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This is what you call a "heart in your mouth" day. Bob and Michelle Mathew, Robin and Judy Gineman, of Indiana, and the crew, were having a lovely day on the Gulf of Mexico, when a 20 pound Kingfish screamed the reel on our flatline. After setting the hook I handed the Shimano Trinidad to Bob with the reel still blazing. He fought the King for a short time when our adrenoline once more was called upon. One of the largest Blacktip Shark I have ever seen (140 pounds) was putting our King through the paces. Then grabbing the King by the tail, he bit off about a foot. Bob quickly retreived the injured Kingfish, and while he was still bleeding in the water, mate Rick Moore threw a Shad to the hungry shark on a TLD 15. The Blacktip nailed it and proceded to run about 300 yards of line off the reel while Rick handed the rod over to Robin. To make a half hour story short, the angry shark almost wore Robin to his knees, but he handeled it great. After Robin's long fight, we sank two gaff's in the monster and dragged him aboard. This is the type of excitement we try for on every trip. Thank you Bob, Michelle, Robin, and Judy for such a great day on the Gulf. We hope to see you all again soon.

Caught on "HAPPY HOOKER ONE CHARTERS".