This had to be fun

[nokatchin]

Shark as big as a couch jumps into Texans' boat
Associated Press
March 29, 2011, 12:18PM
Share
Del.icio.usDiggTwitterFacebookStumbleUponEmail Close [X]
FREEPORT — An unplanned catch damaged a Texas fishing boat and left the captain with an amazing story about the 375-pound shark that didn’t get away.

Jason Kresse on Tuesday told The Associated Press it was “unreal” to see an 8-foot mako shark jump into his 25-foot boat and flop around for hours before dying.

A forklift was used to unload the shark Monday when the boat docked in Freeport, 55 miles south of Houston.

Kresse and two crewmen were fishing for red snapper, 50 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. He says fish guts were dumped into the water and the shark apparently went into a frenzy, launching itself into the boat.

Nobody was hurt.

The shark will be displayed at a seafood company.

[FP10]

Crazy. I was just reading another article where a spotted ray jumped in a boat in Florida.

[Baby Tran Cat]

I would crap my pants

[Jhua]

They just killed Super Shark. Guys must've been using kryptonite for bait. :P

[Robalo]

What I don't understand is the Captain and crew said they were "Red Snapper Fishing"-it's closed in Federal waters-and yes, they can throw them back, but.... it just doesn't make much sense.

Something "fishy" about this.

[Ibtsoom]

I would crap my pants

X-2!!

[Curmudgeon]

They're fighting back!!!

[3rd Coast Aggie]

What I don't understand is the Captain and crew said they were "Red Snapper Fishing"-it's closed in Federal waters-and yes, they can throw them back, but.... it just doesn't make much sense.

Something "fishy" about this.

Isn't red snapper fishing year-round in Texas waters?

[Robalo]

yep, but they said they were 50 miles out fishing for Red Snappers????

[3rd Coast Aggie]

I'm pretty sure they're saying Freeport is 55 miles south of Houston...

[Robalo]

Check the post and article:

"Kresse and two crewmen were fishing for red snapper, 50 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. He says fish guts were dumped into the water and the shark apparently went into a frenzy, launching itself into the boat."

It is legal to C&R the snaps in Fed waters-maybe they were "testing" spots 3 months before season???

[PasadenaMan]

Dear staring at a headlight, that would be me, unless it was lunging at me.

[3rd Coast Aggie]

Yep, you're right. My mistake.

[Milkjug]

Maybe that has something to do with why they were gutting them out there? Fire up the hibachi so the endangered snapper are in your belly when you return to port.