Fishermen Catch 1100 Lb. Tiger Shark

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4746503/detail.html

Hooooooooly crap.

Remind me to never go diving off the east coast.

[TheTruth]

Shit, I caught a fish that big in Calaveras last week. It had two heads and three eyes so we threw it back.

[Ginofan]

http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0720/4746947_320X240.jpg

It's Jaws!!! Jesus H Christ!

[Clandestino]

fucking crazy!!! that is an awesome shark though!!! it would eat a cow in 1 bite!

[GrandeDavid]

OMG!!!! That shark is f-ing IMMENSE! Jaws lives!

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Don't they have a better picture? 'cause for a Tiger shark that thing is huge, but white sharks are bigger aren't they?

[spurschick]

Holy Crap!!!

[Marklar MM]

I believe Great Whites are bigger, but Tiger sharks are much more deadly. Instead of shredding flesh like Great Whites, Tiger sharks simply slice through flesh, like a very sharp razor.

[hunter-thereckoning]

well i watched this thing on the discovery channel and it said that the great white was the second deadliest shark in the world....the first was the bull shark because it can go in fresh water and there was one that killed like 4 people in a creek (it was the inspiration for Jaws)

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The Great White is more sensationalized, but the tiger shark is right up there with it in terms of attacks. I think the numbers I last saw were something like 70 fatal great white attacks, 40 tiger, 21 bull shark attacks.

I've dove with bull sharks before in Florida (didn't plan it that way, they showed up on the wreck), they kept their distance from us, never felt in danger.

I would sure as hell get out of the water if I ever saw a tiger or GW though.

That's one hell of a shark, no matter the species. Here's some more pics...

http://news.bostonherald.com/images/localRegional/shark07202005_174a.jpg

http://www.mvtimes.com/Graphics/07212005/tigershark5.jpg

[Marklar MM]

well i watched this thing on the discovery channel and it said that the great white was the second deadliest shark in the world....the first was the bull shark because it can go in fresh water and there was one that killed like 4 people in a creek (it was the inspiration for Jaws)


Yes, the Bull Shark is #1 since it can go in fresh water(although it likes murky water) and it is more inclined to attack. And yes, 4 people were attacked in New Jersey in 1916. I believe the 1st attack was actually on the coast and the man bled to death from his leg being bitten off, then the same or another shark swam into a creek and killed a boy(I think bit him in half), his friend went in to get him, and was attacked but pulled out and survived, then it swam further up the creek or back down and attacked another kid. They never found it tho. That was the first attack off the NJ coast, the next one after 1916 was in something like 1968.

[batman2883]

Shark.......its whats for dinner

[bigzak25]

cool shark. sad that's it dead.

[Marklar MM]

cool shark. sad that's it dead.


I wish that we could throw some tyrant into his mouth and re-enact the Jaws scene.

[sa_butta]

This catch made ESPN top ten.
I wonder what they used for bait?

[fraga]

"Now that's a huge b!tch"

[batman2883]

This catch made ESPN top ten.
I wonder what they used for bait?


half a human torso probably

[tlongII]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/tlongII/huge_shark.jpg

[ALVAREZ6]

Wow...can you say big fucking shark?


Makes me wanna reconsider my trip to Aruba...

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

What did this shark ever do to them?

[sa_butta]

Too bad they couldnt win first place returning six minutes late.

[HB22inSA]

Reminder: Aggie, don't go diving off the East coast.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Thanks for the reminder :lol

I think the six minutes late thing is BS. It probably took them twice as long as it normally would have coming in with a fish that size.

[tlongII]

The one I posted is a great white actually.

[sa_butta]

Thanks for the reminder :lol

I think the six minutes late thing is BS. It probably took them twice as long as it normally would have coming in with a fish that size.That aint no shit, but the real glory was all the other
fisherman with their jaws dropped to the floor.

[Sense]

AHF... it was a competition right?
I think the boat slowed down with the shark in it and he didn't make it in time for the weigh in.....right?

I don't know, but yeah that shark looks like he's eaten some humans.. :o

[MaNuMaNiAc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/tlongII/huge_shark.jpg
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! A GREAT WHITE! FREAKING SCARY! I can't believe people actually surf in waters where these creatures live.

I mean, I would be all http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_2_39.gif!

[tlongII]

We have off the west coast here. People surf around them all the time. Just don't look like a seal.

[CosmicCowboy]

It's not just New Jersey. Here is a picture of a huge tiger shark caught in the surf just south of Port Aransas a few years ago...

http://www.breakawayusa.com/pics/billtigr.jpg

http://www.billysandifer.com/

for some reason the image wouldn't post. Heres the link.

[SWC Bonfire]

They must have knocked that bastard so hard on the head that all that is left is a red X. :lol

[bigzak25]

i swam with tiger sharks a couple months ago...they thought i looked hungry so they stayed away. :tu

[sa_butta]

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/topic_images/cojimar_ws.jpg

[desflood]

Well, now we know what a very small megalodon looks like.

[SWC Bonfire]

It's not just New Jersey. Here is a picture of a huge tiger shark caught in the surf just south of Port Aransas a few years ago...


Holy Shit! What did they find in its stomach?