NFR Swordfish

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Jim in Anacortes said:
There is no "school" that you can go to that teaches this "trade". For me, it was a boat named "Outlaw" in Dana Point harbor in 1979.
Learning to throw the harpoon at kelp and various floating objects was a hoot. We had separate gear at the ready for the sharks. Good times for a long haired hippy teenager.
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Were you a swordfish harpooner?
 
Jim in Anacortes said:
Yep that was me.
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I bet you have some good first person stories. Like what happened when you missed the first time, what did the skipper do (unless a muy macho guy never misses)? And what were you doing with those sharks?
 
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Matt B I have a lot of "sea stories". As a teenager anchored outside of Dana Point harbor, my friend on another harpoon boat was distraught. It seemed that his captain had been shooting the sharks, and had inadvertently shot a hole in the side of his boat. He was on a sinking boat, in blood soaked water with sharks swimming all over. My buddy was rescued that night and we drank a lot of whiskey.
 
Back then the harpoon boats were the coolest thing ever. They made good money, fishing was fun and easy. Dana Point was the place to be. Unfortunately, the gill net industry began to flourish from the Portuguese fisherman that knew how to use nets..But there is, still to this day, macho men that use airplanes, boats, flying bridges and planks to stick these magnificent fish with harpoons.
My point of this thread.... that these harpooned fish are a very special table fare.
 
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