Posted on 07/10/2017 12:30:06 PM PDT by DCBryan1
TEXAS CITY, Texas (KXAN) — There’s no doubt Tim McClellen will be framing the picture of him with the massive, record-breaking hammerhead shark he caught over the weekend.
McClellen won 1st place when he caught the 1,033-pound shark in the 55th Annual Texas City Jaycees Tackle Time Fishing Tournament on July 9. His catch smashed the 871-pound record set in 1980 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Wow! Obviously the shark size is due to globull warming....
We’re gunna need a bigger dock.
I’m a landlubber, but my understanding is hammerheads can be pretty ornery.
The record shark here in NC is 1,150 lbs but it was a Tiger Shark. Record NC Hammerhead is 710 lbs.
“I like to go swimmin with bow legged women and swim between their legs.”
They’re not the absolute worst as far as being prone to attack people but they’re not docile in the least, no.
He’s going to need a bigger freezer.
Wow-I’ve never seen a shark that big except on TV-animal planet. Now I’m hungry for grilled shark steak-are hammerheads good for eating?
Quint: Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for ya, but it ain't gonna be easy... Bad fish. It's not like going down to pond chasin' blue gills or tommy cots. This shark - swallow ya hole. L'il shakin', l'il tenderizin', down ya go. Now we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back the tourists, that'll put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant! I value my neck a lot more than 3000 bucks chief! I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him... and kill him... for ten! Now you gotta make up your minds. Gonna stay alive and ante up? Or ya wanna play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers; I don't want no mates. There's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.
I wish this magnificent animal could have been returned to the sea.
Looks like kind of a slim shark.
He must have been using a Bowflex.
It can. Circle of life and all that.
Are you joking?
What a remarkably devoid of information article.
Where did he catch it? Not in Galveston Bay I hope.
Is that his boat in the background?
“Cut the line, Bob, cut the line! He’ll never fit in the boat! Let’s see if we can find someone on an aircraft carrier to give your rod to.”
Agree.
I caught one in Florida when I was a teen. Only about 18 inches long. Pretty cool though!
global warmin
“... I wish this magnificent animal could have been returned to the sea ...”
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Why?
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