My contribution to Karma 2 weeks ago was pulling about 50-75 Ft. worth of a 4" dia. ship's dockline out of the ocean off of Stuart. This thing had at least 100 lbs. of bait living under it, but all I could think of was one of
US hitting the damned thing on our way home from the drift at 2:00 in the morning. If a big twin-screw diesel SF hit it the engines would winch the propellers together with the torque that they have, not to mention the struts, hull and gear damages!!!. Several 10's of thousands of dollars..
Man, what a pain in the ass it was to haul what must have been over 300 lbs. of it all covered in "chit" into my cockpit through the transom door.
Yes, it did have a couple dolphin on it, but they were absolutely not interested in a thing I threw at them (kinda' late in the day), including ballao chunks and squid. Unfortunately, I did not have any greenies which is usually the right medecine for picky dolphin.
Anyways, anybody launching at Sandsprit Park in Manatee Pocket might have seen this mother load of rope which I left on land on my way in...I let Martin County finish this clean-up...