Record hammerhead catch !

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credit: James Holland

Shark caught off Boca Grande may set world record

Originally posted on May 12, 2006

news-press.com

A potential world record hammerhead shark was caught on Wednesday in Boca Grande Pass.

Capt. Andy Whitbread of Fort Myers captured a 13 foot, 4 inch, 750-pound hammerhead.

Whitbread used an estimated 12- to 15-pound live crevalle jack as bait and caught the fish on 80-pound class tackle for the potential line-class world record.

Whitbread has to submit an application to the International Game Fish Association in Fort Lauderdale for certification of the record.

The current world record is 620 pounds. That hammerhead was caught in Freeport, Texas in 1976.

Whitebread managed the feat with the assistance of captains Owen Osborne of Fort Myers and James Holland of LaBelle.

The men documented the weight on a certified truck scale in LaBelle, and have plans to submit an application for a record to the International Game Fish Association.

They buried the carcass in an Orange Grove in LaBelle.

Edited May 13, 2006 by hoss

[llm60 0]

Sweet catch, I wonder how long it took to reel that in??

[WAS967 97]

What? No Hammerhead steaks?!?!?

[JM15 386]

Forget the steaks that would look good on my wall

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wow thats big.

[Guest]

Forget the steaks that would look good on my wall

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That thing's far too big for my wall.

I agree with WAS967, steaks for everyone!

[348 4]

hey, those guys don't have their full PPE on. no gloves, mask, and i think the guy in the middle has a loose belt buckle