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Post by Woody Williams on May 25, 2006 18:35:28 GMT -5
Florida angler lands what may be record sharkBOCA GRANDE, Fla. - Fishing Capt. Bucky Dennis has been trying to catch a record hammerhead shark for 10 years. He may have finally succeeded On Tuesday, he reeled in a monstrous 1,280-pounder that ate a 25-pound stingray for bait at Boca Grande Pass near Fort Myers. That would beat by nearly 300 pounds the current all-tackle world record for a hammerhead shark. Dennis, who was using 130-pound test line, and three friends fought the 14 1/2 foot shark for five hours and it dragged his boat about 12 miles offshore before they got it aboard. "It's fun hooking them, but if you get too close, they will bite," Dennis said. "And whatever they bite, they will bite off." The current all-tackle world record hammerhead is 991 pounds, caught May 30, 1982, by Allen Ogle of Punta Gorda, according to the International Game Fish Association. The organization is reviewing the latest catch to determine if it qualifies as the new record, a process that will take about 60 days. The Port Charlotte fishing captain donated the big fish to the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, which plans to have it mounted and displayed. Center director Robert Hueter said researchers prefer that people tag and release large sharks because they help sustain the species. "But we are grateful that this animal has been donated to science. It will help us understand more about these animals," Hueter said. The largest shark ever hooked was a 2,664-pound great white caught off the southern coast of Australia in 1959.
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Post by huxbux on May 25, 2006 19:55:46 GMT -5
"It's fun hooking them, but if you get too close, they will bite," Dennis said. "And whatever they bite, they will bite off."
LOL, What a quote!
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Post by sportsmanslodge1 on May 25, 2006 21:58:08 GMT -5
I'm no shark expert, but isn't that a great white in the photo and not a hammer head?
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Post by DEERTRACKS on May 26, 2006 8:44:17 GMT -5
I'm no shark expert, but isn't that a great white in the photo and not a hammer head? It's a Hammerhead. Look real close at the yellow towstrap. The strap is looped around the "hammer". You can see the shark's eye.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 26, 2006 9:26:51 GMT -5
I'm no shark expert, but isn't that a great white in the photo and not a hammer head? Not the best picture to see the hammer. Here is another oen..
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Post by chicobrownbear on May 26, 2006 9:33:44 GMT -5
I bet that guy's wife is going to be chapped when she sees what her good 200 thread count sheets were used for.
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Post by sportsmanslodge1 on May 26, 2006 11:27:55 GMT -5
I see it now. What happened to his boat? Was it a sacrifice play?
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Post by Woody Williams on May 26, 2006 12:06:44 GMT -5
I see it now. What happened to his boat? Was it a sacrifice play? Not quite like this oneā¦ "We're going to need a bigger boat" . . "I told you we needed a bigger boat".
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Post by theprocessor on May 28, 2006 1:35:21 GMT -5
My uncle lives over by there and I have wade fished in those waters
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