How long from the bang that startled you to water to the third step from down below?

I'm going to guess a minute.

The first thing she said is, did you get your money back?

And then she said, are you bringing the tuna home?

I said, no, I went down with the boat.

I think I was 18 at the time, but geez, the drinking age in Canada was 18.

So I thought, oh, well.

Come on, man. Cut and retry that. You know that's never going to work.

Good morning, friends, degenerate anglers, and people who miss surfing the casual encounters page on Craigslist for

charter captain recommendations and those group parties you like that sometimes happen at the

Red Roof Inn. And welcome to Cut and Retide, the fishing podcast that once got suckered into a charter

by a guy yelling on a dock in Aruba and is still mad at itself over it. Hey, happy Friday, everybody. I'm Joe Cermeli.

Hope you're all doing well. And to follow up on that story, short version, don't go fishing

in Aruba ever. In fact, don't even go to Aruba. If that's your vacation spot, I apologize,

but I was highly unimpressed, did not like it. And I've been to a lot of islands. I know

it's included in the Beach Boys Kokomo, but pick any other location in the song.

You know, Bermuda, Bahama, Kilargo, Montego, really anything other than Aruba, because it sits

right in the trade winds, and I didn't know that.

I was there for spring break years ago. And this guy was

like, hey, man, you want to catch giant Wahoo's tomorrow? And I'm like, heck yeah. I do. Have my money.

And I gave him a deposit. And we just trolled wire on two shitty ancient Penn Senator combos in 12

foot seas. And he's like, ah, it's calm today.

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