25th Annual Monster Shark Tournament 2011
Date: 21 – 23 July, 2011.
Location: Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Tournament Shark Catches:
13 sharks (including two potential new Massachusetts Saltwater Fish Records for thresher and porbeagle shark) were brought to the weigh-in station:
Nine thresher sharks, three mako sharks and a porbeagle shark.
Thresher Sharks (Alopias vulpinus):
Weight: 630 pounds.
Boat: Bushwhacker.
Note: potential MA State Record ( current valid record: 548 lbs, caught in 2004 ).
Weight: 538 pounds.
Boat: Tuna Tangler.
Weight: 457 pounds.
Boat: Keepin’ It Cool.
Weight: 448 pounds.
Boat: Fish Tails.
Weight: 429 pounds.
Boat: Law & Order.
Weight: 365 pounds.
Boat: Knot Right.
Weight: 251 pounds.
Boat: Akula.
Weight: 248 pounds.
Boat: On Time.
Weight: 184 pounds.
Boat: Sea Saw.
Porbeagle Shark ( Lamna nasus ):
Weight: 495 pounds ( photo below ).
Boat: Program.
Note: potential MA State Record ( current valid record: 482 lbs 8 oz, caught in 2009 ).
Mako Sharks ( Isurus oxyrinchus ):
Weight: 278 pounds.
Boat: Tunga Tangler.
Weight: 182 pounds.
Boat: Fish On.
Weight: 152 pounds.
Boat: Go Figueire.
Source : marthasvineyard.patch.com/
Photo Credit: Vanessa Czarnecki.
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