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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Agree, also.
Plenty more where that one came from.
That is a monster.
I don’t see the point in reeling in a hammerhead.
It’s not going to attack anybody.
Well, I would have to have made darn sure that the beastie was completely dead ... and not only merely dead, but really quite sincerely dead .. before I stood THAT close to it.
Hahaha. Tru dat.
Coming back from an over night tuna fishing trip off Lewes Delaware, I was drinking a beer and just appreciating the ride when all of a sudden I yelled “ WTF is that?!!!” The captain knew if I was excited he had to go back and look. The mates started hooking bait , flyers, etc. up and yelled “Probably a hammerhead!” As we got back to where I figured I saw this monster, two poles went off and we had two white marlins hooked. My pole snapped and I landed the biggest snook I ever have landed before. We let them all go (except one ass who said he wanted to mount his white) and I saw this hammer beside our boat. I stuck my head over for a better look and the mate screamed, grabbed me by my collar and dragged me back into the boat.
How would they know that a hammerhead was on their line? A fisherman (or woman) usually can't be that selective about which fish might go after their bait. In those waters, a bull shark, tiger, or other shark might've just as easily taken the bait.
We sold a shark in Hawaii as soon as we decked it.
Re: “I wish this magnificent animal could have been returned to the sea.”
I agree, Joe.
Unless it’s attacking people or disrupting commercial fishing, I would rather see videos of it swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, not dead on dry land.
However, I do not condemn recreational fishing.
I grew up in south Florida, and when a big ocean fish hits your line and bends your rod in half, that is one of the most intense and thrilling experiences of a young person’s life.
Yep, in 1972 before I was sent to my duty station in Tehran, I went shark fishing with my dad off Panama City, FL. We had several catches that day but the one I tackled with took about 2-1/2 hours to get it to the boat. When the captain saw it swim past the transom, he cut the line. Said it was a hammerhead about 14 feet long. We were in a 28’ boat. The most interesting catch of the day was a 6 foot black tip shark that my brother brought in on 20# test line that we were fishing for Bonita to use for chum.
Only if provoked. Otherwise, they're pretty docile. Hate to see one strung up like this.
Not really. The Scalloped Hammerhead is the first shark to ever be put on the protected list.
I was stationed in Panama in the early nineties, a local restaurant specialized in exotic seafood dishes, fried hammerhead steaks served on a bed of fried rice with plantain chips was awesome.
What part of soflo did you live.
Born and raised in Hialeah
Now that’s a shark. :-)
Not kosher?
That is huge for a hammerhead!
I know some of you will flame me, but I’m sorry this Mr. Sharkie is dead. He was a magnificent and mysterious creature created by God. It’s too bad you can’t “catch and release” these guys safely.
..........and I am NEVER going swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, especially around Texas City LOL
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