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Congrats on a great Fish JB. Lets all remember this:
We all complain that youth is NOT getting into fishing, our future for the sport looks bleak and here you have a young man who has displayed a natural skill, and passion for our sport while I would guess an aspiration for one day being a charter captain. Documentation of "catches" at the scales are part of it and/ or photos which he has done both. Remember when you were 19 and how proud you were to "show off " a huge catch of any kind. We all kept too many for show.
I would be careful of turning a young budding, compassionate, skillful fisherman from turning against the sport or those that support it due to the internet. Its great he's on the water and NOT playing video games or worse.

At 57 years old I release more than I keep but that's because at 19 I didn't and have seen the results.

My guess is that JB will continue to have much success on the water, in life and in time when he decides how to handle that success in "keeping" his catch he will make decisions like those that made him the angler he is today. Either way its great to see a 19 year old have the fishing passion and use his assets in life to a benefit rather than than the alternative some take.

Keep up the good work JB and I hope you get many friends to join you

Re: 370 Pound Thresher Shark Video
 

Very very well said Dales 529! At 65 years old I wish I were on the boat to see that. great anglers, great boat handling and congratulations on a great catch!

Re: 370 Pound Thresher Shark Video
 

Found the picture of the Sharks that he released Safely back into live another day. These swam right away too.

http://wtvr.com/2014/09/29/dead-sharks-north-carolina/

Re: 370 Pound Thresher Shark Video
 

There's something irrational about how we discriminate between species of fish we kill. Fluke? no problem. Cbass? even better. Photos of dead cows give some people pause. Big game like marlin, big shark...there's just something ugly about people grinning and posing next to such a magnificent animal. There's probably good reasons to object (apex predator, biomass, etc), but I think it's just easier to anthropomorphize a fish as large or larger than us.

I will say this: any video release of big fish earns more kudos from the internet peanut gallery than dead fish at a dock. If JB wants backslaps and thumbs up (and obviously he does), maybe consider C&R for strategic purposes if nothing else.

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I would have let it go. Whats it to you. Oh and i dont kill bass either sooooooo

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Krabs gotta eat too. Thresher, yum yum good.

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Nice job, way to stick with it

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Let's see some pics of ANY sharks you caught that large then released. I won't hold my breath...never happened. I presume that the only sharks you released were dogfish you caught on party boats, based upon your avatar pic

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Recreational fishing has never damaged fish populations and the important thing is to harvest fish and bring it to the table. People dont realize where food comes from and the biggest tragedy will be the day that all hunting, gathering, and even gardening will be forgotten.

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Yeah your rite i never had released a big shark.. BECAUSE i dont believe in fishing for them!!!! Base all your info off a picture of me with a fluke.. makes sense. . . .