Friend was fishing in his boat, anchored in the Talkeetna River with his son and daughter, both young teens or a little less. They were in the hole before anyone else, it was still early.
Batten came in and anchored very close and immediately downstream of them... an azzhat tactic called "lowholing"... especially poor form as he had a boatload of charter customers and a big hole to choose a spot in.
Very quickly after Batten showed up the daughter hooked a good king and it did what they do and ran downstream. My friend was videotaping the whole time and looking through the camera.
The line almost immediately went slack... video review shows Batten pulling out a largish knife and cutting her line. The proof is very clear.
Just watching him in his presentations is painful... oh, and he is quite short...
