Can I get a fish ID please.....

[45 ACP]

I bet the guy was a little shocked when he reeled this in.




Fla. fisherman hooks live missile in Gulf waters
1 hr 2 mins ago
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – Florida authorities say a commercial fisherman reeled in a live missile in the Gulf of Mexico and kept it on his boat for 10 days.
The sheriff's office in Pinellas County say the boat's captain, Rodney Soloman, hooked the air-to-air guided missile 50 miles off the Panhandle town of Panama City. The Air Force and Navy use Gulf waters off the Panhandle for weapons training.
Soloman had the missile aboard his boat for 10 days before returning Monday to port in Madeira Beach, near St. Petersburg.
A bomb squad was called in from MacDill Air Force Base and dismantled the missile in an empty parking lot.
The bomb squad said the missile was very corroded from floating in saltwater for a long time. They said it was live and in a very unstable state.

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LOL, The shrimpers have been pulling up ordinance from the Gulf floor for decades. It has slowed down in occurance for the recent years, but it used to be pretty common. They used to drop lots of bombs in the Gulf practicing in and around WWII. I witnessed it first hand years ago as a shrimper returned to Galveston with one in his nets and they cleared the docks for the day while it was disarmed.

[monster melee]

Wow, a guided air to air really isnt that old, not like the WWII stuff. I have to ask though, why didnt this person contact CG? For ten days?

[Robalo]

cause he's nutz!! I thinks I woulda let it lay!