Originally Posted by
The Atheist
Oh, I'll have no trouble with that.
A few years back, I was fishing in an 18 foot fibreglass with my brother when I caught a 100 lb mako. After a huge battle, we got the bugger close enough to gaff, and even an hour after having a giant gaff straight through the head the damn thing was still chewing the steel. Even a little 5 footer managed to chew the trasom off.
Later on in the day, a mako that looked about ten times bigger leapt out of the water right next to the boat. Ten seconds later, my brother's reel screamed off - he'd hooked about a 500 pounder.
Discretion/valour?
We cut the line.
There's a time and place to play with big sharks.