Did you ever catch two fish with one hook?
Sometimes these freak things happen. This greedy ling was not satisfied to eat a salmon but had to bite at the fisherman’s lure for dessert before he even took the time to finish his main meal. If I didn’t have the photo for proof you might well say that this is just a fish story.
This is the Captain’s first boat that he bought about 46 years ago. It was already very old even then, and saw some interesting things. (The Captain is a wee bit older now too, and has recently retired from commercial fishing.)
The opposite scenario to this “two fish for one,” also happened (more than once) but I don’t have a photo of it. Here is how that happens.
A salmon is jerking the fishing line. The deckhand pulls it aboard, but in the time between the salmon announcing his presence and the deckhand pulling him aboard, only the front half of the fish is left. The rest has become breakfast for a sea lion or a shark. The tooth marks on the fish’s half body tell the story.
BTW, take a look at the Captain’s cap and tell me if you think fishing is a bloody job. CSI would have fun with that blood spatter.
June 22, 2024 at 10:32 pm
Wow! That is a fascinating story, Anneli. It’s definitely a fish-eat-fish world!
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June 23, 2024 at 12:18 am
Yes, and yes – though no photo like yours, that’s a classic! I’ve also lost all of my gear … more than once.![:/](https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/uneasy.svg)
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June 23, 2024 at 9:39 am
Never a dull moment in the commercial fishing life.
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June 23, 2024 at 3:47 am
Wow, that’s kind of creepy! Is he yopur husband, Anneli?
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June 23, 2024 at 9:37 am
That’s the Captain (yes, my husband) in his younger years.
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June 23, 2024 at 4:32 pm
I thought so, he’s a handsome dude.
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June 23, 2024 at 6:09 pm
Well, he suits me. Thanks.
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June 24, 2024 at 3:56 am
Apparently so! 😂 Have a great week, you two. 🇨🇦😊
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June 23, 2024 at 4:59 am
What a photo! And what a great story, Anneli.
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June 23, 2024 at 9:37 am
Thanks, Jennie. Have a nice Sunday.
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June 23, 2024 at 5:30 pm
You’re welcome, Anneli. Best to you.
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June 23, 2024 at 6:36 am
Excellent photo and story Anneli. Thanks for sharing. Allan
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June 23, 2024 at 9:35 am
Nice to see you here, Allan. Have a great Sunday.
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June 23, 2024 at 7:24 am
That is a big fish! I can’t imagine how your husband manhandled it aboard. Woot to him!
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June 23, 2024 at 9:36 am
They’re all head. They call them bucketheads.
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June 23, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Never heard/seen that before but the name seems appropriate.
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June 23, 2024 at 6:10 pm
I agree.
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June 23, 2024 at 8:39 am
That is a horror picture. I loved to eat this fish, itś better than the fish looks. Young Gary looks like young Ota. Thanks for sharing!
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June 23, 2024 at 9:46 am
You’re so right – these fish taste wonderful but they are quite ugly to look at. As for the young fellow, oh, weren’t those the days when we were all so much younger?! But now that we’re older we have a lot of stories to tell.
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June 23, 2024 at 9:52 am
Yes, lots of them!
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June 23, 2024 at 1:46 pm
The ling is one large fish!
Quite the catch in each case.
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June 23, 2024 at 4:17 pm
WOW! He’s huge.
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June 23, 2024 at 6:10 pm
The head is anyway.
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June 23, 2024 at 4:43 pm
The fish-in-a-fish routine down here usually involves trout and red drum. The other fun experience is pulling in a nice fish, only to have a shark get half of it first. Smart fishermen down here don’t trail a stringer; they say the other name for a stringer is ‘bait.’ That’s a great photo!
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June 23, 2024 at 6:09 pm
Thanks, Linda. Yes, it’s dangerous to trail a stringer here too (because of the otter in one particular lake).
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June 24, 2024 at 3:49 pm
And here I am, eating my own fish dinner as I read this. LOL. Not salmon tonight though. Look at that cute captain holding onto the double-fish with the bloody hat. 😉
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June 24, 2024 at 9:17 pm
The more blood the better when you’re a commercial fisherman. I thought he was kind of cute too, and now that we’re old, I guess I’ll keep him around if I can.
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June 25, 2024 at 7:57 am
What a rare event captured on camera! It show that greed is a characteristic also among animals.
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June 25, 2024 at 10:10 am
Or even just eating to survive.
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June 30, 2024 at 1:30 pm
So is this the fish version of Turducken? 🙂
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June 30, 2024 at 7:25 pm
It could have been, but I’m not sure there was enough of the salmon left after the ling had a go at it.
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