The woman, identified as 70-year-old Katherine Perkins of Arnold, Maryland, told authorities she was stabbed in the groin by the sailfish as she stood next to the center boat console.
A fishing guide tagged and released a rare sturgeon said to be 10-feet long and close to 600 pounds on the Fraser River in British Columbia.A Maryland woman was stabbed on a boat by a 100-pound sailfish that leaped out of the water as two other passengers were trying to catch the fish off the Florida coast, authorities said.
The incident happened about 2 miles off Stuart, Florida, on the morning of July 19, according to a report from the Martin County Sheriff's Office. The woman, identified as 70-year-old Katherine Perkins of Arnold, Maryland, told authorities she was stabbed in the groin by the sailfish's bill as she stood next to the center console. The other two passengers, Louis Toth and Dominic Bellezza, said the sailfish appeared to be charging the boat before it jumped out of the water and stabbed Perkins. 'YOU CAN DO ANYTHING':
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