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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: skyarrow on April 12, 2010, 11:20:03 pm

Title: redneck fighting harness
Post by: skyarrow on April 12, 2010, 11:20:03 pm: well i finished my fighting harness today could not afford to buy one its made from 3/8 plywood with a old fighting chair gimbal that was layn around the kidney strap is a extra backrest from my kayak and the waist strap is a old military belt now i hope soon to put it to the test with a bign

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Post by: mullet on April 12, 2010, 11:40:08 pm: What are you catching out of your Kayak?
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Post by: sailordad on April 13, 2010, 12:01:45 am: Eddie, i dont know what hes catching
but if he needs that,he needs something bigger than a kayak to fish from
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Post by: cowboy on April 13, 2010, 12:04:30 am: Hey Sterling: Fighting chair I wasn't sure about till I looked. Then I though FL, then I realized TX, then looking at your face I'm hearing Jimmie Buffet in the background for some reason ;D. Good looking seat though and hope you hook that biggun...
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Post by: skyarrow on April 13, 2010, 12:12:57 am: i am fishing for big shark 7ft and larger in the surf the yakk seat is used for a kidney strap. let me just say my friend landed a 12 ft tiger shark last year the harness is to strap the reel to the fisherman so you dont lose it
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Post by: skyarrow on April 13, 2010, 12:26:03 am: i wrote the wrong name for the post lol i re named it now hehe
Title: Re: redneck fighting harness
Post by: skyarrow on April 13, 2010, 12:37:16 am: here is a vid of my friend landing a 6ft bull shark and at the end of the vid it shows the 12 foot tiger just before the released it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEPH8bYJhKc
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Post by: aero86 on April 13, 2010, 12:46:50 am: thats just crazy! i have a hard enough time trying to land 5lb fish! lol. course, im the most unexperience male fisherman ever..
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Post by: cowboy on April 13, 2010, 12:49:25 am: That was pretty darn cool!
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Post by: medicinewheel on April 13, 2010, 03:23:34 am: "we need a bigger ship"
Title: Re: redneck fighting harness
Post by: jonathan creason on April 13, 2010, 09:34:55 am: Are you going to tie yourself to the truck? Might be a good idea, unless you enjoy barefoot skiing.

There's a guy down at Hatteras that has a fighting chair mounted to a trailer he pulls behind his truck on the beach.
Title: Re: redneck fighting harness
Post by: skyarrow on April 13, 2010, 10:50:59 am: Quote from: jonathan creason on April 13, 2010, 09:34:55 am
Are you going to tie yourself to the truck? Might be a good idea, unless you enjoy barefoot skiing.

There's a guy down at Hatteras that has a fighting chair mounted to a trailer he pulls behind his truck on the beach.

thats one way of getting it done lol :D
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Post by: Parnell on April 13, 2010, 02:16:05 pm: That's cool - also looks like you are really starting to trim down. Way to go. 8)
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Post by: skyarrow on April 13, 2010, 05:05:36 pm: thanx par man i need to get new work pants these are falling off lol
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Post by: Keenan on April 13, 2010, 05:32:14 pm: ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Grunt on April 13, 2010, 08:55:54 pm: And I thought I had my hands full after hooking up a 16 lb carp on my 7 weight fly rod while in my Hobie Quest sit on top. That carp towed me around Lake James for 30 minutes.