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05-25-2006, 02:05 PM #1
Fla. Angler Lands What May Be Record Shark
http://www.comcast.net/news/national...cvqh=itn_shark
BOCA 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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05-25-2006, 02:15 PM #2
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05-25-2006, 02:35 PM #3
Too bad the link did not have better pics.
Need an oldschool tail hanging picture!
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05-25-2006, 05:29 PM #4
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05-25-2006, 05:31 PM #5
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If anyone is curious here is the record great white they mentioned in the story
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05-26-2006, 02:19 AM #6
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I keep hearing the theme from Jaws in my head!
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05-26-2006, 04:39 AM #7
wtf..........the link just had heading of Rapist/Slayer????
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05-26-2006, 04:43 AM #8
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Damn that is one big fish.
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05-26-2006, 04:44 AM #9
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yeah, i think that link just goes to the daily headlines ... today's headlines 'RAPIST!!!'
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05-26-2006, 04:44 AM #10
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My life is a- Ben Stiller movie.
hey dave, get off the interweb and go have fun with zboner!
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05-26-2006, 09:28 AM #11Originally Posted by Aerialist
Kewl you finally got one, GJ!
Link to the details/post in question?
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05-26-2006, 09:32 AM #12Originally Posted by SexOnWheels
Post number 495
http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=446&page=25
This is what happens when you bash with numbskulls ..
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05-26-2006, 09:37 AM #13
Geezus that seems tame to get such a pretty red warning.
Did you see his reply? Maybe you could create a thread like the one he suggested fo the sake of being such a good sport?
It could be a spam style one/two word reply only kind of thing?!?
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05-26-2006, 09:41 AM #14Originally Posted by SexOnWheels
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05-26-2006, 10:02 AM #15
Not bashing him but what he suggested might be fun:
Originally Posted by SeVeReDiStOrTiOn
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05-26-2006, 12:35 PM #16
Post on the train. You can build up a "Good buddy" thing there and wont get any warnings anymore
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05-26-2006, 03:08 PM #17Originally Posted by SexOnWheels
You know me ... I'd be down for it ..
so *hit that pipe dude*
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05-26-2006, 03:49 PM #18
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YAY!! thats where I am from.. LOL I just dont hear much news from home
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05-27-2006, 06:41 AM #19
Damned if I can't find a pic of the the first shark in Jaws during the Tail Hanging ..
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