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Old 02-06-2009, 20:03   #10
ZooKeeper
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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK View Post
TR,, I'm going with Bill's suggestion,, the T2..

But,There are a couple stories that may have ended happier if the G2 was available..

1st Story:

About 15 yrs ago a guy got his 1st chance to go out the the oil platforms off North Florida spear fishing for grouper and AJ's. He purchased a new spear gun with 60 inch shaft, with the expectations of getting a shot at a big one.

He did, it was a 200 lb Nassau, his buddy watched the shaft pearce just behind the head, clean thru.

The grouper proceeded to sound,, in 1400 ft of water,, with the driver attached via a lanyard to the gun and shaft..

They never recovered either..

2nd Story:

One of the Key West sport charters was out with a big-buck customer after Marlin.

The guy wanted a trophy to mount so it was planned to skip or cut lose anything not at least 1000 lbs..

On the second day they lucked out. They hooked what was guessed to be one around 1200 lbs.

The fight was fierce, lasting almost two(2) hours.

As they finally wore the fish down,, thinking the fish dead, they reeled him up to the boat.

The mate started to hand roll the 30ft long 400 lb mono leader.

It's done in a similar fashion to what we were taught to do a chute, in jump school.

If done properly, you can dump it in a clean pile on the deck by just pointing your arms down..

Another mate secured the rod via safety strap, in the gunnel and locked the drag.

The boat never shopped,, so the Marlin was getting fresh water over his gills..

He woke up, made one thrashing jump, snapped the 130 mono, and sounded..

With the mate still tied to the leader,, never to be seen again..

Net Net,, there is someone out there that needs a G2..

But not this FOG...

If I had one,,

I'd only use it to telling fishing stories...



And that's my story and I'm sticking to it...



T2, it will be...

Wow, those are some crazy stories. Thanks for sharing.

Also thanks to Bill for some great information. Between his previous thread stating they are being discontinued and this thread I might have to pick one of these blades up before they are gone.
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