Big Mako Shark - Huntigton Beach, CA

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http://ktla.com/2013/06/04/monster-shark-caught-off-the-coast-of-socal/#axzz2VMQS8yoE

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) — A group of fishermen may have broken a world record with a huge shark caught off the coast of Huntington Beach.

The fishermen pose with their possible world-record catch.
A fisherman named Jason Johnston, from Mesquite, Texas, chartered a boat out of Huntington Beach on Monday.
His group hooked a massive shortfin mako shark about 15 miles offshore.
The shark was 11 feet long, 8 feet in girth and more than 1,300 pounds, according to the fishermen’s estimates.
It took more than two hours and a quarter-mile of line to reel in the shark, according to Johnston.
The shark was being taken to a weigh yard in Gardena to be certified by a weigh master.
It was expected to be donated to a research organization for study.
As they waited for news on their possible world record, the fishermen planned to head out again on Tuesday for another adventure.

Read more: http://ktla.com/2013/06/04/monster-shark-caught-off-the-coast-of-socal/#ixzz2VMRM8YE7

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From the mid 70’s to the mid 90’s a group of friends and I would fish Huntington and Newport piers. We would get there before sundown in time for the Mackerel run fill up on bait and go sharking all nite till sun up. We have caught so many different type of sharks out there most out at Newport. I hooked into one that bent my sabre for over 2 hours. it came up top for a min just long enough to see how big this shark was. It took me to the knot on my Penn and just kept going. The funny thing is we all surfed in those waters since we were kids.

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Now thats a fun fight!