Had a customer fishing in the bow a couple years ago who would swing for the stars trying to set the hook on a ling......told him he was going to rip the fishes head off doing that and to take it easy...this went on all morning.
Waited till he went to the head and left his rod in the rod holder, still in the water. Had Eddie the deckhand at the time bring up a ling head which we quickly attached and dropped back down......The "I told you so" laughter and look on his face when he brought up the head was priceless and truly memorable!
