World Record Catch In Florida.

Picture this, you and five friends set out for a days fishing looking to catch a few medium sized grouper fish. The trip starts well, that is until someone notices that a rather large shark is taking your hooked grouper.

What happened over the next hour, resulted in a new world record.

 Adlle Bruner, a angler of 40 years, was the lucky guy who set out to catch the giant Mako shark. Casting out a 2 foot Amberine the shark eventually hit. capt Robert Hill said “It was like Jaws”

After a long fight, the 11ft shark eventually gave up after its tail was roped. But even then, the men could not get the big shark in the boat. They tied it to the stern with three ropes and made the four-hour trip back to land.

The shark was hoisted at the rodeo before a big crowd. It tipped the scale at 844.4 pounds.

After it was gutted, the mako still weighed 638 pounds, breaking the tournament’s previous shark division record by 338 pounds.

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