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Subject:Re: Friday Fishwrap: Catch FISH w/ your Vanagon's BATTERY
From:Mike Miller
Date:Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:40:00 -0800

Never

I hope.

On 1/31/03 8:26 AM, "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:

> 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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