PONKAPOAG/MILTON Fishing Report
LOST RODS AND TACKLE RECOVERY MISSION COMPLETE!!!!
FIRST OFF LET ME SAY THANKS TO DAMON FROM TEAM BEAVER FEVER FOR GOING FAR BEYOND HIS CALL OF DUTY AND SHOWING HOW STRONG HIS REALLY FRIENDSHIP IS!!!!!
THE STORY!!!!!!
PART 1.
THE FLIP
FIRST ME AND TIM WERE FISHING PONKI AND ON OUR WAY IN I TOLD HIM HE WOULD NEED TO BE CLOSER TO THE BACK SO WE COULD GET IN TIGHT ON SHORE!!!!HE MADE HIS MOVE SO I TURNED THE TROLLER ON LOW AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE KINDA SAT ON THE SIDE SO I LEANED THE OTHER WAY TO KEEP THE BOAT DOWN.WELL IT WASNT ENOUGH I GUESS I FELT IT COME UP AND FLIP US IN THE COLD ASS WATER!!IT WAS A SHOCK TO YOUR SYSTEM BUT I KNEW I HARD TO GET BACK ON THAT BOAT!!I SWAM TO IT IT AND PULLED MYSELF UP ON IT .TIM MADE HIS WAY OVER BUT COULDN'T GET ON SO I PULLED HIM ON AND WE RECOVERED AS MUCH TACKLE AS WE COULD.THE CHAIRS WERE FLOATING HIS TACKLE BOX THE OAR AND THE NET!!!I LOOKED AROUND FOR THE CARROT STICK BUT WE WERE SHIVERING AND HAD TO GET IN PLUS I DIDNT KNOW HOW LONG THE BOAT WOULD STAY FLOATING.I PADDLED US IN TO THE BEACH WE LOADED UP AND LEFT FIGURING AT LEAST WE ARE BOTH STILL HERE BUT OUT $800 IN TACKLE!!!WE SEEN A FEW FISHERMAN LAUNCHING SO I TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AFTER A LIL SINGING OF THE GILLIGANS ISLAND ANTHEM LOL(I KNOW BAD TIME FOR SINGING BUT I'M NUTS)
THE RECOVERY!!!!
I PUT A POST UP WHICH MOST OF YOU GUYS SEEN!!!!JUST IN CASE A PONKI FISHERMAN PULLED UP A ROD MAYBE I WOULD GET LUCKY BUT IT WAS DESPERATE!!!!AN HOUR GOES BY AND MY PHONE STARTS RINGING AND IT'S DAMON.HE TELLS ME HE HAS DIVING GEAR AND WILL BE AT MY HOUSE AT 7:30 BE READY WE ARE NOT LEAVING YOUR STUFF DOWN THERE!!!!I'M PUMPED CUZ AT THIS POINT I WAS JUST GONNA TRY TO DRAG SOMETHING DOWN THERE AND HOPE I COULD SEE THE ORANGE ROD AND LEAD ME TO THE REST.DAMON SHOWS UP AND THE MORNING WE LOAD THE BOAT AND HEAD THERE.HE PUTS ON HIS WET SUIT AND HEADS OUT AND I LAUNCH THE BOAT BEHIND HIM.IT'S ABOUT 40 DEGREES OUT AND THE WATER IS LESS THAN IDEAL .HE HAS TO FILL HIS WET SUIT WITH THAT COLD WATER BEFORE HE SWIMS BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!LUCKILLY THE SUN WAS UP AND SHINING AND THE WATER WAS GLASS SO WITH POLORIZED GLASSES I CAN SEE IN PRETTY GOOD. DAMON HAS A MASK AND SNORKEL AND STARTS TO EXPLORE THE WATER.IT'S ALL HEAVY COONTAIL SO I'M HOPING HE CAN SEE THAT CARROT STICK OR I GET LUCKY AND CAN SEE IT!!ON THE WAY TO THE SPOT HES LOOKING BUT NEITHER CAN SEE ANYTHING PROMISING!!!!FINALLY WE GET TO AN AREA WHERE I THINK IS ABOUT RIGHT BUT STILL NOT SEEING ANYTHING SO I TELL HIM IM GONNA GO LOOK A LIL DEEPER WHILE HE LOOKS AROUND.I HEADOUT BOUT 30 FT. AWAY AND SEE DAMON SLAP THE WATER.UP COMES A ROD IT'S TIM'S HEAVY WHOOOOO HE FOUND THE SITE EVERYTHING MUST BE CLOSE.I TROLL OVER AND GET THE ROD AND STAY IN POSTION.HE'S LOOKING AROUND AND DIVING THEN COMES UP AND I SEE THE CARROT STICK AND ANOTHER ROD WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY OTHER NEW ROD THE TECH SPEC YEAHHHHHHHHHH DAMON EXCITED NOW CUZ TO ME IT'S ALREADY A WIN.
- Added By: smokecity on 10/25/11 07:27 AM
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Wow Smoke..1st off im glad you both came out okay. 2ndly DAMON YOU STUD!!! unbelievable work recovering everything!!!!!
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Unbelievable!!!! Great write up Justin, Damon great Job, talk about going the extra mile!!! I can hear this story being told for years to come!!!
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Best report/story/ending ever! Got to love the fishing fraternity just awesome. And may the diver be blessed with PB before the ice comes!
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This site and the people on it rule! I had a situation in the very early spring around 11pm when a buddy and I were heading back in the canoe from a night fishing trip and a few seconds later we somehow tipped into the water. It was so cold and the boat with the all the gear, battery, troller, anchor, and about a grand worth of tackle and rods submerge into the water. I only got a rod because it was hooked to my jeans as we struggled to swim about 100 feet to shore to then take the walk of shame home to my house. The next morning we head out on foot with rope to hopefully find the canoe....a few minutes later I see Meatballs and Denny and they without hesitation offer to help.. I jumped on there boat and about 30 minutes later we found the canoe, only a couple inches of it was exposed on the surface- very luckily the bottom of the boat had my tackle box, the troller and battery which both still worked. They then offered to tow it back to my lauch- unbelievable!!! Thanks again guys!
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THERE WAS MORE TO THE STORY BUT IT WONT LET ME TYPE ANYMORE WE RECOVERED EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR 1 ROD THAT IS A BIG WIN FOR THE FISHERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I OWE HIM MORE THAN LUNCH I WILL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR HIM!!! THAT'S JUST THE GREATEST THING SOMEONE COULD OF DONE FOR ME AT THAT POINT.THANKS JUST ISN'T ENOUGH
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That's great you got your gear back. I would've cried for days. Damon your the man. Great news.