When the whale sharks are around, so are the tuna, when the tuna is around, so are the fishermen. These guys fish with one long line and they tow it back and fore off the back of their boats, paying no regard to people swimming or snorkelling on the surface. As I was watching this amazing marine display I felt something rub me very lightly across my butt, strange, I thought. I looked up and around and saw a small skiff style fishing boa,t belonging to a local Rasta looking guy called Artley, buzzing around us, then the light tickle turned into a sudden sharp pain in my right buttcheek.

He had hooked me, barb and all, and was towing me through the water by my ass! I managed to snap the line and in my fury pulled out the hook too. With all my shouting and swearing, Artley knew that something was wrong and came back toward me, tangling up his snapped line in his propeller. He got close enough for me to throw his hook back at him, call him some choice names and then I swam back to my boat.

All this fishing was a small price to pay for the experience I had had, but I never thought I would be catch of the day!

I left Roatan at the end of that month, with all these memories and stories to take home. I never meant to leave it so long until the next fiasco in paradise, but the love of a beautiful woman is very strong thing, and it was to be another two years before I returned to Roatan to continue this amazing life that scuba diving has given me.

I now live and work on Roatan full time, as a scuba instructor and have had many more exceptional experiences and escapades since returning to the island, and hope to have many more.

I guess I made a choice that some would say is the right one, and that I am lucky to live this life style, but it comes at a cost like most things in life. Not only time and money, but for me, losing the woman I love, not spending precious time with my family and of course being hooked in the ass!

Who knows what the future holds for us, but one thing I know for sure is if you ever get the chance to try something new or if you have passion in life, go for it, you don’t know what might happen!

My name is Luke George and this is my story.

Crown © copywright 2006 Luke George;contact me via my email remove the bit in side and including the brackets lukegeorge50[anti-spam-remove]@yahoo.co.uk

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