What do bass fishermen have to worry about critter-wise? The occasional alligator in certain areas is probably the worst. What else? Snakes? Snapping turtles? An angry muskrat? Bugs?
Check out these shots of Team Evinrude redfish and tarpon anglers Ray Van Horn, C.A. Richardson and other members of their team losing an estimated 185- to 190-pound tourney-winning tarpon to a hungry hammerhead.
In the photographs, the shark looks a lot bigger than the tarpon. Van Horn estimated that the shark was 13 to 14 feet long. He said: "When she swam by the 2200 Bay Ranger, it was unbelievable because the dorsal fin was a foot higher than my 17-inch gunwale."
One more item: Van Horn says he fishes tarpon tourneys to "de-stress" after redfish events.
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