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catman
09-03-2005, 04:43 AM
Giant shark caught. Check it out pretty cool stuff.Shark (http://extremecoast.com/reports/report111904.htm)
Blue Heron
09-03-2005, 03:36 PM
WOW what a fish! Great story and great pics makes for very interesting reading.

Blue Heron
fyremanjef
09-03-2005, 04:15 PM
Stories and pictures like that make me think twice about tip toeing into water that you cant see the bottom of.

Those were some big sharks to be caught from land. makes you wonder how many of those sharks that are landed in AI are crusing off the bars of OC and Rehoboth.

Guess it is time to break out the cyanide and candle wax tipped bullets.
Andre
09-03-2005, 07:10 PM
Man those was so nice spanish :eek: ...the sharks was cool too .
SevernaParkFishH
09-04-2005, 05:32 PM
Just imagine being on the business end of the rod. It's nice to catch a mako like that from a boat, but the beach, unbelievable. :)
Tispho
09-05-2005, 03:36 PM
what exactly would you do with an 8' shark?

trophy? lol
catman
09-05-2005, 08:10 PM
Release it if it's still alive. If it dies get it on ice like right now. Mako are excellent eating.
Brother_B
09-06-2005, 09:17 AM
This report was originally posted in the VA forum. There's an awesome video of the crew that caught the fish. Check it out!!!

http://extremecoast.com/multimedia/vids/OzSurf2005_med.wmv
catman
09-06-2005, 11:08 AM
Brother B, that's absolutely awesome. I'm saving that one. Thanks for posting it.
fyremanjef
09-06-2005, 11:25 AM
No Kidding that was a pretty cool video.

I have to tell you, I understand making sure that fish are revived before catching and releasing, but that guy was crazy to walk a hammerhead out in to thigh high suds. I mean I am all for preservation, but d@mn, I guess his are bigger than mine.
Young Salty Dog
09-06-2005, 11:54 AM
Hey Jeff,
I know that look crazy with him being in thigh high water but he was only in the second gut. I have fished PINS before and that is one awesome fishery. If they where to keep rolling video of him you would have seen him in ankle deep water on the next sand bar and that’s why he was walking the fish out.
fyremanjef
09-06-2005, 12:08 PM
I figured the video was take from around here, probably NC? Any idea where it was shot?
Young Salty Dog
09-06-2005, 01:36 PM
PINS is short for Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, that stretch of the beach they are on is just south of Corpus Christi. They call it Little Shell and Big Shell the further south you go. I have caught a 6' black tip myself there when I was a teenager. I will post the pic when I get a chance to scan it.
rgking03
09-11-2005, 01:12 PM
All I can say is WOW. I would die in heaven to have fishing like that around here in Jersey.

How did they get those big lines out so far. I know half those rod and reels can't be casting reels.
catman
09-11-2005, 06:41 PM
That's what the kayak is for. :)
Genghis
09-11-2005, 08:10 PM
That's what the kayak is for. :)

Remember the quote from Jaws..."Tell him we're gonna need a bigger boat"? Man, I don't think you could pay me enough to be sittin' in some silly tippy yak in the middle fo the night in water that I knew was full of bulls, tigers, and oh yeah, the occasional mako. Oh, and you say I'm supposed to have acouple of tuna heads on board to set as bait?

Yikes.
fyremanjef
09-11-2005, 11:31 PM
They use the yaks to paddle the bait out past the final bars, etc. Some do fish for big game fish (including some of the large billed ones) but I have to agree that using a yak to fight a toothy critter is a bit on the mad side.

Even paddeling it out, would make me nervous.