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Fisherman missing at sea after he’s dragged overboard by tuna in Hawaii
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| January 17, 2023
| Katherine Donlevy
Posted on 01/17/2023 7:15:09 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:15:09 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I’ve never fished like that. Would he have been strapped to his line/pole such that he couldn’t disengage once he went overboard?
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:18:02 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: BenLurkin
This is not the first time a tuna or billfish had pulled a person overboard trying to reel it in.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:18:35 PM PST
by
Swirl
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:18:42 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: BenLurkin
That’s weird.
Could this dude not swim?
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:18:56 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
Sometimes you snag the tuna, sometimes the tuna snags you.
To: BenLurkin
“Knittle is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 185 pounds, with curly brown hair with a white mustache and beard.”
I doubt he still matches that description.
To: PGR88
It’s possible. There’s a video on YouTube where a big tuna pulled the fisherman (seat and all) out of the pedestal into the water.
To: BenLurkin
I’ve changed my mind, they killed him.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:22:00 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
In soviet union, fish reel you in...
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:23:20 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: EEGator
Tuna are awful big fishes. Don't know if they still do, but Japanese trading companies used to employ agents in Florida and Hawaiian ports who would snap a first class photo of big tuna catches and offer cash on the spot.
Within hours, the tuna would be frozen and on a flight to Japan.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:26:30 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: BenLurkin
Being strapped to your pole is NOT a good idea.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:27:25 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:29:15 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
"..the friend attempted to jump in.."
This makes NO sense whatsoever. You either jump in, or you don't jump in. There's NO in-between.
How about "the friend declined to jump in"?
FOUL PLAY is worth investigating here.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:29:36 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: BenLurkin
This was very UNFOR-TUNA-TE.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:30:58 PM PST
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: BenLurkin
Someday, someone is going to catch a giant tuna with some extra drag on it.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:35:01 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
(Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
To: CivilWarBrewing
Yeah I saw that line, and this one:
“...After witnessing Knittle plunge into the water,
the friend tried to grab the line but missed...”
Dude and pole were in the water, was the line still on deck?
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:35:28 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: BenLurkin
Chalk one up for the tuna.
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:37:19 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: BenLurkin
>>>After witnessing Knittle plunge into the water, the friend tried to grab the line but missed.<<<
Priorities, priorities, priorities!
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posted on
01/17/2023 7:41:20 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Why are there so many more horse's @33es than horses?)
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