Subdeacon Joe Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv1MG_ya7lY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 After seeing that, I don't think I'll ever take a whizz of the end of the dock again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Never mess with a Tarpon. :D Note she's not worried enough to drop the camera and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Several years ago some fisherman off the coast of Georgia or Florida, I forget, had a big tarpon follow a retrieved lure into their center console boat. The tarpon made a clean sweep of the innards leaving the fisherman hanging onto the outboard as a spectator. Best I remember there wasn't much left of the console, etc. This guy is probably of the same gene pool that would try to grab a wild boar by the ears without any help by way of people or dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I suppose a guy like that would want to go noodling in the Dneper river in the Chernobyl district. Some catfish there have gotten to 8 or 9 feet in length -- no predators and catfish grow their entire lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamon Chute Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Never mess with a Tarpon. :D Note she's not worried enough to drop the camera and help. That was the first thing I noticed....a lot of screaming and filming and no one helping. EC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Looked to me that he had his arm in the gills and not in the mouth. I would give that vid about a +3 for validity. BUT, and there is always the ugly but, he did get his 3 1/2 seconds of fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I noticed his forearm was already bloody when he dangled it over the side. Apparently this wasn't the first time this knucklehead had tried for his 15 minutes. Lotsa screaming but no helping, and his buddies didn't seem in too much of a hurry to offer aid. My guess is this was some yahoo trying for his fifteen minutes of fame, and the girlfriend probably dropped the camera the first time so he opted to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 And left the fish wondering WHAT THE HEY????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 When I was Stationed in Key West Fl. a couple of knuckleheads checked out a Boston Whaler from MWR and went fishing. They managed to catch a very large grouper a couple of miles off shore. Fought it to exhaustion and got it alongside the boat. Grouper was too big for them to get into the boat so they decided to leave it in the water and use the anchor rope for a stringer. They were afraid of putting their hands in its mouth so they tied it off by the tail and secured the rope to the stern of the boat. Well when the grouper had rested sufficiently it decided it was time to go and took off with the boat in tow. Grouper managed to swamp the boat and left the two young sailors adrift. When they did not come back on time the Coast Guard was notified and a search commenced. Found the two clinging to a channel marker about 3 miles off shore. The next day their fish tale was the talk of the base with most of us thinking they had managed to sink the boat in Florida Bay and were trying to hide their poor seamanship. Two days later the boat was spotted and recovered with the grouper still attached to the stern. The Coast guard cut the fish loose and brought the boat back to the base. My buddy on the CG Cutter said the fish easily weighed 300 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 AS with most fish storys , the first guy , AIN'T got a chance CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I hope he got an infection. And that's not a legal means of taking Tarpon. Wonder if he had a license? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 When I was Stationed in Key West Fl. a couple of knuckleheads checked out a Boston Whaler from MWR and went fishing. They managed to catch a very large grouper a couple of miles off shore. Fought it to exhaustion and got it alongside the boat. Grouper was too big for them to get into the boat so they decided to leave it in the water and use the anchor rope for a stringer. They were afraid of putting their hands in its mouth so they tied it off by the tail and secured the rope to the stern of the boat. Well when the grouper had rested sufficiently it decided it was time to go and took off with the boat in tow. Grouper managed to swamp the boat and left the two young sailors adrift. When they did not come back on time the Coast Guard was notified and a search commenced. Found the two clinging to a channel marker about 3 miles off shore. The next day their fish tale was the talk of the base with most of us thinking they had managed to sink the boat in Florida Bay and were trying to hide their poor seamanship. Two days later the boat was spotted and recovered with the grouper still attached to the stern. The Coast guard cut the fish loose and brought the boat back to the base. My buddy on the CG Cutter said the fish easily weighed 300 lbs. First rule of fishing, never hook a fish bigger than you can handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 That was the first thing I noticed....a lot of screaming and filming and no one helping. EC Dooooooood, you caught it - you clean it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 AIN'T never cuaght or cleaned one , BUT , I have been told thay ain't good to eat very boney , kinda like a CARP CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Think I will take up noodlin' perch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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