528 Lb. World's
Record Blue Shark
Caught off Montauk
August 9, 2001
The world's record blue shark
was caught Thursday by Joe Siedel from Bayside, Queens,
on the "Half Back" of Star Island Yacht Club.
It weighed in at 528 pounds and took 2 1/2 hours to reel
in. The first mate said that getting the shark on board
was like moving the stones of the pyramid, it took all
eight men to drag him on the boat.
They all worked together
in a summer camp in South Hampton. Along with Joe, the
other fishermen on board were Gary Denile from England,
Liam Woodford a farmer from Whales, Jim McKeil from Upstate
New York and Paul from Scottland. The first mate was Adam
from the Bronx.
Just a regular bunch of guys
who decided to go shark fishing over a few beers. Never
expecting to have the experience of a lifetime...to catch
a world record blue shark, destroying the recod by 70
pounds. They were not tackle heads, just real people without
the egos and hoopla...with a Captain who was just putting
a day in of charter work.
I wish I could have seen
his face when the shark came into view. I bet the lines
of "Jaws" came in to his mind...Wait until the
taxidermist gets a hold of this, he's going to have a
heart attack!
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