Real Men of Genius Free-Gaff Giant Mako Shark: The Honest Angler weighs in

This article is by Joe Cermele of Field and Streams 'Honest Angler'
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Okay. I'm about to get a little rowdy. This week, someone forwarded me a news article about a 748-pound mako shark caught in South Florida. My initial thought was "there's been a lot bigger caught this year," but I checked it out anyway. After watching the video below and reading the story, I have decided that these guys deserve the title of "Most Amateur Idiots on the Water." See for yourself. They didn't "catch" anything. They free-gaffed a hot mako.

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