After a nice leisurely troll along the buoy line East of "CH" I had boated a few lively blues which I placed in the well. I continued east towards the CLT but decided to stop short at the tower reef. Within two minutes after floating a 2.5 lb blue out the wife started screaming..... A BIG fish was all over the blue that I was using as bait but to make a long story short the hook failed to find it's mark. Discouraged I reeled in my mangled blue fish only to find that it was still alive and kicking although it had been roughed up pretty good. After resetting a time or two I was about ready to call it quits when line started screaming of my 330 gti (same blue fish bait). After about 20-25 min. of pure hell I got my first look. A huge shark!
Although I didn't quite get it boat side for a positive ID it looked like a Sandbar or possibly a Dusky Shark around 8' and 200+lbs. With only me and the wife aboard it made for interesting day to say the least. She did a great job handling the boat and the 330gti spooled with 40lb Momi held it's own too. I guess It only leaves me to blame..... I should have been using wire instead of 150lb mono. The shark eventually cut the leader for a premature release.Still a great day at sea. Hell...I'd of set it free anyways. Just nice to see big sharks from time to time.
