Headed out to the jetties on Saturday afternoon to drop some cut bait for reds/sharks. Not long after anchoring up the wake from a coast guard boat pulled us out of position. We brought in lines to get repositioned, and when I got our anchor up to the boat this was wedged in it. Cleaned up nicely after a soak in some soapy water.
Anyone else have any stories to share of their own anchor “catches”
Also, ended up with about 9-10 sharpnose, 1 hammerhead (~3ft), a couple smaller sharks I couldn’t ID, and one red (32").
That’s a nice tooth for sure. The only one I’ve gotten that was that big was chipped really bad.
Glad those big rascals went extinct. Probably ate too much and starved out.
other than bringing up three anchors at the same time on a reef you’ve got me beat. I’d imagine what you did happens less than someone winning the lottery.
I saw this post yesterday morning and can’t get it out of my head - it’s all I could think about yesterday. Out riding my bike around the bridge, I can’t help but wonder the odds. That tooth has been out there MILLIONS of years, and gets hung up on your anchor… Just amazing.
Btw - I read that there is a correlation between tooth size and shark size (I’ll include quote below, but basically 1cm of root width = 4.6’) Would be interesting to know how large that monster was…
In 2002, shark researcher Clifford Jeremiah proposed that total length was proportional to the root width of an upper anterior tooth. He claimed that for every 1 centimetre (0.39 in) of root width, there are approximately 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) of shark length. Jeremiah pointed out that the jaw perimeter of a shark is directly proportional to its total length, with the width of the roots of the largest teeth being a tool for estimating jaw perimeter. The largest tooth in Jeremiah’s possession had a root width of about 12 centimetres (4.7 in), which yielded 16.5 metres (54 ft) in total length. Ward asserted that this method is based on a sound principle that works well with most large sharks.
