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Just showing an example of what can happen offshore on a drilling rig when a few blokes get bored, and start chasing something they see swimming around...
I can't claim this one because by the time I got involved it was near all over, but fun all the same to watch it dripping blood onto the deck.
This was caught on a hand made hook made by the rig welder, crimped to a 1/8" stainless steel wire cable, secured to the handrail with a shackle. Bait was about 1.5 kg of freshly defrosted beef that mysteriously vanished out of the galley ...
It was hauled to the side by 6 or so blokes, then then as it was very early morning and most of the bosses were asleep, the crane was used to get onto the tail and hoist it out of the water.
The chap in the photo is the Thai rig welder who made the hook (that stayed straight just long enough to get a tail wrap on it.
G'day
Damn that's a classic. Really opens up the mind to other corners of the globe, methoods and just what can happen out and about with a little ingenuity.
Dave
Thanks for the ID. Its strange actually. These bulls must have a very wide range of habitat. We have them as problems at home in Qld in canals, creeks and rivers (even right up the Brissie river), and this one was caught 200 nautical miles offshore in 300 feet of water.
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