750 lb hammerhead

[Fish_Whisperer]

*long sad sigh*

 

[SCUBAJENNIFER]

Possible word record hammerhead caught last week in Boca Grande Pass!!

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060512/ENT20/60512011/1075

Saw my first shark last week while diving in the keys. I couldnt imagine seeing this thing!!

This is one of the saddest things I've seen in while...Killing for the sake of "SPORT"

 

[RocketMan]

I enjoy hunting and fishing. I only harvest what I can eat and eat what I harvest. But, every once in a while I come across an animal that should be left alone. This was one.

 

[simonspear]

Well said Rocketman

 

[Marvel]

Well said Rocketman

Very well said.

*long sad sigh*

My reaction too.

 

[offroaddiver]

Sharks are part of a balanced ecosystem.

Unfortunately the thought of some yahoo's catching a creature like that and killing it by exhausting it to shock and then dragging it aboard. It's best that it was buried and not tossed back without making sure it was ok to go back in the sea and die a poor waste.

 

[H2Andy]

yeah.. not much to reccomend catching this shark, and lots to reccomend leaving
it alone ...

 

[rawls]

One day things like this will come back on all of us. Stupidity...Sad, miserable stupidity.

 

[mudchick]

Brand new to this forum and this is what I come across. Bummer. I've not yet seen a shark while diving yet (hopefully to be remedied next week) and now there's one less to see for the sake of ego. Is your name in a book really that important? This is how you want your 15 minutes of fame? :shakehead

 

[ocrmaster]

What a waste to kill such a magnificent creature. It must have been very old to grow that big.

And to just bury it somewhere. Why didn't they just eat it.