Not much luck on Sunday, so we decided to drop a big old live mullet under the Ravenel. About 30 minutes later the rod is bent half way over. After a long fight I finally got a glimpse of this guy’s tail and knew for certain we had a big shark. As he finally got closer to the boat we noticed a red gash behind his gills. We roped his tail and got him close enough to realize there was a substantial piece of what was probably offshore commercial netting cutting through his neck. We pulled him on board and were able to cut all of the netting off the poor guy’s neck. He was worked through the current and took off with a powerful blast. We were happy to have hooked this shark and probably saved its life. Anyone give me an ID on species? Thanks!
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing the photos. So glad you guys were able to help him out.
Great job!
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Nice work!!
KEY WEST 21BR
YAMAHA F150
Very cool. Thanks for risking a hand to help that shark out. Great pictures too.
Carolina Skiff 17
50 Yamaha
Great Job all around…
I looked up some pictures of Dusky Sharks… that is my ‘guess’
Great Report!!! Good on ya for trying to help him out. Glad no one was hurt in the process either. Out of curiosity, did you try the turning the shark upside down trick to calm him down? It’s called tonic immobility and I’ve found it very useful when trying to unhook sharks from time to time.
We were talking about flipping him, but once we got him up on the side of the boat he calmed down a good bit. We held him tight and got the net off quickly.
Pretty sure it’s a Blacknose shark. Good work!
That’s not easy to do! Great work!!!
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90
Wow what a way to start the season with a big boy like that. Guess I need to warm up the big rods and get ready.
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