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[Rudyjohn]

Unless I was fishing for one on purpose, I'd get it close as I could and then just cut the line. Let it go without anyone endangering fingers or the shark.

endangering fingers? It's more like endangering arms. :shock:

 

[Matt J]

Unless I was fishing for one on purpose, I'd get it close as I could and then just cut the line. Let it go without anyone endangering fingers or the shark.

The only problem with that is you're polluting because eventually the hook and line will work it's way out of the shark. ;-)

 

[Geo]

Aggie, mine was a guess. Maybe Geo knows and will comment.

Bull shark...
I estimate it was just slightly under 5 feet in length...
Very hard to gauge any size/scale from the pics (which BTW were taken with my Blackberry)...

I had to pick up its tail to slide a rope under it. He started trying to come around on me and was pretty unhappy about it. I was pretty scared and tried to be as cautious as possible...

Meanwhile there were a bunch of hecklers shouting funny things at us which made the task of getting him back in the water rather unnerving...

The whole thing was quite surreal...

Hopefully I scored some good shark karma points...

 

[Minnie]

Hopefully I scored some good shark karma points...

I am sure you did. Thanks for the clarification on what type.

 

[Smiling JOe]

note to fishermen, if you don't want to mess with trying to get a shark back into the water after reeling it in, cut the line before you real it all the way in.

Geo, how long was the fight, pulling that shark in? I bet it was a good pull on a light rod.

 

[Smiling JOe]

The only problem with that is you're polluting because eventually the hook and line will work it's way out of the shark. ;-)

A good reason to use steel hooks, rather than brass. The steel hooks will quickly rust away, though the line will probably remain for a long time.