Its rare, but occasionally we accidentally hook up sharks, despite going to some lengths to avoid them ! As a founding member of the Shark Free Marina Initiative (SFMI) in the Fiji Islands we automatically release all sharks.
On this occasion we had a quadruple hook-up over the seamount from a pack of marauding wahoo....except that one of the fish took a lot longer to fight to the boat than the others....
Joe had the unenviable task of attempting to (safely) remove a hook from a rather cheesed-off shark with a Black Pete De-Hooker.
Joe's pretty good at it and 9 times out of 10 we get a nice clean release. Tension the leader as the shark slowly cruises along with Bite Me, slide the de-hooker down, a quick nudge and off cruises the shark...
This little Whaler though took one close look at Joe and made other arrangements...
Well....whatever works for you sharkie.... See ya...
