You hit on some of the talking points just right.
When I was doing a lot of shark fishing charters, Dalhousie Univ. in Canada was pushing the 90% of shark have been wiped out theory.
We would catch and release on rod and reel 30 big blue sharks in a day .
I would wonder what it would have been like, if 9 times as many sharks were around the boat. -Tom
I caught 30 flounder in a small dinghy in Boston Harbor out of Quincy (the Qunicy Flounder Fleet) many years ago...:)
We brought so much beer out with us that the guy watching us who rented the boats said “Are you guys going drinking or fishing?” to which we enthusiastically replied “Both!”
Hm...times were different then.
But I can’t imagine getting that many blue sharks in a day-that WOULD require some beer when you got back in to regain your strength!