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.

[Jack Wilson]

After this thread I now favor pun control.

[GoredInMich]

Man, I KNEW I was going to get hooked on this thread...got suckered into posting again.

I have to say, this is the oddest story I have seen come down the pike in awhile..............

Maybe the victim should have just kept his largemouth shut.

[Don Myers]

Wow, they have finally found a good way to dispose of the weapon. Just eat it.

[Cagey]

And, if he had practiced "catch and release" perhaps no one would have ever been the wiser.

[FreedomPoster]

The dock is across the street from an oyster bar - it's a real dive. The owner's name is Gil. He used to play for the Dolphins.

[Bobby777]

outlaw swordfish NOW!!!

[Doctor Stochastic]

Reminds me of a barberfishshop quartet:
First Tuna
Second Tuna
Barracuda
Bass

Sometimes they sang on porpoise but usually just for the halibut.

[Bobby777]

I heard he used to be a sturgeon ... now he just hangs out at his perch ... drives a Stingray I believe ...

[MotleyGirl70]

<a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3767c25f2f0f.htm>Another Fish Story</a>

[Orual]

Okay, okay, I'll be a good skate and play.

I didn't know they named a fish after him.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Close, but you forgot to put the " after the htm.

Should look like this: '...htm">Another...'

[Cagey]

And from my favorite "salty" book:

"'Whosoever of ye raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow and a crooked jaw; whosoever of ye raises me that white-headed whale, with three holes punctured in his starboard fluke- look you, whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale, he shall have this gold ounce, my boys!'" Herman MelvilleChapter 36, pg. 135

[dmz]

LOL - Marinating your fish from the inside while they are still alive...won't see that in a James Beard cookbook...

[FreedomPoster]

I heard he was driving a Barracuda. Or was it a Mako Shark?

[Cagey]

Another Fish Story

[Lumberjack]

Sometimes they sang on porpoise but usually just for the halibut.

Hey, I remember that foursome. They were really good and had a lot of groupers that hung around them all the time.

Wow, this thread is getting really loopy. Must be Friday.

[csvset]

The EMT's thought they had a croaker.

[Chad Fairbanks]

That's the worst idea I've seen come down the Pike in a long time...

[HockeyPop]

A man and his bride honeymoon in the Caribbean. Each day he is seen by the hotel staff casting his line from the shore while his wife is nowhere to be seen. The hotel staff inquire why he isn't spending "time" with her. "She's got gonorrhea", he responds. "Then why not conjugate orally?", a member of the hotel staff asks. "because she also has pyorrhea", the groom reluctantly explains. "Then why did you marry her?", they all ask. "Well", said the fisherman, "she's got worms and I love to fish"

My apologies to all

[LonePalm]

I can't believe what I'm herring.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LoanPalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)