New Team "Key Sharkers" Lands Biggest Bull Yet(2009)
Got a message from my boss last night and he
tells me that the aquarist from the seaquarium
said that he saw 4 big bull sharks show up behind
the seaquarium when he was dumping bait yesterday.
I get excited and call him up and we decide to head to
the seaquarium around 3pm. I start heading over
there and bring my friend eddie (keysharker) along
with me. On our way from school we get a call from my
boss that he's tied up in some work so he cant go.
Me and eddie go to the seaquarium and look for our
favorite aquarist and it turns out its his day off.
We head over to the L&H and they dont have any bait..
but i end up buying a 3 lb almaco jack on an IOU basis
cuz i realize we dont have any cash on us since we were
hoping to get some bait that the sequarium was throwing
away. I head back to RSMAS and we walk down the beach
toward the seaquarium and sure enough we see the fins.
.. and theyre big! I cut the
Almaco and put it on the hooks and toss it in the water.
They spook the first couple times.. so I put a balloon on
and toss it and let the thing float and sure enough we see
the bull come and pick the bait up and start running. I set
the hook and the 14/0 screams ZZZZZZZZZZZ. I try to
fight the fish sitting on the rock but the but keeps sliding
so i run over to the beach barely balancing on the rocks as
the fish pulls me towards the water. Sitting down in the
sand and it makes some really nice runs. About 45 mins
up in the fight im loosing some stamina and eddie come up
for his turn on the rod. Within 10 mins we see the fin coming
in and I get the tail rope ready and shes huge. At least 8 feet..
(we didnt have a measuring tape) also she was the fattest bull
that ive ever seen and that head of hers was massive. We kept
her in the water to try to keep her alive and well cuz we could
tell that she was extremely tire. The pictures really dont giver
her justice since her body is partly in the water.. but she was wide.
Colby Uva : Bullbuster Team Captain
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WOW!!!!Nice work guys that sure is a neat story and caught in the daytime in our backyard the Miami Seaquarium,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Out of this world!!!!She's huge.Any estimates on the overall length .Next time lay out a piece of mono from tip of tail to tip of nose ,then cut the line and measure when you get home.Nice pics of the fight.Got to get out and fish the beach this week before the water gets too cold.
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She's around 8 feet.. 2 fisherman on a skiff came up to watch us fight the fish and they helped us revive her. I have a picture of her alongside the 16foot skiff and she's half the boat length.. so she's deff at least 8ft. I wish I had a pic to show how fat she was.
Colby Uva : Bullbuster Team Captain
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Welcome to the 400 lb club .I've copied your report to the 300-500 lb club.Congratulations Colby and Eddie!!
SOUTH FLORIDA SHARK CLUB -President SFSC-Founding Member est 1983 SFSC-Website Administrator BIG HAMMER SHARK TOURNAMENT -Founder Rene Memorial Sharkathon -Founder NMFS Shark Tagger
Thanks Will, we'll have another one for the 600 lb club coming up =).
Colby Uva : Bullbuster Team Captain
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great catch colby and in the day time congrats man
DIRTY SOUTH SHARK HUNTERS
2012 1st place BLACKTIP CHALLENGE
2011 NO LIMIT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 2nd year in a row
2010 BHC biggest hammerhead shark on 80 lb test
2010 NO LIMIT TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
2010 BHC 3rd and 5th place biggest shark
2010 april sharker of the month
2009-2010 Rookie of the year
Yea its a 130lb class custome rod from biscayne rods. Oh and thanks Shannon, I'll give you a call one of these days when I hear of some more big bull sightings.
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