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Oct 19, 2017
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Always the best lines hit us two minutes later, then fade a day before the next opportunity comes around.

-Will (Dragonfly)
 
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Jun 4, 2009
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I’m going fishing, hope to snag one of these.
I've never envied the angler once the fish exceeded 150 pounds. That's just plain HARD WORK! I'm happy enough watching my anglers turn from macho fish killers into crying children after a couple of hours in the chair with a six to 800# (even a couple of granders, over the season) black on the line! "Cap, I need a break." "That's OK, take all the time you want, but do remember that the fish recuperates 5 times faster than you do! Could it be that sportfishing captains are a lil bit masochistic?
Anyway, good luck and save me some smoked marlin/dip for when we meet down this way next year, I hope.
 
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Oct 19, 2017
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Could it be that sportfishing captains are a lil bit masochistic?
All the ones I've known were. Nice guys, but never hesitated to light up that special, stinky cigar, when the passengers were looking a little green. Even the ones who didn't smoke cigars.

-Will (Dragonfly)
 
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All the ones I've known were. Nice guys, but never hesitated to light up that special, stinky cigar, when the passengers were looking a little green. Even the ones who didn't smoke cigars.

-Will (Dragonfly)
A good angler should be down in the cockpit doing his job while a good captain should be on the flybridge or tower doing his, so I can't see where the cigar smoke comes into the equation.
Fishermen and their excuses, lol....
 
Dec 29, 2008
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Treworgy 65' LOA Custom Steel Pilothouse Staysail Ketch St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Always the best lines hit us two minutes later, then fade a day before the next opportunity comes around.

-Will (Dragonfly)
And, my wife really doesn't like it when I start out a comment with, "You should have said...".

I'm usually much better off just thinking it to myself.
 
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