John Moore

And so we cut that shark free.

But that line was attached, you know, to a thick, a very thick line.

And so we just started pulling on that thicker line.

And it was one of those where it never ends.

Like we pulled it in, we started pulling it, and we got to another shark, which we cut off.

And then the line continued.

So we realized we found something really, you know, odd out here.

Longlining is a method of fishing where you will have miles of fishing line set out that'll have hooks spaced out upon it.

And, you know, when I was in college, I did a couple tours working on a longline boat for fishing for swordfish.

And so I knew what longline is, but this wasn't... You know, when I was fishing, it was a very legitimate-looking setup.

It wasn't like...

This was not like your regular long line setup.

This had like little pink and purple weights from Walmart attached to it and to hold the line down and had this little, you know, faded buoy on the end of it.

It was not like a legitimate looking setup.

When I, you know, when I long lined, I was a buoy man.

So I set the buoys out for the thing and we would have,

you know, a massive buoy on the end of the line with our boat name, permit number, and everything on it.

And then it had a large mast with a radar reflective dome thing on the top so that other boats would recognize it and stay away from it.

And this didn't have any of that.

This looked like something very illegal and subversive going on.