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Oct 28, 2006 | 12:53 PM

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Willie Gee

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Looks like a bonnet head to me. Those things can fight, huh?

Some days we can catch smaller ones all day off the inlet here in New Smyrna.

Nice Fish!

Oct 29, 2006 | 03:13 PM

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F1s2000

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Doesn't look close to nine feet though. And it is a Scalloped hammerhead shark. They fight nice.

Oct 30, 2006 | 07:56 AM

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delliot

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Looks like you had a great time! Looks like a nice day too!
You did let it go, right??

Oct 30, 2006 | 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by delliot,Oct 30 2006, 08:56 AM

Looks like you had a great time! Looks like a nice day too!
You did let it go, right??

yes sir catch and release didnt want to stuff it. I mean I dont have that big of a apt to put a 9 foot shark on the wall :0)

Oct 30, 2006 | 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GDM S2K,Oct 30 2006, 12:41 PM

yes sir catch and release didnt want to stuff it.

Actually they don't stuff fish anymore. You take a picture and they make a fiberglass replica.

Oct 31, 2006 | 08:42 PM

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Erick S

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Looks like someone knows "fish"..FI

Erick

Nov 1, 2006 | 03:23 AM

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GDM S2K

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Originally Posted by F1s2000,Oct 30 2006, 11:22 AM

Actually they don't stuff fish anymore. You take a picture and they make a fiberglass replica.

dont they use just the jaws and fin? thats why it was kinda pointless to kill it for stuffing who wants a replica

Nov 1, 2006 | 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GDM S2K,Nov 1 2006, 07:23 AM

dont they use just the jaws and fin? thats why it was kinda pointless to kill it for stuffing who wants a replica

You can keep one shark per day that is not a problem. But nobody stuffs them any more. It's called conservation. Imagine if everyone that cacthes a big fish( shark, sailfish, marlen , tarpon, goliath grouper etc ) had it stuffed? Instead you take a good pic and they mold one in fiber glass like the ones in Flanigan's. And it will last you for ever. The same thing is done with the teeth and fin.