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Salmon fishing

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I was stationed in Eureka, CA from 1975 to 1977 at the Coast Guard Group. The Group office was right next to the Coast Guard Station, where they had a pair of 44' surf boats. The station got a call about a guy that was drifting out to sea, but there were no details. So, the station dispached the 44' to investigate. By the time they got to the scene, the person that was adrift was in fact beyond the limits of the getty and headed out to sea. The crew pulled the guy aboard the 44 footer and returned to base. What they found was a guy that had taped a pair of chest waders to a large inner tube, using duct tape. He grabbed his fishing gear and climbed into the waders. He then tied the thing off to something on shore with a long light line, and then drifted out to the limits of the line expecting to do some salmon fishing. Well, his knot tying abilities were not exactly what would be expected for such a stunt, and the knot un-did itself and the guy began to drift with the current out to sea.

Submitted on 01/06/2009

Submitted by: Richard Soucy
Reference: Personal experience

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Bruce said:
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I spent years at Group Boston while in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and performed countless hours of patrols throughout the Boston and Rhode Island areas but never encountered anything quite like this. It sounds like he was pretty ingenious, but not quite ingenious enough to avoid potential disaster. Thanks for the story, Richard!

Candi said:
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.....!!!!! I agree with Bruce! How is that contraption in _any way_ an "ocean rated" vessel!?! He's lucky a storm didn't blow in! And what exactly was he planning to do when he caught a salmon? As I understand it, those buggers can get BIG.

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