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Originally Posted by AndyS
1.) Night bluefishing years ago watching the mates run up to the bow and pull the anchor very quickly only to see a huge cruise ship pass just in front of us minutes later.
2.) Night canyon watching a commercial boat retie the anchor of the Jamaica and push it off the back of their deck
3.) Waterspouts on the Great Lakes.
4.) Watching a huge Mako shark eat a hooked tuna.
5.) Seeing a huge Make shark jump out of the water at night, almost as high as the Gamble wheelhouse.
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Capt. Mike, Jimmy B, and I took the old Gambler down to the Spencer Canyon on an overnighter. A customer hooked a mystery shark in the port corner. We went around the corner and halfway up the starboard side when the shadow turned towards us and charged the boat! The shark was a huge Mako that jumped , hit the rail on the way down and almost came in the boat!!! Jimmy pushed the customer and me out of the way. The customer managed to hold on to the rod as we got back on our feet. The shark took off on a blistering run under the boat as we struggled to make it to the bow. That Mako jumped on the other side and finally broke off. The friction from the line on the bottom of the boat left paint embedded in the 80lb line. That was one time that we were glad that we lost it.
