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8/27/2010 8:46 AM

Chad

Joined: 9/17/2008

Posts: 276

Vilano Tiger Shark (N/A) Modified By Chad on 8/27/2010 7:57:36 AM

My buddy wanted to take his new 17' key west trolling for kings or tarpon. We followed a flock of birds to a huge slick of dead croakers, bicatch from the shrimping boats. Made a couple of passes through the chum line and there it was, a large shark feeding casually on the dead fish. We trolled by it and bam he hit one of the stinger rigs. After getting the beast to the boat at least four times, just for it to take another run, we finnaly cut the wire leader leaving a 2/0 vmc trebble in it's cheek. We were about two miles from the Vilano inlet and estimated the tiger shark around 7'.

Pray hard, work hard and fish harder....

8/27/2010 8:52 AM

Jeff Rafter

Joined: 9/11/2008

Posts: 1038

Re: Vilano Tiger Shark (N/A)

Nice catch Chad!

Not a fish you'd care to have in the same slough with you as you go chest deep through the wade gut to get to the bar so you can sling it way out there!