loose_cannon
Guest
Our second day of sport season aboard The Impaler started out normal enough. The first drops produced a few bugs, but most were full of eggs. I surfaced with an empty bag despite having nabbed six lobsters and sending them back under the ledge. On second drop Rich was a little slow dropping because he jumped in without his gloves. Ken threw him his pair of gloves and down Rich went. Thirty minutes later, Rich was on the surface and we motored over to pick him up. As he handed his gear up he said something that sounded like, the *****er bit me. We were all a little puzzled, but were quickly distracted when Rich threw a bag containing a monster, 8-lb lobster on the deck.
When Rich got on board he pulled his gloves off and revealed a pinky finger sans one side all the way back to the base of the fingernail. Ken, found a lump in the finger of one of his gloves and there was Richs fingertip. First-aid was rendered by those on the crew who could handle the site without getting freaked out. Rich opted not to do any more dives, but hes hardcore and didnt even consider heading for the beach.
Evidently, it was an epic undersea battle with this bug. Rich found it up under a ledge in 90 and was pulling on it with both hands. The bug wasnt going to come away without a fight, and when Rich stuck his finger too close to the business end of that things choppers the game was on. He said it had him so tight that he had to rip his finger out of its mouth. Once out of the ledge the bug was so big Rich had to break its legs off to fit it in the lobster hotel.
Here is the first days haul.
Day twos take.
Rich and his foe.
Rich with the end of his finger right before he threw it overboard.
Rich taunting his vanquished enemy...
When Rich got on board he pulled his gloves off and revealed a pinky finger sans one side all the way back to the base of the fingernail. Ken, found a lump in the finger of one of his gloves and there was Richs fingertip. First-aid was rendered by those on the crew who could handle the site without getting freaked out. Rich opted not to do any more dives, but hes hardcore and didnt even consider heading for the beach.
Evidently, it was an epic undersea battle with this bug. Rich found it up under a ledge in 90 and was pulling on it with both hands. The bug wasnt going to come away without a fight, and when Rich stuck his finger too close to the business end of that things choppers the game was on. He said it had him so tight that he had to rip his finger out of its mouth. Once out of the ledge the bug was so big Rich had to break its legs off to fit it in the lobster hotel.
Here is the first days haul.
Day twos take.
Rich and his foe.
Rich with the end of his finger right before he threw it overboard.
Rich taunting his vanquished enemy...
