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The icy waters of the Atlantic
are teaming with nasty fish like this one, which I caught off the coast
of Newfoundland. |
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This ugly mug was caught off the coast of
Georgia. This picture captures a rare, last attempt at freedom. The fish
lept from my hands and attacked Joan, my photographer for the day. |
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Petersburg, Alaska holds a Halibut
fishing contest every year in early June. I decided to make my way up to
Petersburg after the Chamber of Commerce mailed me a letter and packet of
coupons for local eateries. I donated my prize to a local orphanage. |
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The best thing about catching this monster
was that Miss Havana was on board to watch me reel it in. I had to turn
down her marriage proposal in protest of Fidel Castro's human rights record. |
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I needed to recruit some help
to display this Red Snapper haul I brought in during a trip in late June,
1998. The best thing about International waters aren't the pirates and gambling,
but the lack of size and catch limit. |
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The ladies love a man with a Sailfish. Maybe
its the confidence. Maybe its the money one can earn on the professional
fishing circuit. Maybe its the fish. Maybe its the complete package. |
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I went to the Virgin Islands
specifically to work on my tan, but I couldn't help but catch this Barracuda,
using only a coat hanger and seven feet of gaffer's tape. |
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Fishing isn't all glory and money. When it
comes down to it, fishing is a bloody, violent chess match with Posiden
himself. Sometimes the fish win....but not when I'm playing the game. If
something is going to end up bloody and thrashing around the floor of a
boat, it sure as hell isn't going to be me. |
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Nothing tastes better than a
Bass stuffed with goose meat. I've always found that hunting these "Devils
of the Air" is the perfect way to pass the time while fishing. |
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This is a rare in-action photograph of me
catching a marlin using only my hands, a pair of lefty scissors, and twenty
feet of mint dental floss. |
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Sometimes, when I'm fishing in
an area without a catch limit, I can go a little crazy. This trip ended with
me catching over three thousand fish in a 12 hour stretch. I ended up selling
most of the fish to the military. |
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I spent many winter with my Uncle Farîarik,
fishing the frozen water of the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
Those whale blubber sandwiches and seal-lined boots not only kept me warm
and healthy, but built character. |
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I sometimes catch fish by "willing"
them to come ashore. |
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Here I am with some flounder I caught while
hanging out with Old Man Henderson of Cape May, New Jersey. |
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This giant Red Snapper was quite
a handfull. I donated the flesh of this sea beast to the blind. |
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This was a record setting marlin that was
caught during a competition off the Mexican coast. It took twenty hours
and seven hundred gallons of fuel to pull this monster onto the boat. It
took a team of seven men two weeks to fillet it. |
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Ladies love a man that can fish. |
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A grouper doesn't really taste good, so we
threw this big fish into the chum pot and ended up catching a big
shark. |
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Nothing is more satisfying than
catching a halibut. |
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The only thing that can make catching a halibut
better is catching it with somebody there to watch. |
