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Half-Ton Mako Could Be New World Record
Four Florida cobia anglers using 30-pound line from a 23-foot boat found themselves in way over their heads when they hooked a 12-foot, 6-inch mako shark. It took the help of a 45-foot charter boat and two flying gaffs to bring the giant shark in. At 1,063 pounds, it is a potential world record in the 30-pound line class. Read about it here.
Do foul hooked fish qualify for world records?
Posted by: Brian M. | April 23, 2007 at 12:27 PM
If a gut shot deer or elk can qualify for the the record book why wouldn't a foul hooked fish? Don't truly see the difference there Vern.
Posted by: Walt Smith | April 23, 2007 at 01:37 PM
Sharks this size make me glad I'm a fisherman and not a surfer.
Posted by: Matt Mallery | April 23, 2007 at 06:26 PM