Brothers fishermen caught a huge shark Bashny.Net

Anglers from Florida, catch a giant shark-fin mako last week, hoping that they can avoid publicity. Perhaps they would have succeeded in this, and if it were not empty the fuel tank, forcing them to wrap up on the way home to refuel.

It was there that a huge marine predators, barely fit in the back of their pickup truck, was captured by visitors. After this, the news caught the giant shark in a few hours spread West Calhoun, which also contributed to sending photos to one of the local newspapers.





Get a shot, media posted it on his Facebook page without informing any details, which also caused a very rapid spread of news and discussion. Soon, the newspaper managed to find one of the fishermen and the next day it was reported that the catch can claim the world record for shore fishing.



Cousins ​​Joe and Ernie Polk picked up the shark in the wee hours on the beach near the Gulf of Mexico Navarre. The fight with a predator anglers, whose weight was 365 kilograms and a length of 3, 4 meters, lasted more than an hour.

"This is probably the best ever caught me fish - said Ernie Polk. - To catch a shark, you must spend a lot of hours ».

To date, the largest fish caught from shore is considered to be the 305-pound mako shark, and that Ernie Polk caught in 2009 year. Men expect their new catch will be counted.



For comparison, the largest mako caught on rod and reel from a boat, weighed 553 kilograms. The shark was caught in 2001, the year in Massachusetts.

According to some, the brothers hoped to save the regiment news of his latest catch in secret, because in recent years gained popularity the movement for the preservation of sharks. Photos published in the social network, users have shared more than three thousand times, and while many were critical of the fishermen, some stood on their defense. In the end, catching sharks off the coast of Florida, is not illegal.



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Erin and Joe explained that he did not let go of the shark, as during the fight with the fishermen, it is strongly exhausted and just could not sail back into the sea.

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