A few years ago, heck, maybe getting closer to a decade ago. Drifting of WPB I and the "guide" encountered a turtle swimming in circles. I swear it made it's best attempt to get over to us. Upon inspection we saw that it had monofilament and steel leader line wrapped around the carapace and the left front flipper was completely engtangled and immobilized.
I maneuvered to grab the turtle and the other fellow started cutting with shears once I got ahold of him (or her, beats me, how do you know?). I took several swipes with a line cutter which I dropped and then switched to my Tekna. In all fairness, I might have cut one line, the other fellow got the rest if not all of them. The flipper was cut and I am sure painful but nothing I have not seen worse of so I am sure it healed. He was a way and quite happy to be free.
I hate monofilament, plastic bags and all of that s---t. Just saying. I think we can do better, if we spent our money on people and the environment and not aircraft carriers and foreign adventures.
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