370 Pound Thresher Shark Video

[nmc02]

It's getting ridiculous. I have no affiliation to Johnny nor capt. Sal. Give the kid a break. He made a mistake....it's behind him. There is not one of you idiots that would have released that awesome catch. It is also exceptional to eat. I think we are here to enjoy fishing, not criticize.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Awesome video!!! Awesome Shark!!! Way to go Johnny!!!

When myself and Mikey got ours last year we shot it in the head with a 12 gage and were never happier! An amazing fishing memory was created on this day! I'm still not sure how we got the 15 foot Thresher on the boat with only 2 of us! It's definitely a task with a light crew! The meat on this Shark is delicious! I must've ate 50 lbs of it last year, lol!!! Some people have different ways of creating memories! "LIVE AND LET LIVE"

Kudos to the kid and his crew for getting the Shark of a lifetime!!!

[dales529]

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

[skate king]

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!

[saltfisherman]

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/

[reason162]

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.

[SaltLife1980]

Originally Posted by nmc02

It's getting ridiculous. I have no affiliation to Johnny nor capt. Sal. Give the kid a break. He made a mistake....it's behind him. There is not one of you idiots that would have released that awesome catch. It is also exceptional to eat. I think we are here to enjoy fishing, not criticize.

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

[Krablips]

Krabs gotta eat too. Thresher, yum yum good.

[nmc02]

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

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

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

[NoLimit]

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.