a fishing competition off Bermuda's coast.

Ian Card, 32, was in stable condition at King Edward VII Hospital in the British Island territory from a wound that his doctor said could have been fatal.

[Hildy]

Geez..every year there's at least two of these stories.

[1rudeboy]

There was an FR fish thread many years ago that was one of the funniest ever. Anybody remember? Pun after pun.

[krb]

There was a story on Discovery Health Channel about a woman who got speared in the fake boobie by one of these fish.

[Izzy Dunne]

A fisherman was recovering from surgery after he was speared in the chest and knocked into the Atlantic Ocean by a blue marlin during a fishing competition off Bermuda's coast.

In related news, the man-catching competition in the same area was won by "Babe", a blue marlin.

[Red Badger]

Sometimes you're the fisher, sometimes you're the fishee.....

[Triggerhippie]

I've always come out on top when I go spearfishing...

[norraad]

Everytime I'm dragged out fishing I say, (Jack Benney style);

"You know, you can buy fish".

[1rudeboy]

I usually say, "help me with these coolers."

[SouthTexas]

Catch and release I take it?

[silverleaf]

And then the marlin says to his friend:

"You should have seen the one that got away!"

[Ingtar]

"I hate it when I get a human on my windshield."

[norraad]

Fillet and release.

[ken in texas]

You mean this one: Man Arrested For Hitting Girlfriend With Fish?

One of my all-time favorites.

[UCANSEE2]

Thanks for posting this article.

First, it is refreshing to read about something different.
Second, the reporter did not blame President Bush for it.

Hard to find an item in the MSM anywhere with those qualifications.


So...... MAN 6' tall 200 pounds

VS

MARLIN 14 feet 800 pounds
(with bayonet)

If you liked that, try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxXt5SiCgCs&search=killer%20whale

[girlangler]

And I thought I had some interesting fishing stories.

[rightinthemiddle]

"I have a terrible pain in my chest. It must have been the fish."

[anymouse]

Poor guy, he brought a fishing rod to a sword fight. :)

[Roccus]

PING!!!!!!!

[Aquinasfan]

Everytime I'm dragged out fishing I say, (Jack Benney style); "You know, you can buy fish".

LOL! I think I'm going to use that line 8-)