6' 6" BULL SHARK

WENT OUT TO ONE OF MY LOCAL SPOTS THIS PAST WEEKEND ON 7-17-10. I HAD A FRESH RAY THAT I HAD JUST CAUGHT ON MY WAY OUT TO THE BRIDGE. I SENT THE BAIT INTO THE WATER AT ABOUT 8PM AND AS SOON AS 9:25PM HIT MY 9/0 WAS SCREAMING I KNEW BY THIS TIME IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING GOOD, SO I LET IT RUN FOR AWHILE TO KEEP THE SHARK FROM SWIMING BACK TOWARDS ME AND CUTTING ME OFF UNDER THE BRIDGE. APPROX 20 SECONDS LATER I SET THE HOOK AND IT WAS "FISH ON" I FOUGHT THE SHARK FROM THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BEACH AND ACCROSS THE ROCKS WHILE I WAS WALKING ALONG THE SEAWALL. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF MY LEADER I DRAGGED HIM IN BY MYSELF UNTIL SOMEONE DROVE BY AND SEEN WHAT I WAS DOING AND QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND ASSISTED ME. I WAS TIRED AND THANKFUL I HAD SOME HELP, LUCKILY ENOUGH THERE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE FISHING AND I HAD SOME GUY TAKE PICS OF ME WHILE I WAS FIGHTING HIM IN. THE FINAL PROCESS WAS TAKING PICTURES AND RELEASING THE SHARK SAFELY BACK INTO THE WATER.