Irish woman catches 15 foot shark off the coast of Co Clare
There are plenty of fish in the sea, but Limerick woman Charlene Dillon probably won’t ever land a bigger one than the 1200lb shark she caught last Sunday.
“We set out from Carrigaholt pier on a beautiful sunny morning. It was my first time going sea angling from a boat even though I have been fishing all my life. I am a member of Limerick and District Anglers Association and I usually fish for pike and coarse fish." "I was clipped in to a special fighting harness so that you don’t get pulled over the side of the boat which could easily happen with a fish this size."“It was about 1.45pm when I struck the fish and it really felt like I was stuck on the bottom for a while. After a while the fish started to move a bit and now the real fight started to get it up from 200ft to the boat.
“As the fish came up closer to the boat, once it saw the surface it went fighting back down to the bottom again but no way was I allowing this fish to bully me, it was the other way round!Although the crew of the Clare Dragoon were expecting a big fish, everyone on board was taken back by the sheer size of the shark.
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