A one ton shark was caught on February 4, near the beach where ten people were recently attacked in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, Vietnam.
The fisherman said the 16 ft shark is the largest shark he has ever caught . He has already been offered over 30 million dong (over $1,500) for the fins but the fisherman hasn’t agreed to the deal yet. The shark will be kept fresh in sea water until he decides what to do with it.
Experts from the Nha Trang Institute for Oceanography met the fisherman, but in order to test the shark to determine the species and find out whether it is responsible for recent attacks, the institute would have to pay Dang 40 million dong ($2400).
The institute’s representative said that they hoped the shark could be displayed at the Nha Trang Institute for Oceanography following research.
In mid-January, a number of people were hospitalized with serious injuries. The Nha Trang Institute for Oceanography confirmed that these injuries caused by a shark but they couldn’t specify the species.
Quy Nhon authorities offered a prize of 10 million dong in cash for anybody who catches the share and set up a team of shark hunters. This is the first shark netted since that day.
Beaches were closed for a third day on Singer Island due to tons of sharks cruising the area. Meanwhile, two fisherman reeled in a nearly 10 foot hammerhead at the north end of Ocean Reef Park. The fisherman released the predator back into the waters alive, after snapping a few pictures.
James Saunders, 22, caught this 9 ft bull shark under a bridge on December 27… more than 9 miles inland!
For those people unfamiliar with the area, Eenie Creek Bridge is more than 9 miles from the mouth of the Noosa River in Queensland, Australia.
And it is not a wide creek at that point, only about 15 ft wide and 9 ft deep.
To get so far inland the shark had to swim across the Noosa bar, past the Noosa River caravan park, up Weyba Creek to Lake Weyba, then into Eenie Creek.
A fisherman got quite a fright when the snapper he thought he had on the end of his line turned out to be an 8 ft shark.
What’s even more scary is that the guy was fishing from his kayak.
Paul Spathopoulos was sure he had hooked a snapper, but 20 minutes into the battle the fish leapt out of the water and Spathopoulos realized he was fighting a thresher shark.
A massive shark was caught off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, and it was all captured on video.
A group of friends were fishing about 18 miles off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale Sunday when they stumbled across 10-foot-long, 750-pound shark feeding on a swordfish.
Jamie Bunn, who videotaped the event, watched as his three friends tried to capture the creature.
Cosmo Miller, 9, caught a 150-pound sixgill shark while fishing in Puget Sound near Burien last week. Using a 30-pound test line, it took him almost an hour to land the sucker and haul it to shore for pictures before turning it loose.
