At 5:59 PM -0800 15/2/99, Dave Kruger wrote: >Regarding hooking something bigger than you are -- been there, done that! >In the Broken Group (Barkley Sound, BC), while *bottom fishing*, I snagged >a harbor seal, who took off like a scalded snake, dragging me and my boat >along for a ride. I had to cut the line to avoid a capsize. Although I >was using a conventional rod and reel, I do not think it would have been >very different if I had snagged the piniped with a handline. The knife is >close at hand when I fish. (snip) >-- >Dave Kruger >Astoria, OR While in the Brokens I saw a former boyfriend nearly go over when he hooked a halibut (we guessed) and it wanted to leave. And he was in a Wind Dancer, not an easy boat to tip over. We never did find out what it really was. He had to cut the line. He loved fishing (and for all I know still does ;) and caught one salmon at last, and many um, whatever they were, mackerel I think. One guide on a trip I was on caught a good sized salmon every day for our communal dinner every evening. The trade off was, he left the group for long stretches to go fishing and was soon lost to sight leaving us with his somewhat more volatile cohort. Diane *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 15 1999 - 21:16:57 PST
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