Shark Fishing With Zane Grey

Here are couple of pictures that I stumbled across of famous western author Zane Grey. I have known who Zane Grey was since I was about five years old, but I never knew that he was an avid fisherman until today.

When I was growing up my great grandmother had practically his whole collection of western novels. She used to keep these novels in the book case in the living room behind her favorite chair. It is kind of weird to think that some of my favorite child hood memories involved this authors books, and to think that he was an avid shark fisherman just makes it all the better.

Mako Shark Fishing

Check this monster Mako Shark out!

If you have dreams of Record Shark Fishing then this is where the bar is set at. This Mako shark is the largest Mako that has ever been caught on a rod and reel.

Angler Billy Silvia hooked this 11 foot 2 inch fork length, with 96 inches of girth, and weighed 1,324 pounds on July 27,1999 at Stellwagen Bank. This shark was brought into Green Harbor in Marshfield, Mass. to be weighed and photographed.

This Mako Shark would have been a new IGFA world record, but unfortunately this massive shark did not qualify because it was fought out of the rod holder.