http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/sp...g.html?_r=2&em
Apparently, it never occurred to the authorities that someone might be crazy enough to want to catch a bluefin while sitting in what amounts to a floating plastic chair and enjoying what Melville called a "Nantucket sleigh ride."
Since the end of July, Lamoureux has caught three bluefins this way, paddling a couple of miles off Race Point, at the tip of Provincetown, hooking a tuna and holding on, the rod clipped to a harness on his chest, while being towed at speeds up to 15 miles an hour before the fish exhausts itself.
What a crazy SOB. I know a couple of guys that do this with salmon, but those are nothing like a full grown tuna.
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YARMOUTH, Mass. "” Dave Lamoureux's kayak, named Fortitude, must be the only one in Massachusetts registered as a motor vessel. That's because a powerboat registration is required to get a permit to fish for tuna here.Apparently, it never occurred to the authorities that someone might be crazy enough to want to catch a bluefin while sitting in what amounts to a floating plastic chair and enjoying what Melville called a "Nantucket sleigh ride."
Since the end of July, Lamoureux has caught three bluefins this way, paddling a couple of miles off Race Point, at the tip of Provincetown, hooking a tuna and holding on, the rod clipped to a harness on his chest, while being towed at speeds up to 15 miles an hour before the fish exhausts itself.
What a crazy SOB. I know a couple of guys that do this with salmon, but those are nothing like a full grown tuna.
