Large Shark Caught

[Smiling JOe]

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] (According to the report last night, the shark was caught between the two sandbars somewhere around the east end of PCB.)
Click here for the link with the video.

Hammerhead Shark

[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]News 13 on your side[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Wednesday, September 13, 2006[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Panama City Beach- It was no ordinary catch earlier this week in Panama City Beach, and there are pictures to prove it.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Five fisherman took about an hour and half to land a hammerhead shark very early Monday morning.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The impressive part: the shark was 12 feet 3 inches long, weighing in at 512 pounds.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Two of the fisherman spoke to News 13 about the catch Wednesday.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]C.J. Blount says, “We were really surprised at a hammerhead that big. Normally they like to run in schools which probably means that wasn't the only one out there just the first to grab the bait.”[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Gabriel Allen was showing off the jaws, saying, “You can actually see around the outside of the jaws like the old teeth have broken off because you know shark rotate their teeth and everything and you can actually see where the old teeth used to be.”[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The shark was weighed at Half-Hitch Tackle, on Thomas Drive, Monday.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]You can hear from Blount and Allen, and see their impressive catch below.[/FONT]

 

[InletBchDweller]

 

[Miss Kitty]

...Sharks Gone Wild!!!

 

[Smiling JOe]

The story did not report whether the fishermen were in a boat or fishing from shore. Since they chose not to report that part, I have a good guess. How would you like to be swimming and seeing those five guys fighting that shark for over an hour? I bet that beach was cleared for the rest of the week.

 

[Cil]

Yikes! Quite a good sized critter, to say the least.

I was just walking the beach a few minutes ago, and saw what had to be a shark. It was about 20 feet from shoreline. The dorsal was about the size of my two hands side by side (but a bit longer). So this one was probably still smaller than a dolphin, but bigger than whatever it was I saw a couple weeks ago.
The silvery baitfish were flying through the air. I would be, too.

 

[Uncle Timmy]

The silvery baitfish were flying through the air. I would be, too.

Just a quick reminder to everyone:

Never swim when the water is murky and the fish are jumping.

 

[kathydwells]

I just have to ask this. When someone catches a shark like this what do they do with it? Do they eat it? Or do they just catch it to get the teeth to mount? I realize that sharks are scarey creatures, and they do sometimes attack. But just to kill one for no reason? It breaks my heart. I could not make it through the video because I was crying seeing that poor shark hanging their for all to gauk at. Call me a softy, but I just figure that shark was out there doing what it does. Eating to live in the ocean that belongs to him, not causing any harm to any person. Of course, I would feel different if he was attacking someone and then he was killed. I just do not see the sense in killing it just to show it off.

 

[DD]

I just have to ask this. When someone catches a shark like this what do they do with it? Do they eat it? Or do they just catch it to get the teeth to mount? I realize that sharks are scarey creatures, and they do sometimes attack. But just to kill one for no reason? It breaks my heart. I could not make it through the video because I was crying seeing that poor shark hanging their for all to gauk at. Call me a softy, but I just figure that shark was out there doing what it does. Eating to live in the ocean that belongs to him, not causing any harm to any person. Of course, I would feel different if he was attacking someone and then he was killed. I just do not see the sense in killing it just to show it off.

I'm with you Darlene.

 

[Mango]

I just have to ask this. When someone catches a shark like this what do they do with it? Do they eat it? Or do they just catch it to get the teeth to mount? I realize that sharks are scarey creatures, and they do sometimes attack. But just to kill one for no reason? It breaks my heart. I could not make it through the video because I was crying seeing that poor shark hanging their for all to gauk at. Call me a softy, but I just figure that shark was out there doing what it does. Eating to live in the ocean that belongs to him, not causing any harm to any person. Of course, I would feel different if he was attacking someone and then he was killed. I just do not see the sense in killing it just to show it off.

I agree too. and the sad part is there are people killing sharks everyday just for the fins, which are a delicacy and quite expensive. Then they throw the rest of the shark back in the ocean. :shock: Sharks are important to the oceans eco-system and senseless killing for sport is hard to swallow.

 

[Cil]

I just have to ask this. When someone catches a shark like this what do they do with it? Do they eat it? Or do they just catch it to get the teeth to mount? I realize that sharks are scarey creatures, and they do sometimes attack. But just to kill one for no reason? It breaks my heart. I could not make it through the video because I was crying seeing that poor shark hanging their for all to gauk at. Call me a softy, but I just figure that shark was out there doing what it does. Eating to live in the ocean that belongs to him, not causing any harm to any person. Of course, I would feel different if he was attacking someone and then he was killed. I just do not see the sense in killing it just to show it off.

Why do trophy hunters do what they do? I don't really get it, either.
But at least this shark, hunted as he was, still had a fighting chance, unlike the bears lured with bait, or the exotic beasts shot at the "Guaranteed Kill" ranches.