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Mr. Charman hit it right on the head. The captain is totally incompetent and should never be driving a boat. Back to the ponga cappy. I've caught over a thousand bill fish in my career both as a Captain and the angler. Our fish were from small Atlantic sails to 800+ slobs. I know we hooked up to a few granders along the way but some, after many hours of being towed around the seas, accomplished what we call a "Long Release". Saving both the slob and me from a nasty ending. After all these encounters, not ONCE did we sink the boat!!! We've fished in flat calm to 25-30 foot seas from Bermuda to the Bahamas to the Caribbean islands to Venezuela to the Pacific up and down the Coasts from Nicaragua to Panama and back. When we have to back down on a fish, we know how to do it without sinking the boat!!! Another thing that help is very large scuppers...and don't open your transom door skipper. A sure way to be knee deep in trouble. When we back down in heavy seas we know when to come back. we may fill the pit from a breaker over the transom but never did we sink!!!! Also it helps to go forward hard to bail the bit. The slob ain't going anywhere. Geez you have about 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile on your spool so just hold on and enjoy the action. Anyway, hope that captain got a landlubber job maybe asking "You want fries with that?" someplace safe and dry. Thats it from me.....tight lines and keep the wet side down and the shiny side up. Jim