I’ve gotten a few messages on how I should’ve dragged her back, but there’s not even a question that we did the right thing. “We’ve recaptured so many tigers, lemons, bulls, I owe them everything. But these sharks have given me a good life and they’re too important to our fishery. Said Michalove: “Fifteen years ago, I would’ve thrown a rope around her head and dragged her back to demolish the records. The group knew the shark might eclipse the world record in size, but at no point considered killing the shark to obtain an official weight. I knew she was going to be enormous, but I didn’t know of the enormity until we got her a little closer and I could see the width.” The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) is a species of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae.It was originally known as Zygaena lewini.The Greek word sphyrna translates into 'hammer' in English, referring to the shape of this shark's head, which is its most distinguishing characteristic. “I released from the anchor and spun the boat to chase. “She ripped off 400 yards in about 60 seconds,” Michalove recalled. On Wednesday, close to shore in rough weather, Quartuccio, a veteran shark angler, was at the rod when the shark took his bait. Michalove said he spotted the same hammerhead circling a bait during a Tuesday charter. So I threw a quick tag in the shark, popped the hook and sent her off.”ĪLSO: Massive sea creature startles family on Mexican beach video “I tried to get them to lean over for a picture, but they wouldn’t budge. “Pete crashed on the cooler and laid there in exhaustion, and his friend was so tired that I barely convinced him to just hold the camera while I reached over and grabbed the shark’s head for one quick photo. “They were so exhausted they could barely stand,” Michalove said. Would’ve demolished our state record but love these fish too much to kill. We set out fully committed into finding the same hammer that was circling us yesterday and she was waiting. The shark put up such a ferocious struggle, Michalove said, that Quartuccio and his buddy were too exhausted to pose for photos while the massive predator was alongside the boat.ġ3.5ft, over 1,000lbs, hammerhead this morning. The world record is a 1,280-pound catch in 2006 off Boca Grande, Fla. The current South Carolina record, set in 1989, stands at 588 pounds.
Michalove estimated the shark’s weight at 1,000-plus pounds.
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Primary angler Pete Quartuccio and a friend teamed to reel the nearly 14-foot shark to leader after an hourlong fight, whereupon it was tagged and set free by Outcast Sportfishing Capt. Great White Sharks spawn around Eruption Island, Shadow Isles, Monster's Borough and Port Jackson.A pair of South Carolina anglers on Wednesday caught and released a hammerhead shark that was at least 400 pounds heavier than the longstanding state record, and perhaps rivaled the world record. Players can find Sea Creatures easier by using the Creature Locator, which will point the player to the closest Sea Creature. Every Egg dropped can be placed in the players' Tier 2 Aquarium. However, Hammerhead Shark Eggs are a 0.1% chance every kill, which is a 1/1000 chance. Regular creature Egg drops are a 0.2% chance every kill, which is a 1/500 chance.
The rarest drop Sea Creatures can typically drop is their associated Egg. You can see a hammerhead shark at public aquariums. Finding fossil records of hammerhead sharks is difficult. There are different types of hammerhead sharks. The creature will typically target players rather than boats themselves, that's why you will sometimes see them stop chasing you and go for another player that fell off the boat. Hammerhead sharks live along coastlines and continental shelves. All Sea Creatures will attack when the player swims/drives close. Sea Creatures are animals that spawn in the ocean.
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