12 year-old catches 551-pound bull shark off of WPB

[GrierHPharmD]

Y'know, I'm not a rabid enviro-nazi, but it seems that we haven't got the message out to the nondiving world that sharks are:

a) not psycho-killers of the seven seas
b) endangered
c) not very good eating, so not great game fish.

This little news story popped up on CNN yesterday, and I thought it depressing, if only because it seemed so banal...

The Associated Press: Boy, 12, Reels in 551-Pound Bull Shark

12-Year Old Catches 551 Pound Bull Shark | January 3, 2008 | AHN

WWSB ABC 7 Florida - Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, North Port, Siesta Key Breaking News, Weather, Sports and Traffic on the Suncoast | Boy's catch challenges state record for biggest bull shark

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

I guess I'd just rather look at them while diving than kill them.

 

[CODMAN]

The boy wanted revenge on the shark because it kept eating his fish...Not bright... But he is young... But the worst thing is all the adults glorifying the act.!!!

Pitifull...

 

[PCBCaptChris]

Not that it matters, but it was in PCB not WPB... Here is the other location this story is at here on SCUBABoard: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/florida-conch-divers/215660-shark-caught.html

 

[RonFrank]

I hunt, I fish. I think if you catch it you eat it! Revenge on a shark for eating!

So what will happen to this shark... chum, or maybe they will just bury it. I have an issue with that.

I'm sure it was a thrilling day for the kid, and his mom. Less so for the shark.