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Originally Posted by sandcaster
Nice shark..... congratulations
*did the captain maneuver the boat when you were fighting the shark?
*did you clear all the other lines?
*did they gaff the shark or pith it with a bullet?
*did the shark come to the boat quickly and then head out, or did you keep the shark away with the engines for a while?
*did it jump.... Mako do leap .... I was concerned the one we had on would sky by the boat..... thrash and snap inside the boat....
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I wasnt the rodman on that shark by the way, just wanted to give credit to the person that actually caught that one. I caught a blacktip. The mako was brought in by Tom Smith. Yes the boat was started up and manuevered (very well I might add by toms son lance. We cleared all other lines as soon as he was hooked up. We gaffed it. Bullets and water dont mix sometimes. If it was 50 lbs more it would have been shot. We kept the shark away the best we could. We hooked it 3 times. First time it straightened the hook. Second time it ran at the boat and got off. Third time it was gut hooked so it didnt jump.