Strange Catch

This from Ed Goodnight...Surf fishing is really my weakness. I don't have to catch anything to be perfectly happy just as long as I'm fishing. Once on Topsail Island, NC, I was surf fishing with a friend. We made the usual bets about the first fish and the biggest fish etc. Then I felt a slow tug on my line, so I set the hook and reeled him in. It was a Blue about 18 inches long and already filleted. I had foul-hooked someone's throw-away. Needless to say, my friend refused to pay up!