Posted on 01/17/2023 7:15:09 PM PST by BenLurkin
Mark Knittle of Captain Cook was fishing with a friend four miles off the coast of Hōnaunau on the Big Island when he hooked the ahi just before 5 a.m., according to the Hawaii Police Department.
“The fish is huge,” Knittle reportedly said just before he was dragged overboard.
After witnessing Knittle plunge into the water, the friend tried to grab the line but missed.
The friend saw Knittle on the surface for a brief moment but disappeared “within seconds,” police said, adding that the friend attempted to jump in but couldn’t spot Knittle in the water.
Hawaii police did not immediately respond to The Post’s question on whether any foul play is suspected in Knittle’s disappearance.
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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?
This is not the first time a tuna or billfish had pulled a person overboard trying to reel it in.
Tuna +1
Killer Whales
That’s weird.
Could this dude not swim?
Sometimes you snag the tuna, sometimes the tuna snags you.
“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.
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.
I’ve changed my mind, they killed him.
In soviet union, fish reel you in...
Within hours, the tuna would be frozen and on a flight to Japan.
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.
Someday, someone is going to catch a giant tuna with some extra drag on it.
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?
Chalk one up for the tuna.
>>>After witnessing Knittle plunge into the water, the friend tried to grab the line but missed.<<<
Priorities, priorities, priorities!
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