12-Foot, 550-Pound Hammerhead Caught On Flagler Beach

[iambrutus]

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Danny Ficocello pulled the shark in along Flagler Beach. He told Eyewitness News that just outside the waves there's a deep spot, with big fish. In fact, it is the same spot where a shark last week bit right through a woman's surfboard.The shark measured more than 12 feet long, about 550 pounds, and it's by far the biggest thing Ficocello has ever seen some out of the water."I'll be pumped for years! That's the catch of a lifetime right there," he said.

His reel spun so fast he had to get water to cool it off. It turned into a three-hour battle that ended with him recruiting 12 people to actually pull the shark ashore.

damn thats big!

 

[gregorylee]

and Ugly, the Shark on the other hand....

 

[Buckeyedynasty]

That's wicked sweet.

 

[DaytonBuck]

was this guy there?

 

[OCBuckWife]

I wonder if he is gonna eat it? Or share it with other people who will eat it? Or did he leave the body to rot on the beach when he cut off it's head?

 

[coastalbuck]

Free shark steaks, get them while they last....

 

[RugbyBuck]

Just curious, how does a hammerhead bite a surfboard?

 

[AKAK]

Just curious, how does a hammerhead bite a surfboard?

"Same spot where a shark bit through a surf board."


Maybe not the same shark.


"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

 

[SWOhioBuckeye]

That Hammerhead got nailed. :!

 

[scooter1369]

That area is a high frequency area for swimming. Hammerheads swim in schools sometimes exceeding 100 sharks or more. That's a really scary thought.

 

[ScriptOhio]

How many pounds of fins does it have?

 

[CCI]

Landshark

 

[scooter1369]

"Fins to the left, Fins to the right.."

 

[RugbyBuck]

"Same spot where a shark bit through a surf board."


Maybe not the same shark.


"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

Uh, Baron, the punchline was, "very carefully".

 

[AKAK]

Uh, Baron, the punchline was, "very carefully".

Damn... :(