Shark Tale
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Who was it that said "I think we need a bigger boat". In July, my friend Ron and I hooked up on a spectacular 14 foot Great White Shark. He hit a whole mackerel 17 miles off of Cape May. He also hit a 30, so without being spooled we fought the shark as smart as we could. Two and a half hours later and three and a half miles from where we started, we had the shark boat side. Mind you, he was boat side for a few seconds, and then would just roll over, show us his big white belly, and start taking the line again. He leapt completely out of the water once and I'll never forget the size of that beast. With the World Cat, we were able to maneuver quickly to make sure we turned and kept the shark from going under the boat. Having two engines far apart makes it easy. It turns on a dime.
-- Jeff Platt