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[Jim Bishop]

Okay I got a story for you. This was just too funny.

I'm trolling along by myself, two rods out on downriggers.

Fish hits starboard rod, he's on long enough to get me excited, then gone. While I'm dealing with that rod and getting it fishing again 3 "young guys", late 20's I'd say, troll by going the other way, they yell at me, FISH ON, and I look up port rod is jumping...same deal, on then off.

I get rods fishing again, make a turn to fish the same spot again, they are doing the same. We pass, say hi and that's that.

Buddy of mine is trolling towards me, I turn and troll along side him. We see the "young guys" boat dead in the water and someone in the water close by. Buddy and I are on the radios to each other and the conversation went something like this:

"Looks like someone is in swimming off that boat, hot enough"

"Looks like...hey just checked with binocs, there's two of them in the water"

"What the hell, one of them is holding a landing net"

"Huhhhhhh? The other guy is holding a rod"

"WTF it looks like he has a fish on."

"They fall overboard trying to net it?"

"Two guys? No way."

We're getting closer now, easier to see.

"Hey, they have life jackets on."

Anyway, these two guys, one on the rod, one with the net, landed a 23lb Chinook (or King to you Americans) Salmon, in the water...all of them.

Back at camp that night I'm telling a few people and one guy says, "oh those guys, they've been dong that for years, they used to use inner tubes".

They get a big salmon on, he's going to run, and run long, so they have some time.... rod guy puts on life jacket and jumps off the boat and plays the fish. Net guy puts on life jacket and swim fins and jumps in with net, third guy stays driving the boat and keeping clear. Then they play and net the fish in the water. Net guy has fins so he can stay close to rod guy when the salmon plays him and is dragging him around....very funny to watch.

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SSP,
I had to use excel to sort the data.
Here are the top 200, sorted by "Shares Short".

 
 Security Name Security Symbol OTC Market Current Shares Short Average Daily Share Volume Days to Cover  
 PAIVIS CORP PAIV BB 239455555 22135113 10.82  
 TELE NORTE CELULAR P TNRPF NBB 100800000 0 0  
 CALPINE CP CPNLQ NBB 97808074 2549795 38.36  
 SUMMUS WORKS INC SMMW NBB 49820000 462595540 1  
 CENTRAIS ELC BRAS EL CAIFF NBB 37400000 81500 458.9  
 CABLE & WIRELESS PLC CWPUF NBB 26356846 19558 999.99  
 NISSAN MOTORS (F) NSANF NBB 25522890 657535 38.82  
 HEALTHSOUTH CP HLSH NBB 24505025 1967609 12.45  
 MORRISON W SPRMRKT P MRWSF NBB 16480314 7333 999.99  
 DELTA AIR LINES INC DALRQ NBB 15294949 673035 22.73  
 JEAN COUTU GROUP PJC JCOUF NBB 11860161 157 999.99  
 BANK OF CHINA BEIJIN BACHF NBB 11504000 21724932 1  
 BT GROUP PLC (GBP) BTGOF NBB 11250720 46525 241.82  
 ORASCOM TELECOM SAE ORSTF NBB 10546503 242 999.99  
 NORTHWEST AIRLINES# NWACQ NBB 10152079 209290 48.51  
 YUKOS CORP SPONS ADR YUKOY NBB 10045530 11729 856.47  
 DELPHI CORPORATION DPHIQ NBB 9663217 2950936 3.27  
 PEARL ASIAN MNG WY PAIM NBB 9552004 250809572 1  
 WINN DIXIE STRS INC WNDXQ NBB 8789314 4194769 2.1  
 DANA CP DCNAQ NBB 8623992 849623 10.15  
 VITESSE SEMICOND VTSS NBB 8071115 7534070 1.07  
 CHINA CONSTR BANK CICHF NBB 8025000 3528717 2.27  
 NIPPON STEEL ORD NISTF NBB 7818000 283850 27.54  
 TORCH OFFSHORE INC TORCQ NBB 6916268 936145 7.39  
 OCA INC COMMON STOCK OCAI NBB 6826222 196680 34.71  
 NEOMEDIA TECHS INC NEOM BB 6477324 1257120 5.15  
 OWENS CORNING OWENQ BB 6212629 275676 22.54  
 SHANGHAI ELECTRIC SIELF NBB 5950000 610200 9.75  
 CHARTERED SEMICONDUT CHRTF NBB 5453000 136300 40.01  
 CONTAX PART SP ADR CTXNY NBB 5138897 175359 29.31  
 LEGAL & GENERAL GROU LGGNF NBB 5000000 169190 29.55  
 CHINA COSCO HOLDING CICOF NBB 4980000 1629225 3.06  
 LENOVO GROUP LTD ORD LNVGF NBB 4700000 83688 56.16  
 JAPAN AIRLINES CP JALSF NBB 4614250 277800 16.61  
 SURGUTNEFTEGAZ ADR SGTZY NBB 4601425 123118 37.37  
 TEMBEC INC CL A TMBAF NBB 4493600 51088 87.96  
 BRILLIANCE CHINA AUT CBAMF NBB 4330007 0 0  
 TUI AG TUIFF NBB 4232889 32900 128.66  
 TOSHIBA CORP TOSBF NBB 4226000 538434 7.85  
 MIZUHO TRUST & BANKG MZATF NBB 3854000 34400 112.03  
 SPORTINGBET.COM UK SPBTF NBB 3637140 613 999.99  
 SUREBEAM CORP SURE NBB 3622265 414055 8.75  
 INTERSTATE BAKERY IBCIQ NBB 3581637 72139 49.65  
 OAO GAZPROM ADR OGZPY NBB 3467390 226295 15.32  
 REMEC INC REMC BB 3429008 82962 41.33  
 LIQUIDMETAL TECH LQMT BB 3400294 27697 122.77  
 HONG KONG EXCH & CLE HKXCF NBB 3367190 936411 3.6  
 SINGAPORE EXCHAN LTD SPXCF NBB 3362000 1624515 2.07  
 PARMALAT SPA PLATF NBB 3235302 157130 20.59  
 FEDERAL MOGUL CORP FDMLQ BB 3147604 65470 48.08  
 TELEFONICA SA ORDS TEFOF NBB 3144703 98769 31.84  
 XSUNX INC XSNX BB 3132233 1982280 1.58  
 INTEG SOFTWR DV NEW ITWJ NBB 3129934 48947361 1  
 XYBERNAUT CORP XYBRQ NBB 3112952 272954 11.4  
 SHOWA DENKO KK SHWDF NBB 3085000 27200 113.42  
 TOKYO GAS CO LTD TKGSF NBB 3040000 296800 10.24  
 FUJITSU LTD FJTSF NBB 3030360 173100 17.51  
 EUROTUNNEL SA ESA UT ETTFF NBB 3021387 0 0  
 ALCATEL ALSTHOM GEN  ALALF NBB 2902271 700446 4.14  
 MARUBENI CORP ORD MARUF NBB 2829000 176847 16  
 MOTIENT CP NEW MNCP NBB 2700080 193528 13.95  
 ARMSTRONG HLDG ACKHQ BB 2683958 87581 30.65  
 NEC CORP NIPNF NBB 2674172 44350 60.3  
 BOMBARDIER INC CL B BDRBF NBB 2612848 47802 54.66  
 DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG  DTLSF NBB 2582273 138462 18.65  
 KARSTADT ORD KARDF NBB 2573653 2799 919.49  
 IMMUNE RESPONSE CORP IMNR BB 2569334 14951857 1  
 SEITEL INC NEW SELA BB 2548379 277136 9.2  
 PROMINA GROUP LTD PMNAF NBB 2533000 8189 309.32  
 SANYO ELECTRIC CO LT SANYF NBB 2521900 46850 53.83  
 CANWEST PETROLEUM CP CWPC BB 2500293 1540463 1.62  
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 SEMICONDUCTOR MFG IN SIUIF NBB 2465000 2220100 1.11  
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 GEMPLUS INTL SA ORD GEMPF NBB 2258260 8581 263.17  
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 DATANG INTL PWR H SH DIPGF NBB 2194433 595500 3.69  
 THORESEN THAI AGCIES THAFF NBB 2150000 1325 999.99  
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 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISH KAKKF NBB 2107400 155800 13.53  
 BP PLC BPAQF NBB 2062187 141072 14.62  
 ELITE TECHS INC ETCH NBB 2000000 705 999.99  
 IBERIA LINEAS AEREAS IBRLF NBB 2000000 29041 68.87  
 TAYLOR WOODROW PLC TWODF NBB 2000000 22839 87.57  
 VAXGEN INC VXGN NBB 1965147 137492 14.29  
 UNIVERSAL EXPRESS USXP BB 1954593 55614845 1  
 ASML HLDG NV ORD SHS ASMLF NBB 1951935 46639 41.85  
 YELL GROUP PLC YELGF NBB 1926171 6912 278.67  
 ABB LTD ZUERICH ABLZF NBB 1916232 54403 35.22  
 SONY CORP ORD SNEJF NBB 1913596 299179 6.4  
 KASIKORNBANK P NV DR KPCUF NBB 1893000 0 0  
 SOFTBANK CORP ORD SFTBF NBB 1872390 230386 8.13  
 MERCURY INTERACT MERQ NBB 1864525 1065748 1.75  
 CHINA PETE & CHEM CO SNPMF NBB 1843351 1654700 1.11  
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 RHODIA SA ORD RHADF NBB 1774717 76845 23.09  
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 SMITH & NEPHEW PLC O SNNUF NBB 1758690 362 999.99  
 PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC PTSC BB 1741051 1491679 1.17  
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 MEDICAL SERVICES CLA MSITF NBB 1651367 30249355 1  
 SINGAPORE TELECM ORD SNGNF NBB 1625634 968042 1.68  
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 GUANGSHEN RAILWAY CO GNGYF NBB 1590702 0 0  
 SINOPEC SHANGHAI PET SPTJF NBB 1585793 543900 2.92  
 PETROCHINA CO LTD PCCYF NBB 1582533 3644849 1  
 GEORGE WIMPEY PLC GEWIF NBB 1572649 8623 182.38  
 SHIRE PLC SHPGF NBB 1522533 11194 136.01  
 BHP BILLITION LTD BHPLF NBB 1514076 171239 8.84  
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 FURUKAWA ELEC LTD FUWAF NBB 1507000 89950 16.75  
 E DIGITAL CORP EDIG BB 1502242 234417 6.41  
 AVENTURA HLDGS INC AVNT BB 1494449 2613401 1  
 BANK EAST ASIA LTD S BKEAY NBB 1474551 285442 5.17  
 CARSO GLOBAL TELECOM CGTVY NBB 1454754 14591 99.7  
 IMPAX LABS INC IPXL NBB 1423961 180288 7.9  
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 SUMITOMO ELECTRIC IN SMTOF NBB 1382300 476930 2.9  
 SEADRILL LTD SDRLF NBB 1358935 28563 47.58  
 BROADVISION INC BVSN NBB 1355676 58013 23.37  
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 MITSUBISHI RAYON ORD MRYNF NBB 1322000 19550 67.62  
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