Posted on 01/02/2008 10:52:31 AM PST by stainlessbanner
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A 12-year-old Connecticut boy may be the new Florida state record holder for catching the heaviest bull shark.
Aidan Murray Medley had a spent a half day at sea Tuesday when he reeled in the 551-pound bull shark just north of the Palm Beach Inlet.
The seventh-grader was in Palm Beach County on vacation with his family. They plan to submit his catch for a new state record.
Florida wildlife officials say the current record set in 1981 was a 517-pound catch at Panama City Beach.
Bull what?
That’s awesome. I love sharks. I caught a baby bull shark when I was in Florida (it was only like six inches long), and I petted a three-foot bonnethead shark that some guy caught while fishing on the beach. And then there was the time in Hawaii where I saw a four-foot white-tip reef shark from a distance of about fifteen feet...I was pretty sure it was a shark though, and not Hillary...
Aidan Murray Medley ??? If he was smart he’d change that handle to Quint real fast.
LOL - I thought it was a girl’s name. Can’t tell these days
I’m glad he caught him.
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