[quote name='Tatonka' post='11255' date='May 3 2008, 04:17 AM']Did anyone see the lantern fire? <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />[/quote]
Yeah, that was me... At around 0000 a massive school of squid showed up on the surface, ripping into all the bait collected under our lantern. Of course, my lantern took that as the perfect opportunity to run out of gas (BTW that was interesting- the squid only started feeding as the lantern dimmed- perhaps brighter isnt better?). Some nice guys nearby gave me another tank of gas, and I couldnt get it to screw in properly. One of the guys tried to get it to thread in, and I guess he hit the starter button before it was fully screwed it, and it burst into flames in his hands. He was alright, just lost his eyebrows. We ended up just hucking it over into the water- I felt like I was pretty lucky to not have it explode on me. No one got hurt, and it could have been a lot worse than it was.
Now I need a new lantern, haha. Look for me tonight- I'll be fishing with a (new) lantern with a pie plate on the top.
Yeah, that was me... At around 0000 a massive school of squid showed up on the surface, ripping into all the bait collected under our lantern. Of course, my lantern took that as the perfect opportunity to run out of gas (BTW that was interesting- the squid only started feeding as the lantern dimmed- perhaps brighter isnt better?). Some nice guys nearby gave me another tank of gas, and I couldnt get it to screw in properly. One of the guys tried to get it to thread in, and I guess he hit the starter button before it was fully screwed it, and it burst into flames in his hands. He was alright, just lost his eyebrows. We ended up just hucking it over into the water- I felt like I was pretty lucky to not have it explode on me. No one got hurt, and it could have been a lot worse than it was.
Now I need a new lantern, haha. Look for me tonight- I'll be fishing with a (new) lantern with a pie plate on the top.