Key West Monster Shark Fishing Report October 1 2011

Because we had such a good time fishing on the 30th, the guys wanted to get out for some more shark fishing. This time on a more serious note, we were going out to target a trophy Bull Shark! We had the bait prepared from the day before so we were able to head straight out into the Gulf of Mexico to another old shipwreck. Once we arrived and anchored up it didn’t take long until the action began… We caught three unexpeceted, but very welcomed Cobia and a few small reef sharks. Shortly after that Captain Nick looked over the side of the boat and there it was one of the biggest Bull Sharks we’ve seen! He quickly put a whole tuna on the shark line and within seconds… BANG! the shark hit the bait as if it hadn’t eaten in a week. This shark was so big and strong we had to pull the anchor chase him down before we got spooled. We quickly got the boat turned around and followed the shark to gain some line back… (The true benefit of fishing a center consol) After an epic two and a half hour fight we got the shark next to the boat and it was bigger then anyone expected reaching a little over 10FT and 400 lbs. We successfully caught and released the trophy Shark, the very thing we set out for, thanks to great teamwork from everybody on the boat.