Man Stabbed with Swordfish in Fight

Reuters ^ | 2-22-2002

[Cagey]

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida fisherman was recovering on Friday after being stabbed with the bill of a swordfish during a fight with another man, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.

Police arrested Frank Ashmus, 46, and Garth Spacek, 42, on Thursday after the two fishermen allegedly started fighting near a dock in Madeira Beach, a small city on Florida's Gulf Coast.

Police said that after Spacek hit Ashmus in the head with a beer bottle and left, Ashmus went to Spacek's apartment and stabbed him in the abdomen with a sharp detached bill of a swordfish.

"We don't see this kind of thing very often," said Pinellas County Sheriff spokeswoman Marianna Pasha.

Both men were drunk, according to police.

Ashmus and Spacek were held without bond on charges of aggravated battery. Spacek was in fair condition, Pasha said.

[Cagey]

Never bring a beer bottle to a Sword Fight.

[bloodmeridian]

Darwin material for sure.

[TomGuy]

Both men were drunk

We guessed that from the headline!

[Centurion2000]

But did he do it just for the halibut ?

[weikel]

Nah they have to be killed by their own stupidity not killed by someone else in an amusing way.

[StriperSniper]

"We don't see this kind of thing very often,"

Of course not, swordfish stocks have been decimated by the longliners!

[freedombird]

How can you be so glib about this situation?

Have you no sole??

-fb

[Snuffington]

We don't see this kind of thing very often...

... normally, they use a flounder. This guy was some sort of fish-weapon genius!

[The Chid]

Hope he saw a sturgeon...

[Orual]

Hawaiin Fish Saying:

A la`a kô kû i ke a`u.
So, you got stabbed by a swordfish.
You got into trouble.

Some more...
swordfish stabbings...
to ponder.

[GoredInMich]

Well, it sounds to me like he got his bass kicked.

I didnt catch the names of the involved.......one was probably Marlin..........

[r9etb]

Police said that after Spacek hit Ashmus in the head with a beer bottle and left, Ashmus went to Spacek's apartment and stabbed him in the abdomen with a sharp detached bill of a swordfish.

I'm not sure, but I think it might have been fun to be able to listen in on Mr. Ashmus's thoughts....

"Knife? Nah. Messy."

"Yeah! A fire poker! Wait ... I got no fireplace -- I'm in Florida."

"Frozen leg of lamb? Hmmmmm. No -- somebody done that in a detective story."

"My pet piranha? Naw -- take too long to skeletonize him with only one...."

Hey, I know....!

[HockeyPop]

"Half fish," he said. "Fish that you were. I am sorry that I went too far out. I ruined us both. But we have killed many sharks, you and I, and ruined many others. How many did you ever kill, old fish? You do not have that spear on your head for nothing." --Ernest Hemingway

[pubmom]

Sounds like the jerk with the beer bottle baited him.

[dighton]

We guessed [they were drunk] from the headline!

Stewed to the gills.

[Lost Highway]

We must have federal licensing of all Sworodfish. It's for the children you know.

[Cagey]

Great post!

[riley1992]

Fed up with all the senseless and unnecessary violence, the Pinellas County Sherrif's department institutes the Swordfish Buy Back Program.

[GoredInMich]

Yeah, and he fell for it...............

Hook, Line and Sinker

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Nice one.