Swordfish harpooned July 12 08

I am at the helm and my partner John is on the cam. Curtis is our harpooner and in this case we almost lose the fish because the line is caught on the boat, but we haul it right in and thankfully get it

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• Swordfish
• harpooning
• sticking
• darting
• atlantic
• fish
• swords
• sword
• longline
• trawl
• ocean
• tagging
• offshore
• fishing
• harpoon

[Rosscoleman85]

How comes at 3:55 - 4:08 it sound like someones shooting the pulse rifle from Aliens?

[moviegeek2]

its the VHF cutting in and out, just the people talking arn't close enough to hear

[moviegeek2]

Ignor the assholes on here guys, some people never have anything good to say. And swordfish tastes great, as do most fish you can eat.

[orionsgolfer]

you do if your a longliner because you and other longliners use the harpoon quota first then go on your on quota so the harpoon quota gets caught first ,if you got a longline quota then you shouldnt be sticking go longlining like you use to.......

[moviegeek2]

sorry buddy but i think you are a bit confused. The two quotas are entirely seperate. Harpooners decided a few years back that they wanted their own quota and they got it, just not a lot. The rest of the quota was divided amongst the other licenses. By other i mean the ones that allow you to either, go drailing, set longline gear or go harpooning and our quotas are set in stone, and have nothing to do with the harpooning fleet. Hopefully this helps you understand the situation

[moviegeek2]

we did go longlining for swords in the past but fuel prices and low fish prices mean that its impossible to make money with such high expense. So, we will catch out fish the best way we know how and in a manner that best fills our pockets... i'm sure the harpooners would appreciate your concern but you should really get more informed before you run your mouth or fingers in this case, it makes you look stupid. Maybe some good came of it, i'm sure your not the only ill informed character around

[360nightmare]

Could the swordfish do much damage to a human if a human got to close?

[redgaridose]

dude i used to watch ppl when i was on hoiliday catch the fish and beet the hell outta it with a stick then cut its head off with a macheti

[greatwhite1222]

@360nightmare that sword could go right threw ya and the bacterie on a swords bill will have ur wound infected almost instintaniously...

[greatwhite1222]

hey,do you or anyone u know need a deckhand for next season

[rusk1y1]

at 3:22 it sounded like ok gays lets go lmfao

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

Great job! Harpooning is a lost art.

[oseanvi6]

nice work !

[HiJinXGFX]

thats mean

[banneddam]

HARPOOOOOOOOONED!!! XD