Shark tournament at the G?

[RangerRob]

Anyone interested?

http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1217322937201830.xml&coll=1

 

[Gray Bomber]

So thats where my jig went I broke off the other day emoTongue

 

[jim4596]

i read that and also read where troy jens lost a jig to a big fish on 65lb braid. rumor is it might have been his jig in its mouth.

 

[RangerRob]

jim4596 - 7/29/2008 9:15 PM

i read that and also read where troy jens lost a jig to a big fish on 65lb braid. rumor is it might have been his jig in its mouth.

Puh-lease.

Jim - please tell us you are reporting this as rumor only? Why is it every time something - anything - about the G makes news, Troy is attached to it. Dear lord, I've got feesh swimming around down there with my jigs, are any rumors circulating that it could be my shark? emoLaugh

Atlantic Sharpnose don't swim that far inland, folks ... but it IS funny. I've had a visual image of the scene from Jaws when they're all out trying to catch/kill sharks and everyone's running over each other, shooting guns, and getting liquored up. Think Goosepond is ready for the G Madfin?!?

 

[captXtreme]

emoLaugh emoUpsmile emoLaugh emoUpsmile emoLaugh

 

[jim4596]

here you go ranger...

http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/bassboard/other_topics/message.html?message_id=300803

Sharks on the "G"?
from TroyJ/Angling Alabama
7/27/2008 1:20:40 PM
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So I'm fishing with my brother a couple weeks ago on Guntersville. I get a solid strike on a 1oz jig and I set the hook. The fish took off and literally had my #50-lb braid singing through the water. It pulled 30 yards of braid off of my locked down spool and I could not begin to slow it down with my thumb. A few moments later it took off another direction and the line went slack. I reeled in and the jig was gone and the braid was cut clean. I'd never hooked a fish that fast or that strong on fresh water. Near as we could tell it must had been a giant stripe, because it ate the jig (wasn't snagged) and was too fast to be a big cat and too powerful to be a big drum. (I catch a lot of cats and drum, so I know).

So... what do I see in the Guntersville paper yesterday? Yep, someone found a 3' bull shark, dead with a jig in it's mouth. (Looked like my jig in the pic in the paper anyway).


My brother said to write a report that the shark broke me off while fishing for pirannah near a gator mound. (Just to keep the jetskiers on their toes)... lol.


You never know I guess.


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[jim4596]

true story it was found. i did read that about it being troys jig. i have no idea what the truth is behind any of it, but i do know it was really found in guntersville. most likely turned loose from an aquarium.

 

[minner]

Yeah check this report out. http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/146178.htm

 

[polo-dog]

I think that I hooked that same fish(shark) in Chickamauga earlier this year. It hit a panfish assassin and wrapped me around a post and broke me off. I maybe should try to report it to the authorities. emoEvil

 

[RangerRob]

Definitely a prank. I don't doubt the shark was found in the G, but I don't see any explanation for it getting there on its own. I do, however, find it absolutely comical that Troy posts his account/report the same day the story broke to the press.

 

[Dropshot]

I have a friend who is a pastor at a Church in the area. He and his family were at Mountain Lakes when the fish was found.