BenT, when is your probation over with?

Stan Wilder

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:12:44 -0500 JonR <jon.hathaway@VERIZON.NET>
writes:
> Ben T wrote:
>
> > Optima or Diehard? The choice is yours. Though the fish may OPT
> for DIEhard,
> > just about any car battery will work.
> >
> > Should you ever find yourself next to a body of water w/o any
> fishing gear,
> > try this. Get your jumper cables. Take out your battery (aux.
> battery
> > preferred in Westies). Or just connect jumper cables if you can
> get close
> > enough to the water. When you spy a fish, ZAP. Works like a stun
> gun.
> >
> > I've observed this in person as a child growing up in a third
> world country.
> > I couldn't remember how they insulated themselves or even if they
> did.
> >
> >
>
> While living in Southern Alabama in the early '70's I was witness to
> a fishing
> technique called "telephoning".
>
> You took one of the old box telephones (the kind where you crank it
> up to make a
> call), dropped about 6' of wire over the side of the boat, and crank
> 'er up...
> Zaps everything within 10'-15' of the boat...
> Not recommended for use in an aluminum/metal boat...  <<G>>
>
> Also: Extremely illegal in most states...  They tend to confiscate
> everything;
> boat, truck, and gear.
>
>             JonR
>
>     now living in Frigidly cold NH...
>
>

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