Three men catch a 600 lb bull shark in St. Pete

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Three men catch a bull shark in St. Pete

By The Associated Press

Monday, June 4, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Three men said they hooked an 8-foot bull shark that weighed more than 600 pounds this weekend after a lengthy struggle with the animal.

The shark was hooked off a dock this weekend. Ed Maloney, Frank Maloney and Chuck Meyer said they worked in shifts to catch the shark and had toss ice on their reel to keep it from overheating.

"I never thought we were going to get it in," Frank Maloney told the St. Petersburg Times. "I thought we were going to break the line several times."

The group measured the shark at 8 feet, 10 inches but did not have a scale to properly weigh their catch. They estimated its weight at about 600 to 700 pounds.

Frank Maloney said he tried to sell the shark's meat to area fish markets, but could not find an interested buyer.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Photo courtesy The St. Petersburg Times

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