I’m a little upset about this. I think there’s no reason to kill such a great fish! Am I the only one who feels like this on here? I thought the days of hanging up the big fish for pics was over. Your thoughts? Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GoFishSC/164792769262
I appreciate these guys’ service to our country, but it’s stupid to kill a shark like that. This is most likely a large female of breeding age. These sharks take a long time to reach sexual maturity and killing one like this kills generations of baby tiger sharks. I’m no enviro nut job but this saddens me.
hope they at least ate it and didn’t just use it for a photo op.
I have to admit, I would have been tempted to keep, share, and eat it. Chances are I would have released it just for laziness sake (lugging around a 700 pound beast) but the temptation would have been there.
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I am no shark lover but I would never kill one just to kill it. I don’t even like to catch them accidentally while fishing for other spieces. I hope that if I leave them alone they may leave me alone.LOL But I do agree we all need to be good stewards of nature, it must be taken good care of…
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Originally posted by toddnhope they at least ate it and didn’t just use it for a photo op.
They had this on the dock at Poos, after all the pics were taken, I’m pretty sure I saw someone cutting it up and putting in bags to eat/freeze, I assume.
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It was a legal fish…If they didn’t waste it, it’s ok by me. Just would have hate to see it wasted.
Did I read correctly that they didn’t even catch this fish with rod/reel, that they were actually able to tail wrap it and drag is with the boat to drown it?
Yeah, the shark swam by the boat and they lassoed it like John Wayne.
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To me that’s the worst part. Photo op that you didn’t even work for. I’m not a basher, but I don’t like this one at all. Stinks real bad to me.
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Originally posted by GeronimoYeah, the shark swam by the boat and they lassoed it like John Wayne.
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That’s really sad. I hope this captain catches a lot of hell for that move.
He might as well just get some dynamite, drop it down on a reef and use a net to scoop up whatever floats to the surface.