Gin Pole

[Hooper]

I bought the Melissa Ann from a guy who routinely fished the BB bouy in it and he took 14 giants in it over 6 years.

What he did was he bought a block and tockle from Fisherman's Outfitters in G-Town. Using the aluminum T Top he and a partner would stand on the opposite side of the fish and get his head up juts high enough over the gunwale, tie it off, then swing its' ass end over the side.

Before lowering it into the bag he would bleed it out and wash the fish then lower it into a tuna bag with ice. The fish rode on the port side on the way in. There was a bit of a list to the boat, but tabs helped.

-Hooper