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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
Saw a video on YouTube of Mundis standing on a dead whale , basically throwng the hook into mouth of Great White for his client . One of his "records" was disallowed cause they tied up to a whale carcase . Back in '63 or '64 my old man "talked me" into skipping school one day and took me offshore where a dead whale was floating . Still remember the thrill of seeing sharks that seemed big as his 26 foot boat . Also remember how the sharks would come into your chum slick back then and put end to days fishing . Understand now , since all thyat post Jaws shark killing mania , sharks off the south shore got scarce . Also remember how my ship would anchor in 50 or 60 foot of water at Guantanimo Bay , water so clear you could count leavs of sea weed on bottom , would look over side and watch sharks swimming around ship . Super cool sight .
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That big White he got was harpooned not caught on a rod. I know the guy that was with him that day. They were going to get whale blubber to use for chum. And that big one was there. At first they said they caught it with rod and reel but they didn't have any on board that day.
I've seen 3 Great Whites (in person) one was chewing up a floating dead whale (what a smell). One was on a headboat on the Coimbra wreck off Long Island. That one rocketed out of the water, and grabbed a 30 pound codfish off the gaff. The last one I saw was swimming with a 75 to 100 pound tuna sideways in its mouth. It was a legitamate 20' long.
We stopped and beat the snot out of the tuna, but didn't see the shark again