It was 1976 approximately January, Location Old Long Key bridge catwalks.
Me and Chris Baxter were both Sharkin the other 2 guys were just there for the party.
Chris gets spooled on his 9/0 very slowly, And the pisser was after getting to the knot it spit the bait.
A little while later my 12 gets a fast hit. We end up gaffing it with my meat hook drag him down the catwalk to the seawall. This is where it gets sticky The guy took the picture below Rick Occpinti, Well he backed up the car to the seawall to help pull the shark up over the wall.
The only problem is we had partied hard that night and well Rick hit the gas instead of the brake by accident!
Unfortunately the shark was still very alive and upset and i was in between the car and the seawall. So the car knocks me for a loop into the dark night time water around 2-3 am.
This is when i Run on water to get away from the thrashing shark 
I make Rick run the car all night with the heater on high,- It was in the 40's that night as you can see by how we were dressed.
This is a pic he took the next morning facing old Long Key bridge.
REMEMBER THIS WAS 1970'S AND YES WE KILLED SHARKS...NO WE DONT ANYMORE.
The only pic of me with the shark has a big water stain blotch on it...sorry
But hears a pic of my Uncle Harry with the jaws im stanging in the doorway.
Hey Greg love that story and the oldschool pictures are great.How big was that Bull shark?Looks to be 300 lbs plus.Did you weight it or measure it ?
Naaa we didn't bother with measuring and weighing back then. Hell we didn't even bother to ever bring a camera, I have no idea why i had 1 that time! 
PS: I wanted to make it to shucker's tonight, but at this time i am having a small medical issue, No biggie keep announcing those and i will come for some wings and a good time next month 
mojo i hope you feel better today 'theres nothing like the old days on the keys fishing all nite long on a real cold nite waiting for that big hit. sorry you coulndt be with us last nite at the meeting maybe next time. me will nick and jimbo and a few others were talking about the good all days 
If there was ever a time i wished i lived it would be the 1970.I would have loved to be around to see the big bad sharks that were in the waters back then.
hey nick they are still out there you just got to go get them. the big bulls they will come in on the winter to the keys youy see will get one or two this year at lon key on a cold windy night 
Its great to hear stories from you and will,as well as all the old school sharkers in the club.Hopefully i will have a chance to meet everyone at the next club meeting.
GGREAT STORIE IVE SPENT MANY OF COLD NIGHT AT LONG KEY WAITING FOR THE BIG ONE .NICE BULL.