Corpus Christi fisherman Wayne Wimer spent almost four hours reeling in this 11 foot 4 inch Tiger Shark this past weekend. He caught it while surf fishing on Padre Island just south of the Packery channel.
Dr. Greg Stunz with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi says that these sharks aren't rare to the Corpus area, but at this size they are exceptional.
The shark was tagged and released, and in what had to be the quote of the day, Dr. Stunz said ---
“We are big proponents of catch and release, despite the fact that sharks such as these can eat us.”
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