"A fish jumping in your boat, 400lb, that's unbelievable." Indeed, quite unbelievable. _____ Flying Mako Shark Lands In Fishing Boat Three fishermen got the shock of their lives when a huge shark landed in the back of their boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Jason Kresse, 29, from Texas, and two crew members were fishing for red snapper about 50 miles out to sea in the early hours of Monday morning. They were throwing fish guts over the side when they heard two big splashes and "all of a sudden something hit the side of the boat". It was an 8ft-long mako shark which, in a rush to start feeding, "ended up landing on the back of the boat". The shark was thrashing around so badly that the fishermen could not get close enough to free it and put it back in the water. It died hours later, but not before doing more damage to the boat. The crew did not have a permit to catch sharks, so Mr Kresse contacted officials on shore. Mike Cox, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman, said there was no violation because the shark's death was an accident. The creature is currently on display in Freeport, about 55 miles south of Houston. "I'm going to get a mount of it," the fisherman said. "A fish jumping in your boat, 400lb, that's unbelievable." link
What about a 300 lb ray jumping out of the water and slamming into you right after taking a photo: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/29/florida.ray.tourist/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Lady was lucky she wasn't killed or seriously hurt.
Nothing compared to these fish. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MLcr3fvlc90" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"></iframe> **** the ocean.
1. jesus christ that is the scariest looking shark i've ever seen. my instincts tell me it's fake, just because i'm absolutely terrified by simply looking at the picture. oh my god. if that thing came on my boat, it would take about two seconds before i said f**k this i'm trapping myself in the livewell. 2. @longhornfan: what kind of boat were they on? 400 lbs of thrashing beast sounds like it would capsize most boats i've been out to sea on. 3. coolest mount ever.
I think they caught it and because they weren't allowed to do it, they made up the story of it having jumped into the boat.
how the **** are they supposed to pull up a 400 lbs trashing shark and not come out with scratches or cuts?
This is exactly what happened -- Makos don't jump on the back of a fishing boat and not jump back off. No where does it say the shark jumped in the boat -- just on the lowered back portion of the stern that many offshore boats have. I'd like to know what kind of boat they were in to confirm this though.
