[MarMema]

Good one Nick - thanks!

[tet68]

I've got his book, pretty awesome.

[TADSLOS]

[Ronaldus Magnus]

The 3,427 lb White Shark: The Largest Fish On Rod and Reel
Angler Donnie Braddick and I with the 3,427 lb white
shark at Montauk Marine BasinThis shark was a little
over 17 feet long and took us an hour and forty minutes
to put the first gaff into it and then, after struggling
for another hour, we finally got the fish secured with a
tail rope, and dragged it home behind the boat.

Back at the dock at midnight, it took us another three or
four hours to weigh in the fish, take photos and put him
on a bed of ice for the night at Montauk Marine Basin.
This picture shows where we brought him out in the
morning to be examined by National Marine Fisheries
Service scientists Jack Casey, Wes Pratt and their crew
from the lab at Narragansett, Rhode Island.

[sharktrager]

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

Damned If I Know

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

If I remember correctly, the 3400+ pounder was disallowed as a world record, because they found a dead whale floating in the ocean and waited there. Eventually the 3400+ pounder showed up. One of the International Game and Fish rules, however, is that no mammal chum may be used.

Incredibly, that isn't the largest great white that Mundus ever caught. Here is an even bigger one that he harpooned:

The 4,500 lb. White Shark

[mware]

Thirty years ago today.... Damn I am getting old.