Rare Catches are Worth Mentioning

[ChileRelleno]

Some catches are so rare that they deserve mention and need to be shared as widely as possible.

Last night in Panama City, FL a 9' 8.5" Great White was caught, data gathered, tagged & then released healthy... From the beach.
This is very noteworthy for its rarity, this is only the third land based GW catch in the US that I know of.
A true lifetime catch for US waters.  Not so rare elsewhere, but here...  WOW!

https://www.facebook.com/DarkSideSharkers/photos_stream

[Bryan Young]

Wow, that is a catch.

[Shark Hunter]

Now That! is Awesome!!!!

[BMITCH]

NICE!! Makes you think don't it Daron?? Especially at night yakin those baits out there. You would kinda look like a seal to them I bet.

[Shark Hunter]

That is not far from where I fish. That Guy put in a lot of hours to catch that Beast!
In reality, I think they have been there all along.

[BMITCH]

Yeah, I agree. I think there's more of them around than we would like to know about

[Southernsharker]

I've seen some big sharks here in jacksonville and st. Augustine during the years yakking baits. I've had some shadows in January bigger then my yak underneath it that always makes me wonder if there whites. People say they just started showing up but like some say they've always been here just now being tagged .

[Dominick]

Wow!  I might take up sharking from the beach.  Dominick

[broadway]

That's an awesome catch, from the beach no less.
That angler has hit the pinnacle for land based shark fishing... it's time for him to find a new hobby.
Be safe out there gents,
Dom

[Marcq]

WOW alright 

Marc..

[Shark Hunter]

Wow!  I might take up sharking from the beach.  Dominick

Whenever you are ready Dominick! I live for it. Look at those eyes on that beast!
It will give you Nightmares!
There was a Jaws Marathon Saturday Night. Right when he caught this.
I couldn't think of a more fantastic evening. Jaws Marathon while I was building Ted's Pot o' Gold and all the while, There was a Jaws being caught!
That is a really rare catch.

[foakes]

Wow!  I might take up sharking from the beach.  Dominick

Whenever you are ready Dominick! I live for it. Look at those eyes on that beast!

A good Attorney would appreciate the eyes on that GW -- Cold, Black, Always calculating, Impartially Ruthless, Patiently awaiting the next opportunity -- but revealing nothing.

[harryk3616]

thought they were a protected specie

[coonhound]

It was interesting watching a tracked Great White, Katharine, circle around an area I regularly fish last summer.  I'm sure they've always been out there, but it's different when you see how close to shore they roam and in the same areas I grew up fishing. 

Cape San Blas (not far from there) has always been a big shark producer and it's common to see big bulls and tigers come on shore.  When I was a bit younger, we'd spend a morning fishing the stump hole and then finish up by putting on bigger shark rigs with whole mullet or any whole trash fish we caught.  After being spooled a few times, we got spooked and stopped messing with them.   

[coonhound]

thought they were a protected specie

It was released after tagging