[phester]

hey CCT, good job! Thanks ! Yes that is yours truly in the red plaid and TheTinMan in the squat. Capt. Kevin [aka "mundus"] has the shark by the snout. The other two guys are Kevin's brothers in law. That fish is 446 lbs, he jumped 6 times, and by the time we had him roped off it was about an hour and twenty mins. fight. [mostly Tin and myself]. The big portly guy up front on the right was green and puking shortly after leaving the inlet. He didn't have much to offer in fighting the fish, the other guy was excellent in maintaining the chum slick and handling the baits, but for some reason wanted little to do w/ actually getting the fish to the boat[???]Nice guys though.Kevin has got a real nice 38ft. Topaz, the conditions were perfect 2-4 ft., wind about 10-15 mph, 60*air, water temp about 56*...it all just came together. We were getting heckled as we were leaving the dock, while the entire "armada" stayed inshore for bass and blues, we got these beauties only 20 miles out. We took alot of surf fishing tackle and assorted weights out of its stomach along w/ a 5"white and blue bottleneck popper. I found that pretty interesting.....have to think about that next time I'm "skishing" Thanks again CCT ;D